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With ICC ruling on case, Deputy President William Ruto not out of the woods

The chickens of the International Criminal Court have come home to roost for TNA’s Uhuru Kenyatta and URP’s William Ruto. The last two weeks have been turbulent for Kenya’s numero uno and numero dos.

I wouldn’t sleep easy if I was one of the duo. I would toss and turn — anxious and uncertain about the next treacherous curve in the ICC’s winding road. The leviathan of the ICC — once deemed dead — has come roaring back. All bets are now off. No one knows — or can predict with any legal certainty — when the next shoe will drop. I know this much — the noose of the ICC just grew tighter round Mr Ruto’s neck. Nor is Kamwana out of the woods.

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