Kenya’s Shuttle Diplomacy goes beyond Africa

President Kibaki is today meeting 16 Kenyan envoys stationed in United Nations Security Councilwooing tricksmember-states over the country’s bid to get cases at the International Criminal Court deferred.

The session comes after Kenya formally wrote to the Security Council asking for deferral of The Hague trials facing six Kenyans over crimes committed during 2008 post-election violence. The letter requesting delaying of the cases facing the six was written by Kenya’s Permanent Mission to the UN, based in New York.

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The envoys were summoned to Nairobi through a letter written by acting Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Mr Patrick Wamoto.

“As part of our engagement with our friends and partners regarding Kenya’s engagement with the International Criminal Court, it has been decided that you travel home for consultations. These consultations will entail a meeting with H.E. The President to ensure you receive proper instructions on the matter,” said Wamoto in the letter to the diplomats.

“You are, therefore, requested to arrange to be in Nairobi by the morning of 14th February 2011 for a possible meeting with H.E. the President on 15th February 2011. Prior to that, we will arrange a comprehensive briefing on the ICC and other pertinent issues,” he added.

The envoys attended a consultative meeting yesterday at Hotel Intercontinental where they were taken through the ICC process.

It is expected they will be briefed on how to lobby the leaders where they work to back Kenya’s request.

Final touches were being put on plans for Kibaki’s meeting with the envoys as Prime Minister Raila Odinga dismissed the diplomatic efforts being waged by the government as futile.

The PM said the attempts to defer the cases were doomed to fail.

“The rule law should be respected, those hopping from one country to another seeking support for the deferral are perpetrators of impunity,” he said in reference to Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka’s shuttle diplomacy.

Kenya’s efforts to influence UN Security Council come after it successfully lobbied African countries to rally behind its position under the umbrella of the African Union.

It is, however, clear that the US could prove a difficult case for Kenya. A diplomat who is privy to the efforts to convince UN Security Council members revealed that the US State Department would not support Kenya’s bid. “The State Department has been very categorical they will not support Kenya’s bid… US will even ensure Kenya’s request is not tabled before the Security Council when that time comes,” a diplomat told The Standard.

The US is among the permanent members of the council together with China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom. China, France and Russia have already given indications they might support Kenya’s bid for deferral.

The non-permanent members are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Portugal, Brazil, India, South Africa, Colombia, Lebanon, Gabon and Nigeria. Decisions of the Security Council are made by an affirmative vote of nine members, including the votes of the five permanent members. If a permanent member casts a negative vote, the draft resolution being voted on is not passed.

Credible systems

And yesterday, speaking on the sidelines of the envoys’ meeting, Kenya’s Ambassador to the US Mr Elkanah Odembo said whatever the Government does, it must also remember that the problem facing Kenya must be dealt with locally, not at The Hague or New York. “We must have a credible tribunal that will see us beyond the Ocampo Six. That will be the best case to argue before the ICC and the Security Council… it’s really futile for us to go around lobbying. Let us have credible systems that will end the culture of impunity,” said Odembo.

The PM who was speaking during the 27th commemoration of Wagalla Massacre in Wajir town asked: “Why should you defer a case for a local tribunal yet even if formed you won’t take action?” He added: “With 2012 coming, those perpetrators would be at it again so they should face the law.”

Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara who accompanied Raila also said he might abandon a Bill he had introduced in Parliament seeking formation of a local tribunal. He argued those seeking the deferral of ICC case were not representative of Kenya.

“Those behind the post-election violence should now go to The Hague and let us not be vague,” he said.

By Ben Agina and Boniface Ongeri

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MR Ocampo’s Accusition on Peace Haters!!!!

