John Ngirachu
12 November 2009
Nairobi — Parliament will on Thursday next week receive a report on the country's security situation following a request by Gichugu MP Martha Karua.
Ms Karua asked the Internal Security Ministry to also make a statement on the alleged existence of a police squad set up to kill suspected members of the outlawed Mungiki sect.
The former Justice minister also asked the Internal Security minister to explain the circumstances behind the killing of Mungiki spokesman Njuguna Gitau on Thursday last week on Luthuli Avenue.
She described as 'an execution' the killing of Mr Gitau on a street that is under surveillance by Closed Circuit Television cameras, adding that the government also needs to explain the circumstances behind the killings of other people in the country.
Mungiki lawyer Paul Muite has alleged that Mr Gitau was killed by members of the Kwekwe squad, who had a week earlier approached him and spoken of having instructions to kill him and Maina Njenga.
Prof George Saitoti has in the past said the squad set up at the height of the fight against the outlawed sect had been disbanded.
Ms Karua also asked the Ministry to explain the spate of kidnappings reported this year and what measures will be taken to make Kenya secure.
"Not less than 30 cases have been reported in the media since the beginning of the year," said Ms Karua.
Internal Security Assistant minister Orwa Ojode said he would be ready to give the report by next Thursday.
Police are yet to resolve the killing of two human rights activists, Oscar Kingara and George Oulu of the Oscar Foundation, in March on State House Road, next to the University of Nairobi.
The killing of a university student in protests that followed the shooting is also yet to be resolved.
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