Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:50:08 -0800 [05:50:08 PM CST]
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Mwangura: I might be arrested when ship docks –

Folks,

Kenyan Armed Force has taken control and are in the Leadership of Kenya today. The elected MPs in Parliament are treated to window dressing on the face of the world. Saitoti is appointed by Kibaki in a quite coup to lead the country under the Armed Force rule. They now wield power to decide the lives of the majority Kenyans. Mwangura may not survive under these circumstances since he spilled the beans and exposed the scandal of the armed cargo intended for dubious motives in Kenya.

We demand a thorough investigation by the world intervention concerning destination of this shipment cargo and why all the drama and fiasco.

Why are Kenyans security not guaranteed anymore. Mwangura’s life seems to be in danger. May the international community – leaders of the world and the United Nations come together to unvail this mystery for security and safety of Kenyans.

Thank you all,

Judy Miriga

Diaspora Spokesperson

Executive Director

African Women Lobby Network Inc.

Mwangura: I might be arrested when ship docks

Updated 3 hr(s) 34 min(s) ago

By Standard Team

Mystery surrounds the location of MV Faina, even as a maritime official sought protection against possible arrest in connection with the ship. Though the Government said the ship would dock at Mombasa port today, the ship’s movement has been shrouded in mystery since Somali pirates released it last week after the payment of a Sh250 million ransom. The ship, laden with arms consigned for Mombasa, entered Kenyan waters on Monday, but has been slowed down by a bad engine. The Standard established that the ship anchored off Kiwayu Island, a distance of 45 minutes by fast boat from Lamu.

By Tuesday evening though, the ship had not reached Lamu island. And a maritime official, previously arrested in connection with MV Faina, has gone to court seeking preemptive bail, saying police want to detain him when the ship arrives. East Africa Sea Farers Assistance Programme co-ordinator Andrew Mwangura fears that CID officers are about to arrest him on allegations regarding the ship.

Through his lawyer Francis Kadima, Mr Mwangura has filed a suit under a certificate of urgency, claiming that security agents visited his residence in search of him after the release of the vessel.

“The applicant is consequently reasonably apprehensive of his imminent arrest in violation of his right to liberty unless the same is stopped by an order of the court,” said Kadima. Mwangura is facing another charge of allegedly publishing alarming statements concerning the ship and its cargo and is out on a Sh200,000 bond.

The lawyer said the court should direct Mwangura to be admitted to bond or bail prior to the arrest, adding that he would attend court if summoned. Kadima said his client was apprehensive because when he was first detained, security officers told him they would take him to an “unknown destination”. “The security agents want to in fringe the applicant’s constitutional right on freedom of expression, movement, association and freedom of conscience as enshrined in the Constitution,” said Kadima.

He said the policy of the court was to prohibit the use of criminal process and criminal justice systems to enforce suspicions or false allegations. Mwangura says the fear of his imminent arrest and detention has seriously dented his public image.

-Reporting by Philip Mwakio and

Maureen Mudi