This archive report was first published on 15 August 2019.
On August 15, 2019, detectives from the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) were set to share findings from their investigations over a letter at the center of assassination claims by Deputy President William Ruto.
By the time the FBI was set to share their findings, they had already shared half of their report with the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti and the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji.
According to sources, the first findings had narrowed down the focus to Ruto's office after part of the findings linked the letter to his aides.
As the investigation continued, detectives probing the matter disclosed that they were training their guns on several operatives within Ruto's office to determine who was aware of the letter before it was leaked to the public.
Two aides attached to Ruto's Harambee House Annex office had been linked to the letter, with sources privy to the investigations saying that the two were likely to record statements with Kinoti's team any time from the next day.
Meanwhile, the director of Digital Communications and Diaspora in the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU) Dennis Itumbi distanced himself from the letter, saying he knew nothing about it.
Itumbi claimed, 'By the way I do not work for DP. I work for the Presidency from State House. I have not received any summons. I learnt about it today from the Sunday Nation, unless Sunday Nation is an extension of the DCI. When I receive summons I will let you know. People should not say we have switched off our phones.'
Itumbi, best known for his virulent online campaign for the Jubilee Party, had recently been a vocal defender of the DP after being eased out of State House, together with other communication officials.
The group is now based in Ruto's Harambee House Annex office and have been linked to the DP's 2022 State House bid.
DCI officers were expected to make public the full report from the FBI, whose services they enlisted to unravel the truth about the letter.
