REVEALED : who BURNT KIAMBAA church in 2007??
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has told Al Jazeera
TV that people who burnt Kiambaa church in Eldoret town during the 2007-08 post
election violence were not Orange Democratic
Movement (ODM) followers, but government hired machinery.
In an interview with the Middle
East based TV, Al Jazeera, early this week, the PM blamed the police
for overreacting and leading to
massive loss of lives and property.
Raila said the people who
were burnt at the Kiambaa church were innocent citizens who were killed by
agents of status quo.
He denied any responsibility
for the violence insisting that he never asked people to riot.
“Investigations were
carried out and people were arrested and charged, tried and acquitted by the
courts for lack of evidence. I now understand the International Criminal Court (ICC)
says they have fresh evidence. The matter would then be sub-judice at this
moment. So I would not want to comment further,” Raila said.
Raila said he was not
connected to Eldoret North MP William Ruto during the 2007 Presidential elections
and Ruto only joined him after the ODM nominations in September 2007.
In the Kiambaa massacre, more than 30 people including children and
women died when
the Kiambaa PAG Church was burnt down during the 2007/08 post election violence by youths who were supporting Raila Odinga.
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