By D S
ON GEORGE H. W. BUSH
“The third explanation for Ouko’s assassination was that he died because he had become a threat to Moi.
Ouko, Moi and others had…..returned from Feb 4, 1990 from a trip to the US, known as the “Prayer Breakfast” visit.
It was formally a private trip, whose purpose was to lobby against the threatened suspension of US military assistance to Kenya.
Moi had no meeting planned with GEORGE H. W. BUSH, as the US was increasingly unhappy with Kenya and had asked Moi not to come, though BUSH did not join the prayer breakfast with Moi.
It has been said speculated that the BUSH Administration showed itself too friendly to Ouko or considered him suitable presidential material……(though) the US government denied that Ouko was favored or that he had attended “secret meetings’ with BUSH…..
However, Hempstone’s report in his memoir “Rogue Ambassador” that he had received State Department photographs of Ouko and BUSH shaking hands on the White House lawn, Moi nowhere to be seen, indicated the former ambassador’s own views on the subject i.e. Ouko’s assassination”
Excerpts – (p474-475 – “Kenya: A History Since Independence by Charles Hornsby”.
Anonymous says
This is one man that died painfully just because he chose to be honest. As a diplomat, he expected whatever the concerns could be addressed on a roundtable sitting but crooks saw his life not worth. Eventually they are also dying if not dead already. One mistake honest people of goodwill make is to think that by doing good to others, those others would be good to them. The truth is people are naturally bad and doing good to them doesn’t change them. In fact, in doing good, you’re a worthless fool worth killing. This is what faced Bob and not different from the betrayal, persecution and killing of jesus christ. He negotiated development funds from donors only to be looted by the killers. After his death, the economy just collapsed, Kenya faced the worst economic circumstances, greatest level of dictatorship and political repression, human rights abuses and that politicians still run to the chief architect of the dooms days for endorsement is just an insult to the conscience of those who suffered under the notorious regime. Bob RIP.