The development could make Mr Kuria the fourth person the ICC would be seeking to have arrested for witness tampering, following in the footsteps of Walter Barasa, Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria may be questioned by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his recent public remarks regarding alleged procurement of witnesses.
In e-mail exchanges, the court wants to “discuss recent articles suggesting that you and Martha Karua were involved in procuring witnesses resulting in ICC prosecutions.” The meeting will take place on Friday, October 9 at Parliament Buildings.
In the e-mails, the court investigator remains non-committal whether Mr Kuria is being questioned as a potential suspect or witness in the ongoing cases.
“I would like to meet you in Nairobi,” an e-mail from an ICC investigator Brendan Rook dated September 29 states.
Potentially the development could make Mr Kuria the fourth person the ICC would be seeking to have arrested for witness tampering, following in the footsteps of former journalist Walter Barasa, Public Procurement Administrative Review Board chairman Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett.
The meeting would be to “ascertain the accuracy of the statements attributed to you in the media,” says the ICC.
According to the correspondences, it is Mr Kuria who suggested the meeting to take place at Parliament Buildings.
“In principal, I have no problem meeting with you and/or your team. However, kindly clarify whether you would want me to meet you as someone with information that may help you in which case I do not require my lawyers present, or you would want to talk to me as a suspect in which case I need to invite my lawyers,” Mr Kuria said in the e-mail.
According to the e-mails, it is Mr Kuria who suggested the meeting take place on October 9. The entry of the ICC complicates matters for the Gatundu South MP after Ms Karua also sued him for defamation for linking the Narc Kenya party leader to the “fixing” of Deputy President William Ruto.
Mr Kuria had claimed at a political rally at Kapsokwony, Bungoma County, that he was part of a meeting with Ms Karua that came up with fake allegations and witnesses to influence investigations and the subsequent trial of Mr Ruto at the ICC.
“The witnesses presented to Kriegler to show that PNU won were referred to me by Karua. She told me to secure accommodation for them,” said Mr Kuria.
He repeated the allegations at Parliament Buildings, claiming that ODM’s Raila Odinga and Anyang’ Nyong’o “fixed” the Deputy President.
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