I. REQUEST FOR SUMMONSES TO APPEAR FOR WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO,
HENRY KIPRONO KOSGEY AND JOSHUA ARAP SANG PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE 58(7) OF THE ROME STATUTE…………………………………………………………… 77
J. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
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A. SUMMARY OF THE CASE
1. As early as December 2006, WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO (“RUTO”) and HENRY
KIPRONO KOSGEY (“KOSGEY”), prominent leaders of the Orange Democratic
Movement (“ODM”) political party, began preparing a criminal plan to attack those
identified as supporters of the Party of National Unity (“PNU”).1 JOSHUA ARAP
SANG (“SANG”), a prominent ODM supporter, was a crucial part of the plan, using
his radio program to collect supporters and provide signals to members of the plan
on when and where to attack. To reach their goal, RUTO, KOSGEY and SANG
coordinated a series of actors and institutions to establish a network, using it to
implement an organizational policy to commit crimes. Their two goals were: (1) to
gain power in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya (“Rift Valley”), and ultimately in the
Republic of Kenya, and (2) to punish and expel from the Rift Valley those perceived
to support the PNU (collectively referred to as “PNU supporters”).
2. Kenyans voted in the presidential election on 27 December 2007. On 30
December 2007, the Electoral Commission of Kenya declared that Mwai Kibaki,
presidential candidate for the PNU, had won the election. The announcement
triggered one of the most violent periods in Kenya’s history. The Prosecution will
present some of the incidents, identifying those who are most responsible.
3. Thousands of members of the network (“perpetrators”) cultivated by RUTO,
KOSGEY and SANG began to execute their plan by attacking PNU supporters
immediately after the announcement of the presidential election results on 30
December 2007. On 30‐31 December 2007, they began attacks in target locations
including Turbo town, the greater Eldoret area (Huruma, Kimumu, Langas, and
Yamumbi), Kapsabet town, and Nandi Hills town. They approached each location
from all directions, burning down PNU supporters’ homes and businesses, killing
civilians, and systematically driving them from their homes. On 1 January 2008, the
church located on the Kiambaa farm cooperative was attacked and burned with more
1 This is a coalition of parties including the Kenya African National Union (“KANU”), Ford‐Kenya,
Ford‐People, Democratic Party and the National Alliance Party of Kenya.
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than one hundred people inside. At least 17 people died. The brunt of the attacks
continued into the first week of January 2008.
4. All identified attacks occurred in a uniform fashion. Perpetrators gathered at
designated meeting points outside of locations selected for attack. There, they met
coordinators, who organized the perpetrators into groups with assigned tasks.
Perpetrators then attacked target locations. Some perpetrators approached on foot,
while others were driven in trucks, as had been previously arranged. SANG helped
coordinate the attacks using coded language disseminated through radio broadcasts.
5. In response to RUTO, KOSGEY and SANG’s planned attacks on PNU
supporters, as well as to deal with protests organized by the ODM, prominent PNU
members and/or Government of Kenya officials FRANCIS KIRIMI MUTHAURA
(“MUTHAURA”), UHURU MUIGAI KENYATTA (“KENYATTA”), and
MOHAMMED HUSSEIN ALI (“ALI”) developed and executed a plan to attack
perceived ODM supporters in order to keep the PNU in power.
6. First, under the authority of the National Security Advisory Committee, of
which MUTHAURA and ALI were Chairman and a member, respectively, the Kenya
Police, in joint operations with the Administration Police (“Kenyan Police Forces”),
were deployed into ODM strongholds where they used excessive force against
civilian protesters in Kisumu (Kisumu District, Nyanza Province) and in Kibera
(Kibera Division, Nairobi Province). As a consequence, between the end of December
2007 and the middle of January 2008, the Kenyan Police Forces indiscriminately shot
at and killed more than a hundred ODM supporters in Kisumu and Kibera.
7. Second, MUTHAURA, KENYATTA and ALI also developed a different tactic to
retaliate against the attacks on PNU supporters. On or about 3 January 2008,
KENYATTA, as the focal point between the PNU and the Mungiki criminal
organization, facilitated a meeting with MUTHAURA, a senior Government of
Kenya official, and Mungiki leaders to organize retaliatory attacks against civilian
supporters of the ODM. Thereafter, MUTHAURA, in his capacity as Chairman of the
National Security Advisory Committee, telephoned ALI, his subordinate as head of
the Kenya Police, and instructed ALI not to interfere with the movement of pro‐PNU
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youth, including the Mungiki. KENYATTA additionally instructed the Mungiki
leaders to attend a second meeting on the same day to finalize logistical and financial
arrangements for the retaliatory attacks.
8. As a consequence, the Mungiki and pro‐PNU youth attacked ODM civilian
supporters in Nakuru (Nakuru District, Rift Valley Province) and Naivasha
(Naivasha District, Rift Valley Province) during the last week of January 2008.
During these attacks, the attackers identified ODM supporters by going from door to
door and by setting up road blocks for intercepting vehicles, killing over 150 ODM
supporters.
9. The violence resulted in more than 1,100 people dead, 3,500 injured,
approximately 600,000 victims of forcible displacement, at least hundreds of victims
of rape and sexual violence and more than 100,000 properties destroyed in six out of
eight of Kenya’s provinces. Many women and girls perceived as supporting the
ODM were raped.
B. RELIEF SOUGHT
10. Pursuant to Article 58(1) of the Rome Statute, the Prosecution hereby applies
to Pre‐Trial Chamber II for the issuance of summonses to appear against RUTO,
KOSGEY and SANG. Upon investigation of the crimes committed in the territory of
the Republic of Kenya from 30 December 2007 through January 2008, the Prosecution
has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that RUTO, KOSGEY and
SANG bear criminal responsibility under Article 25 of the Rome Statute for murder,
torture, deportation or forcible transfer, and persecution based on political affiliation
as crimes against humanity.
11. The Prosecution files this Application together with an Application for
summonses to appear for MUTHAURA, KENYATTA and ALI, arising out of its
investigation into the Situation in the Republic of Kenya. The two applications
concern crimes that are interlinked, allegedly committed to prevent government
actions or to retaliate against members of the opposition.
