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Revealed: Kofi Annan planned to block Uhuru from presidency

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan actively sought to block the UhuRuto ticket in the 2013 elections.

In a briefing with the French Foreign ministry officials on the situation in Kenya prior to the March 2013 elections, Annan -- who brokered the peace deal following the 2007/8 elections -- urged the French ministry to pass the message that “some of the individuals who are indicted will be arrested and transferred to The Hague.”

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