MIxed reactions on the alledged asassination of former Prime Minister

 Mixed reactions have greeted claims by nominated MP Dr Oburu Oginga that some EAC leaders are plotting to assassinate former
 Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Oburu, while speaking at the inaugural graduation ceremony of
 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, alleged the EAC leaders recently met
 in Nairobi where they hatched to kill Raila. “I am reliably informed that the leaders claim Raila
 is behind the problems Kenya is currently facing,” said Oburu.
 His remarks have elicited mixed reactions from across the political divide. Manoah Esipisu, the State
 House spokesman, dismissed the allegations. “It is total nonsense. It is cheap politics which should stop,”
 Esipisu said.  However, in a
 telephone interview with The Standard on Sunday, Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba said the allegations were serious
 at a time when the country was experiencing a spate of terror attacks and dismissed Esipisu’s sentiments as cheap
 politics. “Allegations against Heads of States have diplomatic implications and I hope it is not cheap politics,”
 said Ababu who urged Oburu to publicly name the accused. “I want to believe Raila is safe wherever he is and that the
 Government will ensure his safety when he returns from his tour of America,” said Ababu. Thoroughly investigated Raila
 is in the USA at the African Presidential Centre at Boston University for a two-month academic programme.
 The programme is tailored for former top African leaders. Ababu stated that the matter should be treated
 with the seriousness it deserves. The allegations renewed calls for more security for Raila and his co-CORD
 principal Kalonzo Musyoka who, Ababu stressed, have served Kenya splendidly. Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabbir
 echoed Ababu’s sentiments, saying the matter should not be taken lightly. “Where there is smoke, there is fire.