Two Governors from the Rift Valley Region now want President Uhuru Kenyatta to send the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti packing.
While addressing rallies in Turbo on Monday, November 30, the two governors, Stephen Sang (Nandi) and Jackson Mandago (Uasin Gishu) claimed that Kinoti had reopened old wounds.
They further added that firing the DCI was the right thing for the president to do following his revelations that he was not aware of Kinoti's bold move.
The two also demanded that Kinoti should only be excused after he issues an apology to communities living in the Rift Valley.
"We can't allow people to incite others. The President should fire Kinoti immediately because he's hell-bent on causing chaos in this country," stated Sang.
Mandago, on his part, claimed that a few individuals were planning to use public servants to disrupt peace.
"We are not going back to the violent days. We want to be people who preach and maintain peace," stated Mandago.
This comes days after Uhuru tore into Kinoti over the recent claims surrounding the revival of the 2007 Post Election Violence (PEV) cases.
During the signature collection launch for the BBI Report, the President turned his attention to the investigative agency and blasted it over recent remarks made by DCI boss George Kinoti.
"Wale ambao wanajaribu kuchimbua makaburi. Nilisoma kwa gazeti juzi... wasifikiri wanacheza, mimi siwezi kukubaliana na mambo kama hayo (Those trying to exhume bodies we buried in the past. I read it in the papers the other day. This is not a joke and I cannot agree to such).
"Tumetoka huko na mambo hayo tumezika katika kaburi asahau.. kwa sababu ukijaribu kuleta maneno hapa wewe hujui ni shida gani... watu wengine hawafikirii (We settled those issues back then and buried them. When you try to revive such matters you just don't know what will happen. Some people just don't think). You don't think before you talk, you don't think before you act... you must always think," the President asserted at the time.
Kinoti had invited PEV victims to record statements at the headquarters promising to ensure justice is served for them.
He has since issued a clarification statement saying he did not plan to reopen the old cases but was investigating threatens made against some of the victims and witnesses in the PEV cases.
