This archive report was first published on 6 July 2019.
Published on July 6, 2019, a group of MPs from western Kenya have asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to dig deeper into the alleged assassination plot on Deputy President William Ruto.
The MPs, who include Didmus Barasa (Kimilili), Geoffrey Omuse (Teso South), Janet Nangabo (Women Rep, Trans Nzoia), John Waluke (Sirisia), Mwambu Mabonga (Bumula) and James Mukwe (Kabuchai), expressed their dissatisfaction with the investigations so far.
They took issue with the arrest of Dennis Itumbi, a Digital Director at the presidency, which they claimed was part of the diversionary tactics being employed.
Itumbi was arrested on Thursday and arraigned in court on Friday, with police seeking and being granted five days to finalise investigations into claims that he authored a fake letter linking Cabinet Secretaries from Mount Kenya and other top government officials to the alleged assassination plot.
Itumbi denies the allegations and has sensationally claimed he even has video evidence of the meeting.
The MPs demanded investigations to establish the agenda of the meeting, saying DCI officers should stop concentrating on the letter and instead focus their energies on individuals who uttered words that appeared to be a plot against the Deputy President.
"Instead of DCI investigating individuals who talked ill of the Deputy President, they are now focusing their attention on the letter," Barasa said.
The leaders also expressed their support for Deputy President Ruto, saying they will support him for the country's top seat when President Uhuru Kenyatta's term comes to an end in 2022.
