Free Him, Family of Man Who Nearly Disrupted Kibaki’s Funeral Service Begs Gov’t
The name Allan Makana featured prominently in the blogs last week as the country prepared to lay late President Mwai Kibaki to rest.
Makana, a fairly young man from Bungoma County, shot into the limelight after causing a scene as he sought to view Kibaki’s body that was lying in state at Parliament buildings last Tuesday.
Security, drawn from the National Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), had a rough time containing the shirtless man, who was wailing uncontrollably, nearly interrupting the smooth flow of Kenyans who flocked Parliament to pay their last respects to the former Head of State.
Mteuleonline24 established that he told journalists and members of the public present that he is Kibaki’s distant grandson.
On Friday, the 26-year-old man grabbed headlines again after almost disrupting the State Funeral service of Kibaki at the Nyayo Stadium.
Makana, in breach of the tight security at the national event, rushed to the podium and attempted to disrupt the event moments after President Uhuru Kenyatta eulogized Kibaki
In the televised event, Makana was seen interrupting Archbishop Anthony Muheria who had taken over after President Kenyatta, saying he wanted two minutes to make ‘brief’ remarks.
The man of the cloth, however, handled the unforeseen situation expertly, de-escalating the situation by embracing Makana into his arms and moving him away from the microphone before allowing security officers to take him away.
Amid reports that the young man is still in police custody, his family is now appealing to the government to free their kin unconditionally.
In a recent media interview, the family said it was equally shocked by their son’s acts. They denied having any relationship with the Kibaki family.
They suggested that he might have acted the way he did because of the love he had for Kibaki, who is widely celebrated for the country’s Free Primary Education programme introduced in 2002 when he took over from President Daniel Arap Moi of the KANU regime.
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