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12. If the summonses are issued, the Prosecution considers that it will be
necessary that the Chamber take into consideration the circumstances of both cases in
its ruling and to decide on both cases at the same time. In the event that the
Applications are granted and the charges are confirmed in both cases, the
Prosecution will request that the cases be joined and decided by the same Trial
Chamber.
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D. CONCISE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 58(2)(c)
OF THE ROME STATUTE
16. The Rift Valley, one of eight provinces in Kenya, was the epicentre of violence
that followed the 2007 general election. It suffered the greatest number of victims,
including over 700 deaths, the largest share of the injuries, and approximately
600,000 forcibly displaced persons. The violence that erupted in the Rift Valley was
not spontaneous; rather, it was the product of planning and coordination led by
RUTO, together with KOSGEY and SANG.
17. RUTO and KOSGEY were both senior ODM politicians. RUTO was a member
of the five‐person ODM leadership structure called the Pentagon. KOSGEY was the
Chairman of ODM. RUTO and KOSGEY were running for re‐election for the position
of Member of Parliament (“MP”) in their respective constituencies. SANG, while not
a politician, was a prominent member of the community, due to his position as a
broadcaster on the most popular vernacular radio station, Kass FM. SANG was a
vocal supporter of ODM and its candidates.
18. In anticipation of the 2007 presidential election, RUTO, KOSGEY and SANG
created a plan to expel PNU supporters from the Rift Valley in the event that the
election were rigged. This plan would have the twofold effect of punishing PNU
supporters and removing PNU supporters from the Rift Valley to gain power by
creating a future pro‐ODM voting block.
19. To execute this plan, RUTO, with KOSGEY and SANG, created a Network of
perpetrators from existing structures in the Rift Valley (“the Network”). The
Network consisted of: pro‐ODM political figures; media representatives, particularly
SANG in his role as a prominent host on Kass FM; financiers; regional tribal Elders;
and former members and leaders of Kenyan police and military sectors.
20. In the year before the 2007 election, RUTO, KOSGEY and SANG organized the
Network to plan, coordinate and later execute attacks on perceived PNU supporters
in the Rift Valley. At a series of meetings, rallies and other events, they planned and
incited attacks, and distributed resources to subordinate members of the Network
who would physically execute the attacks.
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21. At these meetings, RUTO, with KOSGEY and SANG, coordinated the
Network by: (1) selecting Commanders to oversee specific areas in the Rift Valley, (2)
creating a hierarchy below each Commander, (3) coordinating transportation and
logistics, (4) coordinating the dissemination of meeting locations, (5) fundraising, (6)
distributing RUTO’s money and promising rewards for every PNU supporter killed
or property destroyed, (7) paying direct perpetrators, (8) identifying target areas, and
(9) providing guns, grenades and ammunition to the perpetrators to ensure that they
had the necessary resources to succeed. Members of the Network were indoctrinated
to believe that Kibaki’s administration planned to rig the presidential election, and to
attack groups perceived to support the PNU if the elections were rigged.
22. Kenyans voted in the presidential election on 27 December 2007. At 5:30 p.m.
on 30 December 2007, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (“ECK”) declared that
Kibaki had won the election. The circumstances of his victory were hotly contested
by ODM.
23. Immediately following the announcement of the presidential election results,
the Network began to execute attacks against PNU supporters in various locations in
Uasin Gishu and Nandi Districts, including Turbo town, the greater Eldoret area
(Kiambaa, Yamumbi, Haruma, Kimumu and Langas), Kapsabet town, and Nandi
Hills town, with the intent to expel them from the Rift Valley. The brunt of the
attacks occurred from 30 December 2007 through the first week of January 2008. The
crimes that are the subject of this Application occurred predominantly within a 25
kilometre radius of a house that RUTO owns in Sugoi (Uasin Gishu District), where
he held meetings to plan the attacks.
24. The Network’s attacks that are the subject of this Application occurred in a
uniform fashion. Perpetrators gathered at designated meeting points outside of
locations selected for attack, where they met their Coordinators. After the
Coordinators organized the perpetrators into groups with assigned tasks, the attacks
were executed. While some perpetrators approached on foot, trucks, previously
arranged, often drove them to designated points of attack. SANG used coded
language disseminated through radio broadcasts to help coordinate the attacks.
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25. After establishing roadblocks at all major roads around towns, including
Kapsabet town, Eldoret, Turbo town, and Nandi Hills town, perpetrators attacked
and burned properties previously identified as belonging to perceived PNU
supporters. They also killed some perceived PNU supporters. The attacks sent
hundreds to thousands of PNU supporters fleeing to nearby police stations and
churches for refuge. Perpetrators at roadblocks and those executing attacks
demanded identification exposing victims’ membership in ethnic groups believed to
support PNU. Those from the groups perceived to support PNU were attacked and
in some instances killed on the spot.
26. The Prosecution submits that on the basis of available evidence, and without
prejudice to other possible crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court, there are
reasonable grounds to believe that during the PEV, including but not limited to the
time period between 27 December 2007 and the end of January 2008, RUTO,
KOSGEY and SANG, committed the following crimes against humanity: murder
under Article 7(1)(a) of the Statute; deportation or forcible transfer of population
under Article 7(1)(d) of the Statute; torture under Article 7(1)(f) of the Statute; and
persecution based on political affiliation under Article 7(1)(h) of the Statute.
27. The Prosecution further submits that there are reasonable grounds to believe
that the requirements of direct/indirect co‐perpetration or of common purpose
criminal liability pursuant to Article 25(3)(a) or (d) have been met.
28. The Prosecution incorporates by reference Sections G.2, G.3, and G.4, below,
into the Concise Statement of Facts. These sections provide a more detailed
explanation of the Network, the planning meetings, rallies and other events, the
attacks, and the roles of RUTO, KOSGEY and SANG.

