Migori Governor Okoth Obado has weighed in on Deputy President William Ruto's pending case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Netherlands.
This follows reports that Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has received more evidence implicating Ruto in the 2007-2008 post-election violence that claimed many lives.
But speaking when he accompanied Ruto for a fundraiser at PCEA Kangaita Church in Tetu, Nyeri county on Sunday, Obado said that the case shall soon collapse and Ruto acquitted.
Similar remarks came from Kiharu lawmaker Ndindi Nyoro who accused Ruto's rivals of spearheading the same to cut his feet as he seeks to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
“The thieves who united and incited criminal charges against the DP and the President have been taking information to ICC. We want to tell them that the wave of the DP cannot be fought,” he is quoted by the Nation.
But on his side, Ruto avoided the debate, urging leaders to concentrate on service delivery and unification of Kenyans.
"Work must continue because we do not have time for propaganda. We have united with those we were competing against to foster unity among Kenyans," he is quoted.
Ruto's case was vacated in 2016, a year after charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta who was also implicated in the same were terminated.
Obado is also facing murder charges at the High Court following his implication in the murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno.
He is out on a Ksh 5 million bond, with the hearing set to continue early next year.
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