Peter Oloo Aringo

[Mwalimu-G]

I did know this former KANU hawk was still around. May he rest in peace.

 

[upepo]

Why did Moi decide to eliminate Ouko, a competent minister and Kanu government defender, but never bothered with Raila, a man that had even attempted to overthrow his government?

 

[Okiya]

Why did Moi decide to eliminate Ouko, a competent minister and Kanu government defender, but never bothered with Raila, a man that had even attempted to overthrow his government?

Ouko was a real threat to Moi's presidency

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Why did Moi decide to eliminate Ouko, a competent minister and Kanu government defender, but never bothered with Raila, a man that had even attempted to overthrow his government?

The aristocracy doesn't go for each other's children. It is the uppity children of the proletariat that are disposable.

 

[upepo]

Ouko was a real threat to Moi's presidency

Does it mean Raila's intellect did not warrant elimination?

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Why did Moi decide to eliminate Ouko, a competent minister and Kanu government defender, but never bothered with Raila, a man that had even attempted to overthrow his government?

I think he appeared to be too much a refined gentleman and in good books with foreign govts that he was felt as a legitimate threat to Moi's stranglehold, like Tom Mboya before him.

And word is that Biwott the ever insecure and overzealous Moi sycophant and murderer became paranoid about his growing influence abroad and pushed for his elimination.