The four Kenyans cases at the International
Criminal Court (ICC) took a new twist on Tuesday, after Eldoret North MP
William Ruto admitted calling mass action together with Prime Minister Raila Odinga
in year 2007.
In a statement to the ICC
Pre- Trial judges, Ruto also admitted holding meetings at his Sugoi home to plan
for the post election violence that killed 1133 people and displaced over
650,000.
The ICC Pre -Trial judges
had given Ruto and the prosecution up to Monday this week, to present the list
of the facts over which they are in agreement. This is in accordance with the
ICC rules of procedure and evidence.
Ruto agreed that the list
of local leaders who attended some meetings to plan for the violence are Daniel
Tai, Nelson Serem, Joel Tarus, William Boit, William Metto and Jeremiah sang.
Ruto also agreed that together
with Prime Minister Raila Odinga and others called for mass action after
President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner in the 2007 disputed presidential
elections.
“After the results of the
2007 presidential elections were announced on 30th December 2007,
violence broke in Kenya and lasted at least until end of January 2008. This is
the period is referred to as the post election violence (PEV),” Ruto says.
On the issue of controversial
Eldoret Market Civil Ward, Ruto and the prosecutions agrees that PNU candidate
Jane Muriithi Wangui was defeated in the market ward with 38.78 percent of
votes.
Source:The Kenyan DAILY POST