As the clock winds down to William Samoei Ruto’s

As the clock winds down to William Samoei Ruto’s confirmation of charges hearing on Thursday at the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber, what he once described as a ‘movie’ is now all too real. Being the first to face p(er)rosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday, Ruto the acknowledged bull of Kalenjin politics, will limit his appearances at the Chamber’s hearings despite burning his cash to fly to The Netherlands. This is so because, apparently, he is confident these are but “false charges” engineered by his political detractors.

He has other more urgent public and private matters to attend to including his constituents, after being stripped of the “inconsequential” ministerial flag by a certain chap who is always singing about football matches in rallies. All well and good, but clearly the political significance and impact of facing his accuser eyeball to eyeball once again is just too good to miss!