Thursday, March 01, 2007

Murder of a suspect or not



Last week, Simon Matheri Ikere met his maker after he was shot by police at his home.

He was buried yesterday.

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Chairman Maina Kiaia, wrote an article in the dailies, alleging that the circumstances under which Matheri died, were suspicious.

He alleged that Matheri had been questioned for 30 minutes before he was shot.

Question: Was this murder?

The jury is out on this one.

What is clear, however, is that dead men tell no tales!

Maina, as he rightly put it, is unlikely to receive much support in his allegations, whatever may have actually happened.

Deadly violent crime has reached intolerable levels in this country, and most of the public will look at Matheri's death with approval.

Another question: What will be achieved by charging Matheri's wife with the offence of harbouring a criminal?

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