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Ocampo Mention Peace haters!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Louis Moreno Ocampo The names of suspected masterminds of Kenya’s post election violence have finally been revealed.

The six include senior politicians in the Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the main parties that battled it out for the presidency in the disputed 2007 elections.

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday that the prominent leaders bore “the greatest responsibility” for the violence that left 1,133 people dead and 650,000 displaced.

Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta, his Industrialisation counterpart Henry Kosgey, Eldoret North MP William Ruto, the head of the civil service Francis Muthaura, former Police Commissioner Hussein Ali and journalist Joshua arap Sang will now receive summons to appear before The Hague- based court.

Mr Moreno-Ocampo was addressing a news conference after presenting before the ICC judges two cases, each involving three individuals.

“The post election period of 2007-2008 was one of the most violent periods of the nation’s history,” said the Prosecutor.

“These were not just crimes against innocent Kenyans,” he said.

“They were crimes against humanity as a whole. By breaking the cycle of impunity for massive crimes, victims and their families can have justice. And Kenyans can pave the way to peaceful elections in 2012.”

Mr Moreno Ocampo said he considered Mr Ruto, Mr Kosgey and Mr arap Sang as the “principal planners and organisers of crimes against PNU supporters”.

He said Mr Muthaura used his position as the chairman of the National Security Advisory Committee to “authorise the police to use excessive force against ODM supporters and to facilitate attacks against ODM supporters”. Major General Ali also faces the same charges.

Mr Kenyatta is accused of mobilising the outlawed sect Mungiki to attack ODM supporters.

Mr Sang used “his radio program to collect supporters and provide signals to members of the plan on when and where to attack,” said the Prosecutor.

He said that “perpetrators” cultivated by Mr Ruto, Mr Kosgey and Mr Sang began to execute their plan by attacking PNU supporters immediately after the results were announced.

“On 30-31 December 2007, they began attacks in target locations including Turbo town, the greater Eldoret area (Huruma, Kimumu, Langas, and Yamumbi), Kapsabet town, and Nandi Hills town. They approached each location from all directions, burning down PNU supporters’ homes and businesses, killing civilians, and systematically driving them from their homes.

“On 1 January 2008, the church located on the Kiambaa farm cooperative was attacked and burned with more than hundred people inside. At least 17 people died. The brunt of the attacks continued into the first week of January 2008.”

Mr Moreno-Ocampo accused government officials: Mr Kenyatta, Mr Muthaura and Major General Ali of planning and executing well coordinated retaliatory attacks.

“On or about 3 January 2008, KENYATTA, as the focal point between the PNU and the criminal organization the Mungiki, facilitated a meeting with MUTHAURA, a senior Government of Kenya official, and Mungiki leaders to organize retaliatory attacks against civilian supporters of the ODM.

“Thereafter, MUTHAURA, in his capacity as Chairman of the National Security Advisory Committee (“NSAC”), telephoned ALI, his subordinate as head of the Kenya Police, and instructed ALI not to interfere with the movement of pro-PNU youth, including the Mungiki.

“KENYATTA additionally instructed the Mungiki leaders to attend a second meeting on the same day to finalise logistical and financial arrangements for the retaliatory attacks,” he said.

The ICC prosecutor said he had no evidence linking President Kibaki or Mr Odinga to the violence.

“”We follow the evidence where it takes us. We are not taking into account political responsibilities … there are political debates, but it is not my responsibility,” Moreno-Ocampo said.

On Tuesday, Mr Moreno-Ocampo issued nine tough conditions that will guarantee freedom to the six.

He warned that he will seek arrest warrants from the Pre-Trial Chamber if the conditions, which range from the suspects frequently informing the ICC judges of their movements to an assurance of not interfering with the witnesses, were flouted.

But three of the six suspects immediately protested their innocence led by Mr Kenyatta.

“My record is clear and it remains very clear that I have never committed any crime,” Mr Kenyatta told reporters at a press conference.

