David Maraga Warns Ruto About Rising Political Tensions, ICC Return
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has warned President William Ruto that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could return to the country as a result of recent politically motivated demonstrations.
In a news briefing on Monday, July 7, the former CJ alleged that the president is issuing dangerous statements and instructions.
This comes at a time when political tensions are peaking and have piqued the interest of the international community, particularly the ICC.
According to Maraga, if the ICC launches an investigation, there will be enough evidence and witnesses to condemn the president and other high leaders.
“I will not be surprised to see that the ICC is back, because the last time they were after you, the witnesses were not there,” Maraga said.
“Those people are not fools, and this time round they can do their investigations very well and come back.”
“What is being projected in international news shows that the whole world is shocked by what is happening in Kenya,” he added.
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“We are not in a state of war, but we are having 60 people dead in less than a month, and reckless statements being made, especially by the president, that is not normal.”
According to Maraga, the president’s inability to keep his pre-2022 election promises will make it impossible for him to regain public trust, even through discussion.
The former Chief Justice has announced his intention to compete against Ruto in the forthcoming 2027 general election.
Maraga’s warning comes only two days after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua disclosed that he has gathered a team to gather evidence against President William Ruto in order to construct a case against him before the International Criminal Court.
According to Gachagua, who was speaking to Kenyans in the United States on Friday, July 11, the new case will be added to the President’s ICC file on the 2007 post-election violence, which was not resolved but rather put on hold.
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Gachagua said that the killings in Kenya, purportedly carried out by security agents, are admissible before the ICC.
According to Gachagua, the team is eager to guarantee that everything is in order to avoid any gaps that could prohibit the case from succeeding.
“I want to confirm that I have put up a team that is documenting all the atrocities, the killings, displacements, disappearances, and abductions taking place in Kenya,” Gachagua said.
“We have a team that is putting evidence together to take William Ruto to the ICC at The Hague,” he added.
David Maraga Warns Ruto About Rising Political Tensions, ICC Return
