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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on 24th November, Mr. Wamalwa asked for a Statement on measures to address political violence. In the Statement, he requested the Minister to explain what the Ministry is doing on the growing culture of violence that is creeping back into the politics on the eve of another general election. In the Statement, he wanted the Ministry to address the violence that occurred on 4th October, 2011, when Mr. Raphael Tuju’s convoy was stoned in Kisumu. Secondly, the attack on Justin Shikanda Kongo on 14th November, 2011, a New FORD (K) supporter while on his way home. Thirdly the attack on Patrick Shikuku on 20th November, 2011, another New FORD (K) supporter who was assaulted after attending a meeting at Matayos. Fourthly, the death threats received by Hannington Odairo Mukudi who was the ODM secretary for Funyula Branch who had defected to New FORD (K) before he died. He wanted to know what we are doing to nip this trend to ensure that the country does not relapse into violence in the coming general elections. Further, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona requested that I clarify what the Ministry has done in relation to supporters of ODM who were attacked during the Ikolomani by- elections. I wish to state as follows:- on 4th October, 2011, Mr. Raphael Tuju visited Kisumu City for a political tour. He was in a convoy of two buses and several cars which drove from his Milimani Estate residence to Kondele Estate, about four kilometers away. On reaching Kondele Playground, an area next to City Clock Bus Stage and car wash area, some unruly young men started shouting and throwing stones at the convoy, protesting the presence of Mr. Tuju in the area. The rowdy youth forced him to abandon plans to address his supporters who had started gathering. The unruly mob continued stoning the convoy as it moved towards Kibuye. There were no injuries reported, but some vehicles had their windscreens broken. At Kibuye Market, Mr. Tuju addressed the crowd which had gathered and proceeded to the Bus Stage within Kisumu Town where he managed to address another crowd in spite of disruptions from a few members of the crowd. After addressing the crowd at the bus stage, his convoy proceeded to his Milimani residence. After the incident, police officers at the bus park police base booked the report. CID officers took over the investigations and managed to arrest three suspects and arraign them before court on 9th October, 2011, vide police case file No. Criminal 627/552/11 and Court File No.598/2011 charged with two counts of one, creating disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace contrary to Section 95(1) of the Penal Code and malicious damage to property contrary to Section 331 of the Penal Code. The accused persons in this case are: Caleb Owino Nyamor, Farida Ochieng Omar and Joseph Onyango alias Abiolo. The accused were released on a cash bail of Kshs60,000 and a surety of Kshs100,000 On the clarification sought on the case involving Justin Shikanda Kongo, a New FORD (K) supporter, the circumstances are that on 14th November, 2011 at about 8.00 p.m. Justin Kongo was going home while riding his bicycle from Port Victoria to Mundere where he was ambushed on the way by four young men whom he could not identify. They hit him with a club and he sustained injuries on his forehead. They robbed him Kshs4,000 and left him unconscious. When he regained consciousness he went home and reported the incident to the police the following day on 15th November, 2011, at around 1.20 p.m. vide OB. No.13 at Port Victoria Police Station. He was treated at Port Victoria District Hospital and discharged. Investigations are ongoing and, at the moment, the case is being treated as a normal crime as no political motive has so far been identified. On the case of Patrick Shikuku, the police are not aware that he was assaulted after meeting at Matayo’s as there is no report to that effect either in Bumula Patrol Base or Busia Police Station. Therefore, no investigations are being carried out on the same. The victim is requested to avail himself before the nearest police station and record a statement to help investigations be undertaken if such an incident ever took place. Similarly, the Government is not aware of any threats issued to the late Hannington Odairo Mukudi, formerly the ODM secretary for Funyula Branch before his death. According to his relatives, Mr. Odairo fell sick and started complaining of chest pains on the night of 24th November, 2011. He was rushed to Nangina Mission Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment. It is after his death that the relatives alleged that there was a threat on the life of the deceased. This prompted police to launch investigations to ascertain the cause of the death. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the body of the deceased was taken to Busia District Hospital Mortuary where a postmortem was conducted on 26th November, 2011. According to the doctor who performed the postmortem, the deceased died due to pulmonary embolism due to cardiomyopathy. The case is pending under investigation vide Inquest No.1/2011. I wish to table the postmortem report for ease of reference. On the clarification sought by Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, on 19th May, 2011, at about 7.35 p.m., six people who alleged to be ODM supporters made an assault report at Iregi Police Patrol Base. They were Albert Ambila, aged 52 years; Fredrick Makali, aged 37 years; Erick Mwati, aged 24 years; Calistus Shikoli, aged 50 years and Beatrice Makali, aged 40 years They alleged that they were accosted and attacked by New FORD (K) supporters as they were coming to Musoli area. Investigations were carried out leading to the arrest of one Mr. Wycliffe Muhanji after positive identification. He was charged in court with four counts of assault; causing actual bodily harm vide Criminal Case No.921/677/2011 and Court File No.992/2011. The case is still pending before Kakamega Law Court. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Government has put adequate security measures in place to forestall attacks on politicians and their supporters while campaigning. Similarly, the police have put adequate security plans in place in preparations for next year’s general elections. However, for the police to be able to cover such political campaigns adequately, the conveners are duty- bound to notify the local police stations of areas they intend to visit to enable proper and adequate security preparations to be put in place. However, in all the above instances, the conveners and organizers failed to inform the police and, hence, could not plan or provide security in time. Thank you."
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