By Our Investigative Reporter

Muhoroni Member of Parliament James Onyango K’oyoo finally appeared before Kisumu County Criminal Investigations Department Officers to answer to allegations of being involved in an attempt to kill Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) Co-ordination Board Chief Executive Officer Dr.Hezron Mc’Obewa.

K’oyoo who appeared shaken and sweating profusely was grilled by the Criminal Investigations Officers for nearly six hours before being released and emerging out of the office of the County Criminal Investigations boss David Cheruiyot stating that he was from Nairobi and was “just passing by to greet” the detective boss.

Pressed further by journalists if he was not summoned after a suspect had mentioned him of having given them money to kill Dr.Mc’Obewa , K’oyoo admitted of having recorded a statement but denied ever hiring the said suspect.

“Mc’Obewa is my relative and the suspect has denied that he has never met me,” K’oyoo added

But Mr.Cheruiyot maintained that K’oyoo was summoned by his office to clear his name over the said allegations and he had indeed recorded a statement.

“Dr.Mc’Obewa received a death threat and reported the matter to the police and police managed to arrest a suspect who mentioned K’oyoo as the one who had given them money to kill him and that’s why we summoned him to record a statement which he has done and I have allowed him to go as we continue with our investigations”Cheruiyot said

He added that should there be any need for further clarification on the issue from the MP then they will not hesitate to summon him again.

There has been bad working relationship between Mc’Obewa and K’oyoo as the former has showed interest in becoming Muhoroni Sugar Company Receiver Manager which the latter who is the area MP has vehemently opposed saying such will happened over his dead body.

Contacted ,Mc’Obewa on his part called on the security agencies to speed up their investigations and bring any culprits found to book saying issues of life and death threats should be given attention they deserve.

However he maintained that despite the incident, it will not deter him from his set goals and agenda in helping the people of Muhoroni where he was born and brought up saying he is not nursing any ambition of being the area MP and told K’oyoo not to panic.

“If I am to go to any elective post then I might go for the Gubernatorial seat, Senate seat or the Presidency, I am not interested in being Muhoroni MP” he added

Meanwhile, Dr. Mc’Obewa has warned NGO’s against failing to make their financial returns as stipulated within the law.

Speaking in a Kisumu Hotel during the Kisumu County Government and NGO’s forum in which over two hundred NGO’s drawn within the county attended Mc’Obewa added that the NGO’s working within the County contributed to nearly kshs 200 billion during the last financial year.

“You NGO’s know of the requirement to declare our bank details in your annual reports and to report any changes in addresse or changes in officers as well as submitting an audited returns to the NGO’s Co-ordination board by every 31st March of every year failure of which you will be breaching the 1990 NGO’s act” he told the forum