“The ICC prosecutor has done his work, we wait for the outcome of the judges,” he said.

“I now find myself to be a suspect, I am ready to respond to any allegations made against me.”

Mr Ruto also countered Mr Moreno-Ocampo’s accusations saying he was not surprised to be named.

“The issues I have raised have now come to pass. It did not come as a surprise to me,” Mr Ruto said at a press conference at Parliament Buildings.

“All along I knew that there was a deliberate scheme, hatched and executed by people who were not interested in justice,” he said..

Flanked by scores of MPs, Mr Ruto said he was ready to face Mr Ocampo at the Hague.

“I am ready, willing and available to face the prosecutor with his witnesses in court as and when i am required to do so. My conscience is clear, I neither participated, organised or had anything to do with the violence.

“It is just a question of time and the truth will come out and shame the devil,” he said while declining to answer any questions from reporters.

On his part, Mr Muthaura said he had not done anything to warrant criminal prosecution.

“The suggestion that I have done anything to warrant criminal investigation is manifest nonsense. It amounts to an unwarranted slur on my reputation and is both unfair and unjustified,” Mr Muthaura told a hurriedly convened press conference at his Harambee House office.

“To issue summons for a person to appear, the pre-trial Chamber of the ICC needs to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person for whom the summons is requested committed the crime alleged. No such judicial determination has been made. None,” Mr Muthaura added, flanked by government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua, President Kibaki’s advisor on the constitution Prof Kivutha Kibwana and a Senior Secretary at the cabinet office, Sam Mwale.

“I wait to see what the judiciary of the ICC make of the Prosecutor’s application. Hopefully they will dismiss his application,” he stated.

“In the event that they do decide to issue summons, I will voluntarily attend The Hague and respect any request the judges of the ICC have for me.”

The documents he gave the court included the names of the six, the crimes they are alleged to have committed and the penalty that he will be asking for.

A three-judge bench will now evaluate the two 80-page bundles of documents and decide whether he can proceed and file the charges he has identified.

Two weeks ago, Mr Moreno-Ocampo had promised to name the suspects during an address to a meeting of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation, convened by the Panel of Eminent African Personalities chaired by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Upper Hill, Nairobi.

The prosecutor said the cases had been strengthened by new evidence his team had gathered, in addition to the leads contained in the Waki Commission and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reports.

“Since last March, when the judges issued an authorisation, my office has been investigating post electoral violence. We collected new evidence, including testimonies, videos and documents. We are not going to discuss our evidence in the media. We will do it in court,” he said.

He said the Waki Commission and the KNCHR reports were key in the investigations into the post election chaos but they only provided the background on which his team based its inquiries.

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OCampo Six:William Ruto

William Kipchirchir Samoei arap Ruto born 21 December 1966 in Kamagut, Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan politician who was Minister for Higher Education until 19 October 2010 after being suspended for corruption. He is also one of the two deputy party leaders of the Orange Democratic Movement. He had previously served in the Ministry of Agriculture since April 2008. Ruto was elected Director of Elections on 18 March 2002, when the National Development Party led by Raila Odinga merged with the Kenya African National Union (KANU). He was Secretary General of KANU, the former ruling political party, and he has been MP for Eldoret North Constituency since the 1997 Kenyan election a seat he won after trouncing the former M.P. The Late Hon. Rueben Chesire. He became an Assistant Minister in the Office of the President and was appointed Minister in charge of Home Affairs in August 2002 but lost the post after the December 2002 election, in which Kenya African National Union lost to the National Rainbow Coalition coalition. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform in the 9th Parliament.

Ruto has been implicated in orchestrating the 2007/2008 post election violence in Kenya.On November 3, 2010, Ruto flew to the International Criminal Court at the Hague to discuss an evidence deal with the prosecutor. On 15 December 2010, Ruto was named in a summons by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, in relation to his role in violence which followed from the 2007 elections

Early life

Ruto was born 21 December 1966 in Kamagut, Uasin Gishu to the late Mzee Daniel Cheruiyot and Mama Sarah Cheruiyot. He attended Kerotet Primary School for his primary school education then joined Wareng Secondary School for his Ordinary Levels education before proceeding to Kapsabet Boys, Nandi for his Advanced Levels. He then went on to receive a BSc and MSc in botany from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 1990.

Political career

Ruto was Organising Secretary of Youth for Kanu ’92 (YK92), a group that was formed to drum up support for President Daniel arap Moi in the 1992 election.

In January 2006, Ruto declared publicly that he would stand for the presidency in the next general election, scheduled for December 2007. His statement was condemned by some of his KANU colleagues, including former president Daniel arap Moi. Ruto sought the nomination of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) as its presidential candidate, but in the party’s vote on 1 September 2007, he placed third with 368 votes, behind the winner, Raila Odinga (with 2,656 votes) and Musalia Mudavadi (with 391). Ruto expressed his support for Odinga after the vote. He resigned from his post as KANU secretary general on 6 October 2007.

