141 NASA MPs in court over withdrawal of bodyguards

National Super Alliance Members of Parliament have filed a case at the Milimani Law Courts seeking court orders to suspend the decision by the government to withdraw their security and revoke their firearm licences.

The 141 legislators have questioned the legal foundation of the move by the Inspector General of Police and the Firearms Licencing Board.

Through advocate George Miyare, the MPs led by Homa Bay Town legislator Opondo Kaluma said that their security officers only received verbal communication on January 30th 2018 to report back to their work stations without further explanation.

The opposition lawmakers have termed the move as ill motivated and meant to expose them to insecurity and disfranchise their services to the people who elected them.

They further want the court to order the IG to reinstate their security and suspend the order by Firearms Licencing Board pending hearing and determination of the case.

Last week, the government began a crackdown on opposition politicians and individuals believed to have been behind the controversial ‘swearing in’ of NASA leader Raila Odinga as the ‘people’s president’ on Tuesday, January 30.

Addressing the media on Wednesday, January 31 Interior CS  Fred Matiang’i termed Odinga’s ‘swearing in’ as “a well choreographed attempt to subvert or overthrow the legally constituted government,” vowing to take stern action against the organizers and facilitators of the event.