Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, on the night of Sunday, December 22, relived a time he was on the phone with a man who was killed as they conversed. At the time he was in a meeting with members of Kibaki's inner circle.
While appearing on K24 TV's Punchline hosted by Anne Kiguta, the governor disclosed that the deceased furnished him with a minute by minute account of attacks in his village until he was also murdered.
The tragedy occurred during the 2007/2008 post-election violence.
At the time of the call, Mutua was seated in a room together with former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali and former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura.
"One of the saddest episodes for me (during the violence) was when somebody called me from Nakuru and told me, 'there are people coming to kill us, please send officers'. I was sitting in Muthaura's office and former Commissioner of Police, Ali, was sitting basically next to me.
"I was on this phone with this man who says, 'they are coming, they have left the other village and are on their way'. The next thing he (the caller) told me they were at his neighbour's place. The next time he is calling me when they are breaking his door," he narrated.
"That man was killed," continued Mutua.
During the interview, the outspoken county boss further addressed a controversial statement he made about former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to The New York Times.
Mutua clarified that he meant Raila's supporters were responsible for the violence and never, at one time, pointed the finger to the premier himself directly. He, however, failed to reveal the names of the perpetrators explaining that his statement is with the ICC. He was a witness in the case.
"The sentence says 'Raila's people' and I sat down with Raila about the same issue and he explained that he was not responsible and he said 'it was a curse for us Luo's to kill other people', " added Mutua.
More than 1,400 people were killed in the chaos.
