What Kenyans said following arrest threats by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga. Mr Odinga has declined to appear before the commission after it summoned him to appear before the Commission on Monday over claims he has made on the use of Eurobond funds.
Hon. Ali Hassan Joho
A true patriot fearlesly stood up for Kenya and exposed the magnitude of corruption in our country. EACC should stop this senseless harassment and engage constructively. #RailaLocked
Are the EACC mandarins serious about their threats to arrest Raila Odinga or they are simply trying to punch above their weight? Let them investigate Eurobond and give us the results.These threats are just sideshows.The same EACC declared Anne Waiguru innocent and said are treating her as a witness just to turn around and say that she is a suspect.The way they are going about it raises eyes brows and seems to confirm Raila Odinga assertions that something is very wrong with this Eurobond saga .
For me, and reading from Raila Odinga's response, it is not even about the #Eurobond per se. The letter itself reeks of arrogance and contempt and the kind of tone that set the country up in 2007.
Has anyone seen EACC's letter summoning any of the people they have questioned on the Eurobond? Exactly!
It is no longer about investigations. It is all politics. Been watching this TV station repeatedly replaying DP Ruto's disdainful Eurobond stump.
Be that as it may, the kind of contempt effused in the EACC letter deserves the kind of response which has come from Mr. Odinga.
Jubilee is trying to make Raila appear the STAR SUSPECT in this Eurobond scam. That's how they want to 'solve' it.
RAILA Odinga should just save himself and everyone the anxiety. Call the EACC officers to his office or even walk to their premises with One-Line statement reading, "I have reasons to believe and so hold that Sh140 billion raised from the Eurobond has been misappropriated because the said Sh140 billion hasn't been sufficiently accounted for to the best of my knowledge". Period. Anything else?
Raila Odinga this evening walked from his offices in Capitol Hill to Nairobi Club when police officers from EACC who are said to have come to arrest him blocked the exit gate. It remains unclear why they did not arrest him despite seeing him walking away.
This is the letter summoning Raila to appear before EACC. Raila has just chased EACC investigators from his office telling them to investigate suspects and have them answer the especific questions he asked. He told them that EACC has no powers to treat him as suspect when they are in bed with suspects of economic crimes.
Raila has told the EACC idlers that even Moi who jailed him for 9 years never used the words or tone used in EACC letter. The whole incident was recorded by Kenyan media but you know how it happens. A call will be made to the media houses and such will not be published.
Pauline Njoroge
Rumors reaching me have it that Raila has escaped EACC officials who had gone to his Upper hill offices to record his statement as the Eurobond Scandal whistle blower! Popcorn please!
Pauline Njoroge
Rumors reaching me have it that Raila has escaped EACC officials who had gone to his Upper hill offices to record his statement as the Eurobond Scandal whistle blower! Popcorn please!
You cannot arrest a spirit,
Raila odinga is like a 'spirit'
What is a spirit? A spirit is a force that influences the will of people. A spirit can be an anonymous force responsible for the atmosphere in a meeting of people, or for the mood within a person, it can also be as personal as the spirit of other people who shape our daily actions. It is called a spirit because it relates not to matter but to mind, soul, and feelings. Spirits can be loving, harmless or dangerous, fleeting or powerful, discreet or haunting, helping or hurting. They can inhabitate places, memories, books, or people.
The recent move by the current regime to threat arrest Hon Raila Odinga kenyan opposition leader over his role in exposes Eurobond scandal is like throwing a stone while you yourself lives in glass house. When i discribe Odinga as a "spirit" is because he is the only person who make a newspaper sales when ever he appear on daily front paper and you now why?,he is discussed at every forum includeing churches, weeding and even funeral,he controls nearly 10million kenyans who belive, trust and are will to defend him at any cost even with their blood and this was evident during the 2007 stolen election.
Therefore I advice president kenyatta to focus in arrest fellow like kuria, waiguru's and duale.
"At some campaign meeting sometimes in 2012. Yule jamaa wa vitendawili alisema sisi ni criminals. Now I want to ask our friends on the other side, if someone refuses to honour EACC summons like they did, how else would we refer to them us? Would you trust someone who can't honor EACC summons with the leadership of this country?"
