MP Moses Kuria meeting ICC officials over Ruto fixing

MP Moses Kuria meeting ICC officials over Ruto fixing

Controversial Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria is currently meeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in Nairobi to shed more light on the witness coaching claims that he has persistently made.

Kuria, has of late been on the loose naming witnesses he allegedly helped procure for the Kliegler and Waki commissions that were investigating the 2007/08 post election violence that saw at least 1,300 people lose their lives and over 600,000 others forced out of their homes.

Kuria has persistently said that the Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang were fixed by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua and himself from the Party of National Unity (PNU) wing and CORD leader Raila Odinga and Senator Anyang Ny’ong’o from the ODM wing.

During an interview on Citizen TV’s #TheBigQuestion Tuesday night, Kuria apologized to Kenyans for fixing Ruto and Sang at the ICC. He said that he was remorseful for the role he played in procuring witnesses that were used to implicate Ruto and Sang at the ICC.

He also disclosed that the witnesses who were used to prepare the Waki and Kriegler report were paid as low as Ksh 2,000 to record statements.

Kuria has been at the centre of a heated debate with CORD luminary Raila Odinga and Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua after he linked the two to the on-going cases against William Ruto.

“We all know the violence experienced in 2007 came about because of political differences between PNU and ODM over the contested elections,” said Moses Kuria.

“Both ODM, led by their party leader Raila Odinga and Kisumu Senator Anyang Nyong’o, and PNU, led by myself and Martha Karua, sent letters to the ICC with names of individuals suspected to be behind the violence.”

He accused Raila and Kisumu Senator Anyang Nyong’o of writing a letter to the UN Security Council opposing the deferral of the cases and advising that the suspects be tried at the ICC in The Hague.

Karua proceeded to sue the Gatundu South MP for defamation over the remarks which linked her to fixing Ruto at the ICC.

Raila ordered Kuria to apologize for the utterances of face legal action, an order Kuria ignored saying he is ready to face the CORD leader in court.

The Narc Kenya leader claimed that Kuria’s statement tarnished her name causing her embarrassment in public eye and tainted her image as a leader.

Karua also sought a court order barring Kuria from making further utterances on the matter pending hearing of the case.

She further called on the Jubilee Alliance and its affiliate parties to stop mentioning her in the on-going prayer rallies.

Kuria’s pronouncements on the on-going ICC cases began in September when he claimed that CORD Leader Raila Odinga and Narc Kenya party leader Martha Kuria helped fix Ruto and Sang at the ICC.

Kuria alleged that both PNU and ODM wings of the Grand Coalition government wrote letter to the ICC pointing fingers and the rival camp for the 2007/08 post-election violence.

Ruto was then a member of the Pentagon in ODM.

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