Regular Thursday's cabinet meetings at State House were part of President Uhuru Kenyatta's itinerary at least by Tuesday evening, reports the Nation.
Usually, the president's diary is fully booked by the beginning of the week on Monday as long as he's within the country and the cabinet meetings are compulsory in his itinerary.
But the mysterious letter, which made rounds on social media, in which alleged murder of DP William Ruto was revealed, seems to have made the president serious about the death threats.
Until now, the author of the letter still remains anonymous. However, all indications are, he or she's a member of the cabinet, a move that made the president to ask DCI George Kinoti to seriously investigate the matter.
“We are treating that letter seriously and investigators want to ascertain its origin and authenticity. Once we know the source of the letter and how it came to existence, we shall focus on the authenticity of the issues raised,” said Mr Kinoti.
State House spokesperson Kanze Dena could not confirm that indeed Uhuru received the mysterious letter, but insisted the matter is still under investigations.
“What I can confirm is that the matter is now being handled by detectives. As for authenticity, we have to wait for the investigators to finish their work,” said State House spokesperson Kanze Dena-Mararo.
“So far, we have no formal complaint,” said Mr Kinoti. “But it is our work as police officers to investigate any crime about to be committed and which comes to our attention.”
The cabinet is now divided over the assassination claims. Peter Munya, Sicily Kariuki and Joe Mucheru refused to record statements on Monday, insisting that Dr Ruto had to make a formal complaint.
However, Ruto is said to be keen on having DCI Kinoti interrogate him than Michael Sang, the officer who was tasked to investigate the matter. Uhuru is said to be keen about the claims, a move that could have informed his decision to forgo cabinet meetings first.