Gatundu MP Moses Kuria during a past Jubilee rally in Mombasa. [Photo: The Star]
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has been accused of having a hand in the burning of ODM offices in Kajiado County.
Area Governor David Nkedianye says Kuria and the Jubilee Party are the masterminds behind the suspected arson incident which occurred on Saturday night.
Nkedianye wondered why the offices got burnt a day after the vocal lawmaker visited Kajiado.
“Moses Kuria came here and said that ODM would cease to exist in Kajiado,” he said.
The Governor added: "What a coincidence that this arson takes place just a few days to the President’s visit to Kajiado.”
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are taking Jubilee campaigns to the county today (Wednesday).
Kuria led Mbele iko sawa caravan, which traversed Kajiado County on June 30, campaigning for President Kenyatta and the Jubilee Party.
Nkedianye made the remarks while inspecting the burnt offices on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Kajiado Central MP Elijah Memusi, Deputy Governor Paul Ntiati and ODM National Elections Board Chairperson Judith Pareno.
Memusi called on the NCIC chair Francis Kaparo to take action against his National Assembly counterpart, whom he accused of making “disturbing” utterances in his mother tongue' when he campaigned in the area.
“Kajiado is a cosmopolitan county. You cannot come here and hurl all manner of abuses in your mother tongue,” said the MP.
Kajiado Central DCIO Daniel Musangi urged the leaders not to politicise the arson, saying that investigations were at an advanced stage.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that the arson could be related to ownership of the land where the offices stand,” said Musangi as quoted by the Daily Nation.
However, in a quick rejoinder, Kuria dismissed the allegations saying the ODM leaders were implicating him in order to divert attention from their “diminishing political fortunes in Kajiado”.
“I highly suspect that they burnt their offices to attract sympathy because they know the tide is against them. I said that Memusi has done nothing for the people of Kajiado Central. All he does is follow Raila around the country. I also told them that Nkedianye has also done nothing for the people of Kajiado. That is what the people told me. I don’t live in Kajiado,” Kuria was quoted by the Daily Nation.