Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has stood up about his evidently sad involvement with the Pangani Police Station cell and a phone discussion he had with CORD Leader Raila Odinga. In a meeting on NTV Saturday night, Kuria criticized the poor condition of the cell saying no individual paying little respect to the charged wrongdoing conferred ought to live in such strong conditions.
The Jubilee MP was compelled to share a cell to five different officials; two from his Jubilee party and four from CORD for four days, when they were being held for claimed hate speech remarks
"I proposed an all for one and one for all rule while in the cell, which was seconded by Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama," said Moses Kuria. "This is a lesson to Kenyans that they do not have to fight for us (politicians) because we have no personal differences amongst ourselves."
Talk on a few issues
The Gatundu South legislator noticed that while in the cell, they thought on various issues including the IEBC standoff, which has so far been a knotty open deliberation that has built up a wedge amongst Jubilee and CORD.
He said that upon broad dialogs, the legislators had found that the IEBC issue was not unresolvable, as they have beforehand envisioned, including that the real purpose behind the present standoff could be credited to question and suspicion between the two political Parties.
"We realised that some of these issues could have been sorted out in informal sittings at Parliament Buildings like at the cafeteria where most of our discussions revolved around trivial matters like the quality of food and allowances.."
"Maybe the only reason we do not engage in such discussions outside official settings is because we rely on cues from our principals, which should not be the case. We should be engaging on such issues even without the signal from our principals."
Raila's visit, phone call
Kuria was arrested and from that point kept for supposedly asking for assisnation of CORD Principal Raila Odinga amid his address at Kasarani a weekend ago, claims that he denied in his supplication on Friday.
It is in this way a discernible incongruity that Raila Odinga, amid his visit to the cell, addressed Kuria and even welcomed him for lunch.
As per Gatundu South legislator, the CORD leader had communicated enthusiasm for meeting the lawmakers yet since this was unrealistic he ended up speaking to them on phone.
"He began the conversation with a light joke saying he had asked Joho that he speaks to me at least for the last time before I kill him."
Kuria however said that Raila did not look for a statement of regret from him but rather a clarification of his comments, which started fierceness among CORD supporters prompting protests in some parts of Nairobi, Kisumu and Migori.
"He wanted to come to the cell but they wouldn’t allow him. We therefore used an officer’s cellphone to communicate. He first spoke to CORD members after that I spoke to Joho before speaking to him (Raila)."
Kuria said that he had nothing personal against the CORD leader, saying he had assumed an essential part in the Nation. "Raila might not be my preferred presidential candidate but I have nothing against him. He extended a lunch (fish) invitation which I obliged to with my only condition being that the fish be accompanied by my favourite vegetable, which is osuga."
His declaration however appear to conflict with Raila's announcement on Friday where he asserted that he had pardoned Kuria saying that nobody who arrangements to kill somebody would make it open. The CORD leader asserted that Kuria was not genuine with his expressions including that he was just out to enliven his supporters.
Call for solidarity
Kuria said the 'cell experience' had taught them to lecture peace and solidarity, approaching Kenyans to slight political contrasts showed by political leaders and stay joined together.
"We need to heal this country and demystify politics. We can actually do away with pessimism and cynicism that has defined our political past by making it possible to disagree politically without dividing the people." "As politicians, we have decided to unite this country regardless of whether we are from Jubilee or CORD because we are at the core of this issue."
Kuria, who has has three cases of hate speech in court, further guaranteed that he doesn't have anything against any group and would not do anything to bring about divisions in the nation. The Gatundu South MP was in the cell close by MPs Kimani Ngunjiri (Bahati) and Ferdinand Waititu (Kabete) from Jubilee; Junet Mohamed (Suna East) and Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama from CORD.
Busia Women Representative Florence Mutua and her Kilifi partner Aisha Jumwa were kept at the Muthaingi Police Station. All the eight MPs held for hate speech were, however, discharged on bond on Friday, following four days in police authority.