Mystery deepens
By MAXWEL MASAVA

Kenya Times, Kenya
March 16 2006

LANGATA lawmaker Raila Odinga last evening emerged from the Kilimani
Police station with confidence saying he had provided the police with
enough details to unveil the truth about the so-called mercenaries.

The former Roads and Public Works Minister maintained that he had
never met the two Armenians, saying statements issued by Messrs Arturs
Margaryan and Artur Sargysyan reflected how dangerous they were..

And Raila threatened to sue Environment Minister Prof Kivutha Kibwana
over his recent remarks that linked him to the mercenaries.

Addressing journalists soon after recording a statement with the
police, Raila said he had provided the detectives with more “vital and
urgent information that would greatly help them demystify the issue.”

Some of the information he had given to the police, Raila said, was
how he came across the documents related to the mercenaries that he
provided to the press. “I have brought to the attention of the police
further information that has come to me in the past few days which
is crcucial and important for the investigations.”

The former minister said he had decided to visit the police station
on his own, a fact that was confirmed by the officer in charge of
investigations Isaiah Osugo who had to be recalled to record his
statement.

Raila, who was the first one to bring the issue to the public, denied
claims by the two Armenian brothers that he had met them in Dubai
and later in Kenya where he allegedly received a loan advance of Sh
108 million.

“I am really astonished with the statement that I met them in Dubai.

This is part of a wider government plot to hide the truth about the
issue,” Raila told journalists.

Raila was accompanied by five MPs, among them his lawyer Kenneth
Marende, Reuben Ndolo, William Omondi, Paddy Ahenda and Orwa Ojodeh.