National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders from Kisumu County have called for a week-long period of mourning following the unfortunate deaths witnessed on Thursday.
Governor Anyang' Nyong'o, accompanied by Kisumu Woman Representative Rosa Buyu and other Opposition leaders declared that the region would go into mourning and as such, would not be available to vote during the rescheduled presidential poll set for Saturday.
"Today (Thursday) as Governor of Kisumu I'm declaring a one week period of mourning.
"We are not going to vote while we are mourning. If Chebukati wants us to vote then let him resurrect the dead so that we do not go into mourning, otherwise, we are mourning for one week and there will be no voting in Kisumu," the Governor declared.
[caption caption="Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o with his wife during the funeral service for Mama Christabell Ouko"]
[/caption]
Speaking from the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referal Hospital, the Woman Representative accused police of using excessive force to combat otherwise peaceful gatherings.
"As soon as the police see five or six people together they shoot at them. Why are they shooting and we have already said that we are not voting and we're just standing by the roadside?
"And if we put roadblocks it is just to keep us from going to vote, ourselves. So why should they shoot to kill?" she posed.
The Governor added that the police had used live bullets on innocent citizens in residential areas.
"A total of 29 victims of police brutality have been received at this hospital, 26 of these have gunshot wounds...you can see this, it is a terrible thing," Prof. Nyong'o lamented.
Assistant Inspector General George Kinoti, however, denied that police had used live ammunition on the riotous groups, admitting that only one man had been shot dead in Homa Bay after attacking a police station.
Read More: NASA Supporters Attack Police, Injure Him Severely
Here is a video of the Governor's statement.
[video:]
