Why ICC case revival is a desperate fight by cartels

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Moiben MP SIlas Tiren, Nanid Hills MP Alfred Keter and Cherangany’s Joshua Kutuny

All cases do in Kenya do is die and rise.Justice seems to be a key that was lost with no hopes of being found in the big crimes confusing and disappointing the country.

In a new twist,former ICC witness William Rono now claims there is an elaborate plan by ‘powerful individuals’ to revive the case against Deputy President William Ruto in a bid to stop him from vying for the presidency in 2022.

The witness, who recanted his evidence against Ruto and joined the DP’s defence team has named Cheranganyi MP Joshua Kutuny as one of those working with State House operatives and ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to revive the case against Ruto before 2022.

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However, Kutuny dismissed the allegation and said it was a “desperate fight back by cartels involved in the maize and fertilizer scandals”.

“Let them pay farmers and deal with the issues we raised. Such claims on ICC issues are just but tears from the cartels who are feeling the heat for frustrating farmers and stealing from the NCPB,” he said.

The MP described the allegations as “nonsense” and said he would not be cowed from speaking on the rights of farmers.

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Cheranganyi MP Joshua Kuttuny

 

Rono, who spoke to journalists in Eldoret today, claiming he was among former witnesses who had been approached by Kutuny and “other operatives” to fix the DP by claiming Ruto had interfered with witnesses to cripple the ICC cases.

“I am among three former witnesses approached by Kutuny and Harambee House operatives to go back to ICC and fix the DP over claims of witness tampering,” he said.

Rono said recent statements by Bensouda that she was gathering fresh evidence in the Kenyan cases came because of the fresh efforts by Kutuny and others at Harambee house to fix the DP ahead of 2022.

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lawyer Fatou Bensouda

 

“As former witnesses, we have rejected that plan and that is why Kutuny and his colleagues have been coming up with all manner of claims against the DP,” he said.

Rono said the call by a group of MPs for Ruto to be probed over the maize issue was part of a wider scheme to undercut Ruto’s presidential ambitions in 2022.

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