Moses Kuria Thinks Envoys Want to Take Raila to ICC

Gatundu South legislator, Moses Kuria, has hinted to NASA chief Raila Odinga and other Opposition leaders that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may soon be pursuing them.

His message came shortly after 11 Ambassadors and High Commissioners issued a statement that seemed to castigate the Opposition and upheld the legitimacy of Uhuru Kenyatta's Presidency.

Kuria, who has in the past directed sarcastic remarks towards the Opposition, noted that the NASA fraternity had misunderstood the meaning of the statement issued by the envoys.

"I don't think Raila and his NASA sisters understood the statement from foreign envoys," Kuria stated.

According to Kuria, the statement by the envoys was a diplospeak version of asking NASA to be ready for the prosecution at the ICC.

In reference to the joint statement by the envoys, Kuria hinted: "It was a thinly veiled way of telling them they will be treated as war criminals."

He further promised cooperation from the government in case the international court decides to pursue NASA over crimes against humanity.

"This time we will welcome the ICC with a 21 gun salute and allocate them a whole floor at KICC for processing documents," Kuria concluded.

Earlier on, the envoys had urged Odinga to accept the results of the 2017 election and recognise Kenyatta as the democratically elected Head of State.

"Meanwhile, the Opposition must accept the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the election of October 26," the statement by the 11 Ambassadors and High Commissioners read in part.

The envoys had also voiced that "stoking and threatening violence are not acceptable, nor are extra-Constitutional measures to seize power," a statement that may have seen the Gatundu South MP hint on the consequences of such actions in the eyes of the international community.

However, on Sunday, Odinga had bashed the envoys for what he termed as their unwarranted meddling in Kenyan political affairs.

Speaking to the victims of Kijiji fire tragedy in Lang'ata, he noted that the envoys had no interest in the democratic governance of the country but were in pursuit of the interests of the countries they represent.

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