The presidential election of December 2007 ended in an impasse. The Kenya’s electoral comission declared Kibaki the winner while exit polls had clearly placed Raila Odinga in front. Raila and ODM claimed victory. In a scene that has been replicated all over Africa, Mwai Kibaki was hurriedly sworn in as the president December 2007 presidential election. What followed was mayhem and bloodbath that no one foresaw. Following the violent political crisis over the results, Kibaki and Odinga agreed to form a power-sharing government. In the grand coalition Cabinet named on 13 April 2008 and sworn in on 17 April,Ruto was appointed as Minister for Agriculture.

On 21 April 2010, President Mwai Kibaki and his Prime Minister Raila Odinga removed Ruto from the agriculture ministry, and transferred him to the higher education ministry, swapping posts with Sally Kosgei.

Controversy

William Ruto was on trial charged with defrauding the Kenya Pipeline Company of huge amounts of money through dubious land deals, but he has been out on bond. The Constitutional Court suspended further hearing of the case due to complaints by Ruto that the prosecution was politically engineered. However, the High Court cleared the path for criminal charges against the Higher Education minister over the alleged sale of a piece of land in Ngong’ forest to Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd.

Maize Scandal

In early 2009 after parliamentary debate on a maize scandal, Ruto was accused of illegally selling maize by Ikolomani MP Bonny Khalwale (Public Accounts Committee Chairman). All the documents bearing the National Cereals and Produce Board seal that linked Mr Ruto to the illegal sale of maize were accepted by Parliament’s deputy speaker.^[11]

Managers of the board stated maize was allocated to some individuals allegedly on the strength of a call by Mr Ruto.^[1] Ttables showed that the cereals board had in store 2.6 million bags of maize in June 2008 and had allocated maize to companies and individuals described as undeserving. Mr Ruto had informed the House that the maize in the stores at the time was 1.6 million bags. William Ruto attributed the maize scandal allegations and claims of his involvement in corruption to the work of his “political enemies”.

New Constitution

While Ruto and Odinga are both from the Orange Democratic Movement of the power-sharing government, they disagree on the issue of the proposed constitution draft with Ruto calling for rejection of the draft in the upcoming constitutional referendum, arguing that some of its clauses are unsuitable while Odinga and Kibaki are campaigning in its favour.

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Members of Kenya’s 10th Parliament

