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- Jun 7, 2012
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A storm sparked by an MPs claim that ODM and PNU leaders fixed Deputy President William Ruto at the International Criminal Court (ICC) raged on yesterday.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has sensationally claimed that he and other PNU leaders fabricated evidence against Ruto in the aftermath of the violence following the 2007 presidential election for which both President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga claimed victory.
Kuria has also claimed that Raila, Senator Anyang Nyongo, then ODM secretary general, and former Justice Minister Martha Karua also played a role. Yesterday, over 20 Jubilee MPs asked Raila and Karua to come out and say what they know regarding the alleged procurement of ICC witnesses in the case against the DP.
The MPs joined Kuria at a Press conference in Parliament Buildings to claim that Raila and Karua were privy to the events that led to several key witnesses ending up at the ICC to give evidence against Ruto.
The Gatundu South MP has stated the obvious. What Raila and Nyongo need to do is to search their conscience and stop burying their heads in the sand and tell the truth. We ask Karua to respond to this latest milestone in the search for truth about the PEV, said the statement read by Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow.
What Kuria said is what we have always known. He has stated the obvious. There are many other people in the political divide who have not come out. Moses is our hero, he has spoken where others would not have spoken, said Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen.
Yesterday, Karua, who is also the Narc Kenya party leader, gave Kuria 24 hours to publicly apologise for the claims or face legal action. Karuas lawyer Gitobu Imanyara told the MP to publicly apologise over the claims or else a case would be filed against him at the High Court tomorrow.
Karua claimed Kuria was just a messenger and challenged Ruto to record a statement with the Director of Public Prosecutions if he had evidence to support the claims that she procured witnesses against him.
These are wild and unfounded allegations and there has been a recurrent theme in Rutos defence at the ICC of mentioning my name and claiming that I procured false witnesses. I want to challenge William Ruto, if he has evidence to show I have anything to do with his Hague case, let him be bold enough, come out, stop sending emissaries, stop telling your lawyers to mention me carelessly, say it yourself so that I can take you head-on, Karua told a Press conference in Nairobi yesterday.
Karua explained during her tenure as Justice minister, investigating or searching for witnesses for the ICC cases was not part of her job.
Source: Standard Media
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has sensationally claimed that he and other PNU leaders fabricated evidence against Ruto in the aftermath of the violence following the 2007 presidential election for which both President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga claimed victory.
Kuria has also claimed that Raila, Senator Anyang Nyongo, then ODM secretary general, and former Justice Minister Martha Karua also played a role. Yesterday, over 20 Jubilee MPs asked Raila and Karua to come out and say what they know regarding the alleged procurement of ICC witnesses in the case against the DP.
The MPs joined Kuria at a Press conference in Parliament Buildings to claim that Raila and Karua were privy to the events that led to several key witnesses ending up at the ICC to give evidence against Ruto.
The Gatundu South MP has stated the obvious. What Raila and Nyongo need to do is to search their conscience and stop burying their heads in the sand and tell the truth. We ask Karua to respond to this latest milestone in the search for truth about the PEV, said the statement read by Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow.
What Kuria said is what we have always known. He has stated the obvious. There are many other people in the political divide who have not come out. Moses is our hero, he has spoken where others would not have spoken, said Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen.
Yesterday, Karua, who is also the Narc Kenya party leader, gave Kuria 24 hours to publicly apologise for the claims or face legal action. Karuas lawyer Gitobu Imanyara told the MP to publicly apologise over the claims or else a case would be filed against him at the High Court tomorrow.
Karua claimed Kuria was just a messenger and challenged Ruto to record a statement with the Director of Public Prosecutions if he had evidence to support the claims that she procured witnesses against him.
These are wild and unfounded allegations and there has been a recurrent theme in Rutos defence at the ICC of mentioning my name and claiming that I procured false witnesses. I want to challenge William Ruto, if he has evidence to show I have anything to do with his Hague case, let him be bold enough, come out, stop sending emissaries, stop telling your lawyers to mention me carelessly, say it yourself so that I can take you head-on, Karua told a Press conference in Nairobi yesterday.
Karua explained during her tenure as Justice minister, investigating or searching for witnesses for the ICC cases was not part of her job.
Source: Standard Media