Belgut Member of Parliament Nelson Koech on Thursday, July 27, revealed that the National Assembly Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations Committee plans to summon Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale for claiming that former President Uhuru Kenyatta is funding Azimio's anti-government protests.
Koech, who also doubles up as the committee's chairperson, stated that they want to determine if Duale's allegations were based on official intelligence and in what capacity the former Garissa Township MP made the remarks.
The committee chairperson emphasized that, being a member of the National Security Council (NSC) and holding the position of Defence Cabinet Secretary, Duale is unlikely to make baseless comments due to his access to sensitive information.
Koech added that the summons will be issued in the coming days given that the committee has been on recess.
"Duale made statements to the effect that Uhuru financed this chaos. It is important that we summon Duale to explain what he meant by that. Duale is directly answerable to my committee," he stated.
Without substantiating, Duale has previously claimed that Uhuru is funding the demos and warned the government would take action against him.
"Even if you (Uhuru) continue crying about your children and mother, we don't care about that, the law will catch up with you. Look for the Head of Licensing Board boss Rashid Yakub and return all the guns to him," Duale commented.
Koech also revealed that the security agencies had already drafted the names of individuals responsible for financing demonstrators accused of destroying the Nairobi Expressway.
Koech, a close ally of President William Ruto, regretted that although the government had attempted to apprehend the suspects, the individuals, who he did not name, were seeking refuge in the courts.
"There was intelligence that there was a politician who was going to send groups to Mlolongo to cause chaos. As you can see that there are DCI officers who were transferred yesterday because of the laxity that was there.
"I'm sure you have seen people going to court. Why would you have 40 guns in your home?" he posed.
