URP MPs want DP William Ruto to become president in 2017 to combat ICC

From left MPs Francis Mwangangi (Yatta)-Muungano party, Patrick Ole Ntutu (Narok West)-URP and James Bett (Keses)-URP at a Diani hotel in Kwale. The three called on Deputy President William Ruto to vie for Presidency in 2017 with Uhuru as his deputy so that the Government can protect him from ICC. PHOTO: TOBIAS CHANJI/STANDARD

MOMBASA: Three United Republican Party (URP) MPs have asked Deputy President DP William Ruto to seek to become president as the safest way to protect himself from the reach of the International Criminal Court ICC.

They claimed that presidents tend to be insulated from the reach of the ICC and added that in the Kenyan context the state tends to act with zeal to protect heads of state from international justice.