In what
might turn out to be the lowest point of Kibaki’s presidency (save for the post-election
violence ensuing from his stealing the 2007 elections), WikiLeaks has released
a letter from a Kenya Police executioner which sensationally claims that former
First Lady Lucy Kibaki and retired Commissioner of Police Major General Mohammed
Hussein Ali ordered the killing of prominent politicians, among them Martha
Karua and Gitobu Imanyara. The letter names powerful individuals in Kibaki's
government as architects of the diabolical scheme. Apparently—but not very
surprisingly—Kibaki was not aware of what was cooking right under his nose. The
letter also claims that the assassinations were first rehearsed on prominent
businessmen.
The
politicians monitored for assassination were Paul Muite, Ferdinand Waititu, G.G.
Kariuki, Bonny Khalwale, Gitobu Imanyara, Martha Karua and businesswoman-turned
politico Mary Wambui. It is instructive that Mary Wambui is the co-wife
whom Lucy made Kibaki deny in public.
The letter further
says the police killed 1,869 Mungiki alongside 631 suspected
robbers and carjackers. The writer claims that he personally killed 42 people. He
added that they were paid KSh. 25,000 per week in allowances, and the unit
to carry out the political assassinations were to be paid KSh. 150,000 each.
The police unit in question is the now defunct Kwekwe Squad. Former Internal
Security Minister Prof. George Saitoti was altogether kept in the dark about
the whole affair, but was “used to issue reports in Parliament." Saitoti himself
later died in 2012 in a suspicious helicopter crash.
At the time
of the letter, the police were dealing with the dreaded Mungiki menace and
their benefactors. The letter says Kikuyu men were the main targets for the killings,
but doesn't show whether the politicians were targeted for perceived Mungiki
links or for separate motives. In killing members of the Mungiki, the police
deployed the same tactics that the sect used: "We tie their necks, hands
and legs, and hang them on trees and even cars until they are dead,” says the
letter. Former head of the Special Crimes Prevention Unit, Richard Katola SSP,
who died in 2015, features prominently in the letter, and at least a dozen
police officers who conducted the killings have since died or mysteriously disappeared.
Martha Karua
has confirmed the authenticity of the letter. Even after Karua defended her
husband with her life in the wake of the 2007 rigged elections, it is
shocking that Lucy still wanted her dead.
There
are detailed reports on Extra Judicial killings, land ownership in Kenya and
Raila Odinga's plan to take over power from Kibaki Post 2007. The Kenyan
Violence list of 2008 has many of your favourite politicians,
businessmen and all manner of people youth in Kenya look up to as role models
and mentors. Read all about it here: https://file.WikiLeaks.org/file/kenyan-violence-list-2008.pdf
WikiLeaks
has also leaked the full E.U. Report by observers, detailing how Kenya bungled
the 2007 General Election. Download here: https://file.WikiLeaks.org/file/
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