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The PM was addressing grassroots leaders from the North Rift region who had invited him to Eldoret for a consultative meeting and to express their support for his presidential bid/PMPS

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Winning presidency won’t assuage ICC – Raila

One of the leaders Kipkorir arap Menjo asked the Eldoret North MP William Ruto and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to tame their presidential ambitions in view of the cases facing them at the ICC saying the country risked facing international sanctions if the two were elected into office as president and deputy president.

“We are not ready to risk our country being a pariah state to satisfy the egos of two individuals,” he noted.

Speaker after speaker exonerated the PM from blame over the Mau issue and over the jailing of Kalenjin youths suspected to have been involved in the post election violence, noting that indeed in both cases he acted in the best interests of the community.

They noted that the PM simply led efforts to save the Mau in his official capacity while acknowledging that he also went out his way to have the youth who had been arrested set free.

During the function, more than 60 officials from the United Republican Party (URP) defected to ODM reportedly because they had disagreed with URP party leader Ruto’s move to compel the Kalenjin community to support the presidential candidature of Kenyatta.

Cabinet Ministers Henry Kosgey, Sally Kosgei, Franklin Bett, Musa Sirma, several assistant ministers and MPs also attended the event.

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