NYAKACH MP DRAGS DEAD BODY TO NYANZA PC’s OFFICE OVER INSECURITY
By Chak Rachar.
Nyakach MP Joshua Aduma Owuor has vowed not to relent in his quest for the insecurity issue to be addressed in his constituency saying his recent dumping of the body of one of his constituents is just the beginning and dared Nyanza PC Francis Mutie to go ahead with his threat to attempt to have him arrested.
Earlier in the week there was drama on Tuesday evening after Owuor dragged the body of an 80 year old man who had been killed by robbers to the offices of the Nyanza Regional Commissioner to protest over increased insecurity in his constituency.
Owuor earlier stormed the Nyabondo mission hospital mortuary where the body was lying with two arrows still logged on the body before taking it to Kisumu.
The angry MP said he opted to take the body of Henry Oyier the deceased to the offices of the Regional Commissioner in order to have audience with her.
The Commissioner was however not in the office when Owuor arrived with the body in a green land rover.
Owuor who was driving the land rover alone after his personal vehicle broke down on the way said that he has spent 10 million shillings burying people killed due to thuggery.
He said the deceased lost a son more than a year ago under similar circumstances and two schools have been set ablaze within the constituency with no any action being taken by the relevant security organs.
“I am a lawyer by profession and I respect law, but when it comes to protecting the interest of my constituents, I will go an extra mile”Owuor vowed
The body which was still in dark blue clothes was placed at the entrance of the commissioner’s office as administration police officers wondered what to do with it.
He added that he has addressed the insecurity issue previously with the PC with no any action being taken
But the regional commissioner Mr Francis Mutie later condemned the incident noting that it amounted to contempt and disrespect for the dead.
Mutie said it is even offence to treat a dead person the way the deceased was treated in the first place.
He said the way the Mp behaved was not the best character of an elected leaders adding that the incident was one of cattle rustling along the common border areas of Belgut,Kericho and Nyakach.
The commissioner said the six cows which were stolen from the home of the deceased had been recovered.
He said elders are at the moment trying to address the issue with a view to coming up with a permanent solution.
Mutie who was annoyed wondered why Owuor did not address the issue with the Nyakach district commissioner Mr Joseph Magoha or the Kisumu regional commissioner Lorna Odero before taking the body to his office.
“There must have been a total communication breakdown.
The body was later taken to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral morgue after Kisumu police Chief Musa Kongoli intervened.
Mr Mutie said Owuor’s action was criminal in nature which can result in prosecution.
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