Member Constituency Party Benjamin Kipkirui Langat Ainamoi ODM Sally Jemngetich Kosgei Aldai ODM Edwin Ochieng Yinda Alego/Usonga ODM Ojaamongson, Sospeter Odeke Amagoro ODM Benedict Fondo Gunda Bahari ODM Sammy Silas Komen Mwaita Baringo Central ODM Asman Abongotum Kamama Baringo East PNU William C. Kipkiror Baringo North ODM Charles Cheruiyot Keter Belgut ODM Christopher Mogere Obure Bobasi ODM Simon Ogari Bomachoge ODM Beatrice Cherono Kones Bomet ODM Charles Onyancha Bonchari ODM Oginga, Oburu Bondo ODM Namwamba Ababu Budalangi ODM Bifwoli, Wakoli Sylvester Bumula PNU Abdi Nasir Nuh Bura ODM-K Frankilin Bett Buret ODM Oparanya, Wycliffe Ambetsa Butere ODM Alfred Bwire Odhiambo Butula ODM Gitobu Imanyara Central Imenti CCU Kajembe, Ramathan Seif Changamwe ODM Isaac Kiprono Rutto Chepalungu ODM Joshua Serem Kutuny Cherangany ODM Beth Wambui Mugo Dagoretti PNU Bare Aden Duale Dujis ODM Moses K. Lessonet Eldama Ravine ODM Margaret Jepkoech Kamar Eldoret East ODM Ruto, Samoei William K. Eldoret North ODM Peris Chepchumba Eldoret South ODM Ferdinand Ndungu Waititu Embakasi PNU Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat Emgwen ODM Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa Emuhaya ODM Sugow, Ahmed Aden Fafi KANU Paul Otuoma Nyongesa Funyula ODM Mutava Muyimi Gachoka PNU Dhadho Gaddae Goghana Galole ODM Francis S. K. Baya Ganze KADU-A Mungatana, Danson Buya Garsen NARC-K Kenneth, Peter Gatanga PNU Clement Kungu Waibara Gatundu North PICK Kenyatta Uhuru Gatundu South KANU Midiwo, Washington Jakoyo Gem ODM Karua, Martha Wangari Gichugu PNU Peter Njoroge Baiya Githunguri SAFINA John Mbadi Ngóngó Gwasi ODM Khaniri, George Munyasa Hamisi ODM Ntoitha M”Mithiaru Igembe North PNU Frankilin Mithika Linturi Igembe South KANU Haji Yusuf Mohammed Ijara KANU Boni Khalwale Ikolomani NEW FORD-KENYA Kuti, Mohammed. Abdi Isiolo North NARC-K Abdul Bahari Ali Isiolo South KANU William Kabogo Gitau Juja NARC-KENYA Poghisio, Samuel Losuron Kacheliba ODM-K Ndambuki, Gideon Musyoka Kaiti ODM-K Nkaisserry, Joseph Kasaine Kajiado Central ODM Saitoti, George Kajiado North PNU Samuel Kazungu Kambi Kaloleni PNU Simon Mbugua Kamukunji PNU James Maina Kamau Kandara PNU Alfred Khan’gati Kanduyi ODM Michuki, John Njoroge Kangema PNU Johnson Nduya Muthama Kangundo ODM-K Julius Recha Murgor Kapenguria ODM James G. Kwanya Rege Karachuonyo ODM Elizabeth Ongoro Kasarani ODM Joseph Oyugi Magwanga Kasipul-Kabondo ODM Wavinya Ndeti Kathiani CCU Chepkitony, Lucas Kipkosgei Keiyo North ODM Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui Keiyo South ODM Evans Bulimo Akula Khwisero ODM Stanley Munga Githunguri Kiambaa KANU Philip Kyalo Kaloki Kibwezi ODM-K Nemesyus Warugongo Kieni PNU Jamleck Irungu Kamau Kigumo PNU Barnabas Muturi C. Mwangi Kiharu PNU Lewis Nguyai Nganga Kikuyu PNU Gideon Sitelu Konchela Kilgoris PNU John Harun Mwau Kilome PICK David Eseli Simiyu Kimilili FORD-K Rai, Samuel Gonzi Kinango FORD-P David Mwaniki Ngugi Kinangop SISI KWA SISI Kimunya, Amos Muhinga Kipipiri PNU Kiprono Langat J. Magerer Kipkelion ODM John Ngata Kariuki Kirinyanga Central FORD-ASILI Hassan Ali Joho Kisauni ODM Nyong’o, Peter Anyang’ Kisumu Rural ODM Shabbir Ahmed Shakeel Ahmed Kisumu Town East ODM John Olago Aluoch Kisumu Town West ODM Ngilu, Charity Kaluki Kitui Central NARC Isaac Mulatya Muoki Kitui South ODM-K Charles Mutisya Nyamai Kitui West NARC Richard Momoima Onyonka Kitutu Chache PDP Walter Enock Nyambati Osebe Kitutu Masaba N LP Julius Kipyegon Kones Konoin ODM Zakayo Kipkemoi Cheruiyot Kuresoi ODM Machage Wilfred Gisuka Kuria DP Wekesa, Noah Muhalangángá Kwanza PNU Maalim Farah Lagdera ODM Kiunjuri, Festus Mwangi Laikipia East PNU Ndiritu Muriithi Laikipia West PNU Joseph Lekuton Laisamis KANU Abu Mohamed Chiaba Lamu East PNU Twaha, Yasin Fahim Lamu West NARC-K Odinga, Raila Amolo Langata ODM David Njuguna Kiburi Mwaura Lari PPK Mwalimu Masudi Mwahima Likoni ODM Peter Mungai Mwathi Limuru FORD-P Judah Katoo Metito Loitokitok NARC-K Khwa Shakhalaga Jirogo Lugari KADDU Atanas Manyala Keya Lurambi ODM Victor Kioko Munyaka Machakos Town ODM-K Amason Kingi Jeffah Magarini ODM Gidion Kioko Mbuvi Makadara NARC-KENYA Peter L.N. Kiilu Makueni ODM-K Shitanda, Peter Soita Malava NEW FORD-KENYA Maitha Gideon Mungáro Malindi ODM Hussein Mohamed Abdikadir Mandera Central SAFINA Mohamed Hussein Ali Mandera East ODM Mohamed, Muhamud Maalim Mandera West ODM Emilio Mureithi Kathuri Manyatta DP Mbau, Elias Peter Maragwa PNU Kilimo, Linah Jebi Marakwet East KENDA Boaz Kipchumba Kaino Marakwet West ODM Mbai, Benson Itwiku Masinga ODM-K Clement Muchiri Wambugu Mathioya PNU Empraim Mwangi Maina Mathira SAFINA Chirau Ali Mwakwere Matuga PNU Were, David Aoko Matungu ODM Kajwang’, Gerald Otieno Mbita ODM Mutula Kilonzo Mbooni ODM-K John Pesa Dache