Cord leader Raila Odinga yesterday paid a visit to former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga at his home in Karen. Raila was with Kisumu Senator Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o.
Maina told of how he was shot 30 times but survived like the biblical Shadrack,Meshack and Abednego who walked in the dens of lions but were saved by God.
“I saw angels come down and surround me,” Maina told Raila during the visit.
Maina was shot by unidentified assailants on May 24 in a highway ambush that left his lover and four others dead. He was taken to Avenue Hospital, Nairobi, for specialized treatment.
Njenga, a bishop at his Hope International Ministry in Kitengela, last week told police in a statement that his shooting was linked to the ICC case facing President Uhuru Kenyatta. His church pastors had earlier said his shooting was prophesied.
“I was approached many times to write a statement in favor of those guys(Uhuru) and I have refused and this shooting is linked to the ICC case,” Maina said yesterday.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku had earlier claimed Njenga was shot by a rival group after a land deal gone sour. Police have yet to make any arrests.
Raila was close to Maina in the run-up to the 2007 general election, after he declared support for his presidential candidacy. When Njenga was jailed at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison before the elections, Raila visited him and gave him two books, The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Njenga has subsequently frequently praised Raila, saying the former Prime Minister has always stood by him in times of trouble.
During the visit yesterday, the two had a long chat and even counted the bullet holes in Mania’s jacket. Raila took a swipe at the government for what he described as its failure to stem runaway insecurity across the country.
“We have a government blaming foreign nations for issuing travel advisories when it is clear we cannot protect our citizens,” Raila said.
“How do you live in a country where, if you disagree with somebody, all you do is look for a gun? This is the law of the jungle. You cannot admit to the existence of a criminal gang and say, ‘let them sort it out among themselves’. So, why do we have government?”
Raila jetted back on Saturday, after a nearly-three-month stay in the US. He has demanded that Jubilee hold dialogue with Cord over a number of challenges the country is facing, including insecurity, the cost of living, unemployment and a distressed tourism sector.
- The Star
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