The State spy agency - National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) - came under attack as Cabinet ministers re-opened the debate on impunity and corruption in the Grand Coalition Government.The Mboya family during a requiem Mass at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi on Thursday.
Ministers William Ruto, Anyang' Nyong'o, and James Orengo warned that
double standards, corruption and failure to implement the Agenda Four
in the National Peace Accord would bring down the Government.
Nyong'o said he had evidence that the intelligence service was against
the implementation of Agenda Four, which he said was important for the
country's future.
"The NSIS is working for some partisan politicians and we are asking them to stop," said the Medical Services Minister.
He claimed that it was such partisan service that led to the killing of Tom Mboya in 1969.
"If the intelligence officers did their work well they could have prevented the assassination of Mboya," he added.
Spy Agency Biased
Nyong'o who spoke at the burial of Pamela Mboya claimed that the NSIS
was behind claims that he had written to Prime Minister Raila Odinga
asking him to sack Ruto.
Orengo described Kenya as a forgetful country whose leaders had failed to deal with past injustices.
"To date nothing has been done yet we know that the bullet that felled
Mboya whose widow we are burying today came from the State," said the
Lands minister.
He added: "We are also forgetting that the bullet that killed Robert Ouko also came from the State".
The Ugenya MP appealed to Raila and President Kibaki to end impunity.
"We don't want to punish wrong doers. We allow them to wine and walk with us," said Orengo.
Ruto supported Orengo and claimed politicians were practicing double standards.
"We must punish those involved in the post-election violence but we
must also punish the people who made the violence to occur," said the
Eldoret North MP.
But in an apparent rejoinder to the ODM brigade, Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta called for an end to mudslinging.
"Let us stop accusations and name calling. We should work towards unity
if we really want to heal our nation," said the Gatundu South MP.
Vice President Kalonzo, who delivered the message of condolence from
Kibaki, also called for unity among leaders, saying the country could
disintegrate if leaders did not embrace peace and reconciliation.
War not lost
"We should all support the call for truth and reconciliation so that we could know what happened in the past," said Musyoka.
Raila told ODM supporters to support the Government.
"This is not what we wanted. It is a half-a-loaf but let us support it
because we are planning for better things ahead," said the PM.
The PM assured Kenyans that the Government was committed to the fight against corruption.
Speakers praised Pamela Mboya as a role model.
The funeral in Lambwe Valley, Suba District, was attended by Cabinet
Minister Moses Wetang'ula (Foreign Affairs), Fred Gumo (Regional
Development), Dalmas Otieno (Public Service), Otieno Kajwang
(Immigration) Nyanza PC Paul Olando, Cotu Secretary General Francis
Atwoli and several MPs.
The Standard
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