Veteran Nakuru politician Koigi Wa Wamwere now says that fallen multi-party democracy fighter Kenneth Matiba's family is to blame for retired President Daniel Moi's withheld apologies.
Moi has been accused of contributing to the former Kiharu Member of Parliament April 15 death, having detained him in the 1990s as a result of his anti-Nyayo government ideologies and his spirited battle against Moi's government's preferred single-party system.
According to Koigi who on Monday April 23 visited Matiba's family to offer his condolences, the family is doing less to hold Moi and his fallen era accountable for the hero's woes, faulting its warm welcome to Moi's son and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi who also made a visit at the same time.
''At Matiba’s home I met Senator Gideon Moi, the son of President Moi, who was also there to offer condolences to Matiba family. I heard the two families, not just offer and accept condolences but also express and reaffirm their old friendship,'' he revealed in a Facebook statement Tuesday.
''There didn’t seem to be anything Moi could be asked to apologize for,'' he added.
The retired head of state is yet to speak on Matiba's death despite an ongoing series of the same by fellow leaders.
High profile leaders who have since visited and offered their condolences include Moi's successor Mwai Kibaki, Deputy President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga.