Director of Political Affairs Joshua Kutuny warns Jubilee leaders against ICC debate

By Standard Digital Reporter

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Director of Political Affairs in the office of the President Joshua Kuttuny is calling on leaders to desist from making statements on the ongoing cases at the International Criminal Court.

He urged leaders to stop pointing fingers at each other on who fixed who in regards to the cases facing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.

“The ill-advised position being portrayed by some leaders that some individuals in the Jubilee Government who served during retired President Mwai Kibaki’s regime, in one way or another coached ICC witnesses to testify against the Deputy President William Ruto should be treated as utterly contemptuous and uncalled for,” he said.

“The matters before The Hague based Court are indeed sensitive in nature and my office hereby wishes to urge all leaders to desist from discussing or commenting on the submissions being made at the trials.

Kericho Senator Charles Keter has reiterated that top government officials accused of coaching witnesses to implicate Deputy President William Ruto at the International Criminal Court should resign or be forced out.

Speaking in Nakuru Thursday, the Senator, a close ally of the Deputy President William Ruto said he stands by the statement he made in Kericho over the weekend.

“What I said, I will maintain it during the day and at night. The people I talked about know themselves. It is not about tribe,” he added

The statement has rocked the Jubilee Alliance with National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale denying claims that powerful people in the administration of President Kibaki government coached witnesses to fix Ruto over the 2008 post-election violence.

Keter said nobody is being targeted as the people he was talking about know themselves.

In a statement to the newsroom, the Director of Political Affairs in the Office of the President Kuttuny said President and his deputy formed the coalition bearing in mind the challenges the ICC cases were posing.

“I wish to urge leaders that both the President and his Deputy have put up their own means of overcoming this challenge without creating unnecessary anxiety in the Country.”

“I therefore urge all leaders to restrain from creating bad blood and desist from issuing unverified statements that will trigger anxiety in the Jubilee government.”