The
Hague, Netherlands: The
tenth prosecution witness at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
sensationally claimed Deputy President William Ruto publicly uttered statements
that helped fan violence after the 2007 elections.
Witness
128 told the court that Ruto attended a rally at Kobujoi, in Rift Valley where
he allegedly told members of the Kalenjin community to massively vote for ODM
so that they can get chance to reclaim their ‘dispossessed’ land.
“I told
you that Ruto asked the Kalenjins to vote in massive numbers and that once ODM
takes power, it was going to uproot tree stumps,” the witness told the court
“What did you understanding by the term uprooting tree stumps?” posed
prosecution counsel Regina Weiss.
“At the
beginning, I didn’t know what that meant but after the violence, we came to
learn that he was talking about non-Kalenjins,” he added. “What were they
talking about?” Weiss asked.
“What
happened, there was violence and some people were forced to leave there homes
and go elsewhere.” “When I was talking about some people, I meant non-Kalenjins
…We knew that the Luhya came and bought land in the Rift Valley while the
Kikuyu came to do business and they were the people who were targeted.”
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