This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
On July 10, 2019, the storm over the assassination claims surrounding Deputy President William Ruto continued to heat up, with one side of the political divide demanding that Mr Ruto take the blame over the fake letter, while the other side said it would not keep quiet until it was known who wanted to murder the DP.
Police sources revealed that by the evening of July 10, 2019, it had been decided that Mr Itumbi should be charged with making a false document, with some pushing for a higher charge of treason for imagining the death of a sitting deputy president.
As detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) questioned Mr Itumbi at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road, his lawyer, Moses Chelanga, was present to represent him.
"So far, they haven't told us if there are any additional charges against my client, but if they do so, we will make it public," Mr Chelanga told the Nation on the evening of July 10, 2019.
