Moses Wetang'ula has accused police of using live bullets on innocent Bungoma residents following demonstrations over the repeat presidential election.
The Senator and Ford Kenya leader said on Saturday that he was surprised that some anti-riot officers had dreadlocks.
Members of the outlawed Mungiki sect may have been taken to the county to kill protesters, he said.
"We are calling upon acting Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and Bungoma county commissioner Joshua Chepchieng to tell residents where the deadlocked cops with funny hair styles, who dispersed protesters on Friday, came from," he said.
He and several county leaders
addressed mourners at Madisi village in Kabuchai constituency during the burial of Mzee Francis Wafula, the uncle of Bungoma woman representative Catherine Wambilianga.
He died aged 90.
The NASA principal said never had he seen police with "rastas".
Police said two people were killed on Friday when fresh protests erupted after residents were addressed by Wetang'ula.
Residents said more people may have been killed while Boinnet said yesterday that he had not yet received an official report on the county.
Regarding the election, Wetang'ula thanked NASA supporters for heeding their call for a boycott. He noted votes cast in the county were "only a handful" and accused Jubilee leaders of inflating figures.
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The Senator asked Opposition supporters across the country to wait until Monday when their leader Raial Odinga will state
the next course of action.
After being accused of paying protesters and inciting violence, Wetang'ula told The Star by phone:
"Kenyans are rebelling
against the dictatorial Jubilee regime.
"Bungoma youths reacted to police brutality after the killing of two Innocent people. If fighting for the rights of my people is inciting them then so be it. There is nothing wrong with picketing as it is legal. Police should not use excessive force."
Wetang'ula further asked Jubilee Party leaders, including Uhuru, to stop their chest-thumping.
He and the other leaders said Uhuru and Ruto should have a round table with NASA leaders so demonstrations can end.
Wetang'ula noted the country belongs to all Kenyans, not just a few individuals, who know the problems it is facing and the solutions.
"There is need for both the Opposition and government leaders to agree. Exclusion of some leaders will never help this country move forward. It will only deepen the crisis," he said.
"No Kenyan is more patriotic than another. Residents want peace, not loss of lives and destruction of property."
Bungoma Governor Wafula Wangamati called for dialogue to end the crisis pitting Raila against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Wangamati further castigated senate speaker Kenneth Lusaka for claiming that a man shot during Friday demos
- identified only as Baraza -
was not a Bungoma resident.
He said such reckless statements will only plunge the country into more chaos.
Wambilianga urged police to stop using live bullets on residents.
Kabuchai MP James Mukwe Lusweti also attended the funeral.
