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Raila's group asks DPP to charge Miguna

A lobby group allied to Raila Odinga's presidential campaign has asked the Director of Public Prosecutions to open charges against Miguna Miguna over allegations that he is privy to ODM’s participation in the 2008 post-election violence.

The Friends of Raila (Fora) group urged DPP Keriako Tobiko to prosecute Miguna for withholding evidence on the post-election violence.

Speaking at the launch of his book, Peeling Back the Mask, on Saturday, Mr Miguna said he was privy to the ODM campaign strategies and was present when the party declared that the 2007 General Election was a contest of 41 tribes against one.

FORA's legal advisor Anthony Oluoch on Monday rubbished Miguna's book as an exaggerated dossier that is ill timed and malicious.

“If indeed Miguna was aware that some MP’s allied to ODM participated in the post-election violence, why didn't he hand the information to the ICC?” posed Mr Oluoch.

FORA Deputy Patron and Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara urged Raila Odinga not to stoop low by responding to the allegations in Miguna's book

Mr Imanyara termed the publication as a joint PNU/G7 project.

“We are not calling for the banning of the book, we are urging Kenyans to buy it, read and make a decision for themselves,” he said.

FORA took issue with the title of the book, which they say is crafted to give the reader the impression that what the book contains is top secret.

The group asked Mr Odinga not to take any legal action against the book because it does not deserve his attention.

“The book is full of trash and Raila will not sink to Miguna’s level,” Oluoch said.