Migori ODM Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili Mogotio UDM Joseph Nganga Kiuna Molo PNU David K. Koech Mosop ODM Mohamud Mohamed Ali Moyale ODM Omar Mbwana Zonga Msambweni ODM Fred Chesebe Kapondi Mt. Elgon ODM Olweny, Patrick Ayiecho Muhoroni ODM Kabando Wa Kabando Mukurweini SAFINA Benjamin Jomo Washiali Mumias ODM Kilonzo, Julias Kiema Mutito ODM-K Balala, Mohammed Najib Mvita ODM Daniel Mutua Muoki Mwala ODM-K Andrew Calist Mwatela Mwatate ODM Peter Njuguna Gitau Mwea PNU Musyoka, Stephen Kalonzo Mwingi North ODM-K Musila, David Mwingi South ODM-K John Michael Njenga Mututho Naivasha KANU Lee Maiyani Kinyanjui Nakuru Town PNU Okemo, Chrysanthus Nambale ODM Ntimama, William Ronkorua Ole Narok North ODM Nkoidila Ole Lankas Narok South ODM Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni Ndaragwa PNU Joshua Orwa Ojode Ndhiwa ODM Githae Robinson Njeru Ndia PNU Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki Nithi KANU Francis Chachu Ganya North Horr ODM Silas Muriuki Ruteere North Imenti MAZINGIRA Wilfred Moriasi Ombui North Mugirango/Borabu KANU Pollyins Ochieng Anyango Nyakach ODM Fredrick Otieno Outa Nyando ODM Robert Onsare Monda Nyaribari Chache NARC Samson Kegengo Ongeri Nyaribari Masaba KANU Peter Edick Omondi Anyanga Nyatike ODM Esther Murugi Mathenge Nyeri Town PNU Erastus Kihara Mureithi (Dr.) MBS, HSC Ol’ Kalau PNU Kibaki, Mwai Othaya PNU Martin Otieno Ogindo Rangwe ODM Nicholas O. Gumbo Rarieda ODM Luka Kipkorir Kigen Rongai ODM Dalmas Angango Otieno Rongo ODM Cecily Mutitu Mbarire Runyenjes PNU Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi Sabatia ODM Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa Saboti PNU Hussein Tarry Sasura Saku ODM-K Raphael Lakalei Letimalo Samburu East ODM Lesirma, Simeon Saimanga Samburu West ODM Justus Kizito Mugali Shinyalu ODM Lenny Maxwell Kivuti Siakago SAFINA Wilson Mwotiny Litole Sigor ODM Wetangula, Moses Makisa Sirisia PNU Joyce Cherono Laboso Sotik ODM Murungi, Kiraitu South Imenti PNU Manson Nyamweya South Mugirango FORD-PEOPLE Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki Starehe ODM Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie Subukia PNU Shaban, Naomi Namsi Taveta KANU Francis Thombe Nyammo Tetu PNU Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru Tharaka PNU Munya Peter Gatirau Tigania East PNU Mwiria, Valerian Kilemi Tigania West PNU Kosgey, Henry Kiprono Tinderet ODM Ethuro, David Ethuro Turkana Central PNU Munyes, John Kiyonga Turkana North PNU Josephat Nanok Koli Turkana South ODM Aggrey James Orengo Ugenya ODM Cyprian Ojwang Omollo Uriri ODM Yusufu Kifuma Chanzu Vihiga ODM Danson Mwazo Mwakulegwa Voi ODM Ibrabim Elmi Mohamed Wajir East ODM Hussein Gabbow Mohammed Wajir North ODM Abdirahman, H.Ali Wajir South KANU Adan Keynan Wehliye Wajir West KANU Wekesa B.A. Sambu Webuye ODM James Ondicho Gesami West Mugirango ODM Gumo, Fredrick Omulo Westlands ODM Thomas Luhindi Mwadeghu Wundanyi ODM Kilonzo Charles Mutavi Yatta ODM-K Yakub Mohammad Dori Nominated ODM Nyamweya George Omari Nominated PNU Abdalla Amina Ali Nominated KANU ©2010 Parliament of Kenya. 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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will file two cases involving six suspected masterminds of post-election violence before December 17.  Ocampo, who was speaking on Thursday in Nairobi, said the Hague process for the Kenyan case is now unstoppable as he warned those trying to block justice of dire consequences.  “Under the Roman statute I have power to prosecute those obstructing justice…I therefore put them on notice,” said Ocampo.  He was reacting to recent revelations by ICC that some people were intimidating Ocampo or attempting to bribe witnesses.  “Before December 17, we will file two cases of about 80 pages each summarising the facts and analysing the evidence collected,” Ocampo said.  He also officially disowned two witnesses who recently claimed they were bribed to implicate former Higher Education Minister, William Ruto.  The two alleged that a KNCHR Commissioner had paid them to ‘fix’ Ruto at The Hague.  “They are not my witnesses,” said Ocampo.  Ocampo called on Kenya to seize the opportunity to foster healing as he pursues the six suspects, who allegedly hold highest responsibility in the 2007 post-election violence.  “There are two cases, each involving three individuals who have to face justice. They have to go to The Hague…they are still presumed innocent, their guilt or innocence shall be proved by the judges,” said Ocampo.  “After my presentation to the judges, mentioned individuals should express will to appear voluntarily…judges will make decision on my request in the first part of 2011,” he said.

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