I will work with Raila, declares Maina Njenga

Former Mungiki chairman Maina Njenga has declared that he will work with Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the lead up to the the general election. Addressing a peace prayer and reconciliation rally at the Jomo Kenyatta Grounds in Kisumu on Saturday, Njenga said: “Raila is a friend and a neighbour in Nairobi and you cannot leave your neighbour for another person.”
“Lazima tushikane bega kwa bega na tufanye kazi pamoja ili tunufaishe Wakenya wote kwa jumla,” (We must embrace one another and work together for the benefit of all Kenyans). “But we must first preach peace before the elections so that we do not witness the kind of violence that occurred after the 2007 elections,” he added.
He said during the rally also attended by local leaders and a section of the Friends for Raila campaign team led by Jaoko Odinga that all political aspirants must be allowed to visit any region in the country and campaign freely. He urged the leaders to embrace the youth who are the majority in the country.
Accompanied by Change Associate Trust boss Wambugu Ngunjiri, Dagoreti ODM parliamentary aspirant John Kiarie, Kasarani parliamentary aspirant Mdomo Baggy and his host Bob Ndolo, Njenga asked Kisumu residents to allow members of the Kikuyu community who were evicted during the post-election skirmishes to return to the town and continue with their businesses. “Evils of 2007 must not return again to haunt us and we must work together in this peace and reconciliation course for the benefit of all Kenyans,” he said.
Njenga asked Kenyans to be warry of tribal groupings like Gema and the Kamatusa, adding that the National Security Intelligence Service report that they threaten the security of the country must be taken seriously. He said his team will hold a similar rally in Nakuru on May 18 before proceeding to Mombasa and other parts of the country.
Change Associate Trust boss Wambugu Ngunjiri who is also eying the Tetu parliamentary seat lashed out at the police for thwarting the Limuru 2B meeting that he said was to be a peace and unity rally. He described the Kisumu meeting as a Limuru 2B (1) gathering maintaining that they will return to Limuru at an unspecified date.
Dagoreti ODM parliamentary aspirant John Kiarie asked police to effect the NSIS report that tribal outfits like Gema and Kamatusa are likely to promote chaos and disband them with immediate effect.
He noted that the extrajudicial killings must be addressed adding that “Kenyans cannot afford to buy guns and bullets for the police to protect them but are instead used to eliminate innocent persons.” “The guns and bullets are bought by public coffers and we cannot afford to lose innocent lives shot by police by the same gadgets bought by us. Extrajudicial killings must be addressed with the immediacy it requires,” he added.
He said youths represent a high percentage of Kenyans at 74 percentage cent adding that they should equally hold a similar percentage in employment opportunities.
Yesterday, Njenga attended a church service at the Kisumu Museum where he reiterated on the need for peace before heading for another function in Nyakach constituency where he was hosted by Bob Ndolo.
Source: THE STAR