[Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa. He has linked politics to the recent Lamu attacks. Courtesy: The Star]
Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa has linked the recent spate of attacks in Lamu county to local politics.
Speaking in the County on Sunday, Marwa claimed that local politicians were funding gangs to instill fear among the residents ahead of the August general elections.
“They want people to think it’s terrorists, but we know of politicians who are providing funding so that residents are killed and others flee. All these are political calculations.They want to instill fear, but we want to let them know that people will vote and will do so in large numbers too,” he said.
He further alleged that the terror groups had fled to Boni forest which they regard as a safe haven, adding that the politicians could even be supplying the groups with food.
“Why hasn’t the governor or any leader for that matter come out to even send a condolence message to the PSA and the families of those who died or even condemn the incident? What’s the meaning of their silence? These people are given food and weapons. They pass through villages as they go to conduct raids. Surely, someone must be seeing or knowing them,” he added.