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How I plotted Kibaki security breach
Civil right activist Fredrick Odhiambo and wife Sarah Nyokabi at Nairobi Womens Hospital on Monday where he is receiving treatment after being roughed up during Jamuhuri Day celebration. Photo/JAMES NJUGUNA
Posted Monday, December 15 2008 at 21:48
In Summary
- Man who shouted as President was speaking still wants to deliver message
He was all the time unaware that a presidential guard was sitting only two chairs beside him, and even greeted him: “Hi!”
As the President rose to speak, something prompted Odhiambo to shoot up in protest and start shouting.
Radio presenter Walter Mong’are aka Nyambane, was being manhandled by regular policemen, AP and GSU commandoes just below the dais.
Before he knew it, and even before he could deliver his message to the country’s Number One, security men were all over him, carrying him to a secret room.
What followed was a 30-minute ordeal at the hands of the presidential guards — an ordeal that has landed him in hospital.
“They kept shouting at me, asking who had sponsored me to embarrass them, but I maintained I was alone and without bankroller.”
He still, however, wishes to deliver his sole message to the President and says that if he does not, someone else will.
“I wanted to tell him to ask MPs to pay tax and that the freedom of the media is paramount.”
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Submitted by yesuwanguPosted December 19, 2008 11:07 PM
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Submitted by tomitom
Odhiambo's case is a plight suffered many Kenyans who have lost their voices. We elect our leaders and then they become inaccessible to us. We cannot pass them a simple message unless we resort to such desperate acts. As if that is not enough they want us to be more silent by gagging the media. Conratulation Odhiambo, but you are lucky to be alive.
Posted December 19, 2008 08:44 PM -
Submitted by meko
How secure is the President if one can just go past the security checks and sit few steps away from him?
Posted December 19, 2008 08:15 PM -
Submitted by Geecee2
the presidential guards should hire Odhiambo to conduct a course for them on how to expect the unexpected. LOL Cheers Fred! Why not try Emailing Statehouse in the meantime? (Hopeful the guards don't intercept/delete it)
Posted December 19, 2008 07:45 PM -
Submitted by mutevu
We need such confident people in this country, and once they make our point, we shall always be behind them as long as they don't turn against us like some of our mps.
Posted December 19, 2008 05:06 PM
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Odhiambo like wanjiku is just a common mwanainchi who gave Kibaki the authority by the vote to be number one why was he not allowed to simply talk if millions of kenyans were celebrating freedom to just allow the common man to deliver a simple message!!.Kibaki should visit odhiambo in hospital and apologise if he cares and listen to what he seriously wanted to deliver. he did not want to attack, shame to the security.odhis was there period so let him talk in jamhuri period.