An IEBC protester who was clobbered by police on May 16 has claimed that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga settled his hospital bill amounting to close to a million shillings.
In an interview with a local daily, 35-year old Japheth Moroko who is a miraa businessman and activist claims he was thoroughly beaten by police officers after which he was rushed to Nairobi Hospital by Raila, Machakos senator Johnson Muthama and James Orengo.
“After the attack, I called Raila who told me to meet them at a city hotel where they were having lunch. When he saw how bloody I was, they left their meals and rushed me to hospital,” he said
He also claims the Cord leader organised three doctors, six nurses and 24-hour security for him as he was recuperating and that Raila visited him every morning and evening for the nine days he was admitted.
Moroko is the great grandson of the late Mau Mau Field Marshall Musa Mwariama from Tigania, Meru County.
Asked on what pushed his agenda as an activist he said that the government’s abandonment of the freedom fighter is what made him align himself to Raila’s political ideologies.
Cord cancelled it's weekly IEBC demos last week after reaching an agreement with the government to form a five-member team to negotiate on IEBC.