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Wednesday, February 8, 2024 –Wiper Leader, Kalonzo Musyoka has plans to sue a section of top State officials.
On Wednesday February 7, the Wiper Party leader released a statement that his law firm would file a lawsuit against Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Davis Chirchir alongside two other government officials.
This is due to the recent deadly Embakasi gas explosion that harmed families residing around there.
The Azimio principal listed Principal Secretary Alex Wachira(State Department of Energy) and his counterpart from the State Department of Environment & Climate Change as some of the officials who will be enlisted in the suit.
The leaders should be squarely held responsible for what happened in Embakasi.
“My law firm can go on record along with others and we are clear we may have to sue the following, Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Cabinet Secretary Energy and the PS for Energy who is in charge of EPRA,” stated the former Vice President.
In corroboration with Raila Odinga, he noted that the victims should each be compensated sh 500,000 or more citing that they sustained fatal injuries during the explosion.
Kalonzo who was in the company of area MP Babu Owino also requested his fellow lawyers to support him in the quest for justice.
The four suspects who were arrested and arraigned in court over the explosion are being held in custody for the next 21 days to allow more investigations into the case to be conducted and concluded.
The police is contemplating preferring murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, negligence, causing harm and abuse of office charges against those in custody.
However, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Mr. Chirchir, is yet to comment on the matter.
His boss President William Ruto, casually, spoke about it while on a development tour in Western Kenya.
He ordered specific Stare officials to leave office and face criminal charges.
