WILLIAM RUTO’s WITNESS STEPS DOWN

It seems the International Criminal Court (ICC) cases are crumbling day after a crucial witness, who was expected to testify against the Deputy President elect William Ruto stepped down on Monday.

Through his lawyer Paul Gicheru, the witness wrote to the ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda withdrawing each and every piece of evidence attributed to him and asked to have his name expunged from the list of the prosecution witnesses.

In a sworn affidavit presented to the ICC court, the witness explained that during the 2007 General Election, he was a PNU official but after election he was induced and enticed to be a witness of the of  ICC court.

“I have never personally visited any of the homes of William Ruto and I did not witness any event and cannot vouch for the truth or otherwise of any allegation that has been made or attributed to me against him,” the witness said in the affidavit.

He said Non Government Bodies and civil societies organizations paid him to testify against Ruto.

The Non Government Organisations that interviewed him included the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHCR), the commission of Inquiry into the Post election Violence (CPV) led by Justice Phillip Waki, the Kenya Police, Maina Kiai, Cynthia Tai and other officers from the ICC.