City businessman cum politician Stanley Livondo on Monday, February 21, doubled down on his claims in the alleged attempted assassination against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Livondo spoke to journalists after recording a statement with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), claiming that some of the mercenaries who had been hired to do the alleged job were willing to assist the state agencies in their investigations.
He added that he had availed to the investigating agency the details of the people he believed to be part of the group including their names, registration numbers of the vehicles they use and how they operate. He also claimed that the purported plan spread across international borders.
"I have given them (DCI) all the information including the number plates of the vehicles they use, where they hide, how they move and communicate and how they implement their plans," he stated.
Livondo noted that the information he had shared would help the DCI officers to investigate and start fishing out the individuals from their hideouts in the coming days.
"That threat will be neutralised any hour from today. They will be picked up one by one, including those who have tried to eliminate witnesses. It is a big thing that even involves the church" he declared.
The businessman opined that some of the individuals and witnesses were willing to testify, provided that the government needed to provide security for them. While downplaying any fears for his own life, he also dismissed that his allegations were politically instigated, stating that he only had concerns for the Head of State.
"I am not vying for any seat, but it is my right as a patriotic Kenyan to give a report regarding any threats to the security of the President. That is my responsibility as a citizen. As to the timing, it will become clear when the agencies start apprehending these people" he noted.
He added that he would be recording a second statement later this week on Thursday . The DCI had summoned Livondo over remarks he made on February 19 during Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria's thanksgiving ceremony, where he claimed that there had been two separate attempts to assassinate President Kenyatta.
The former Lang'ata parliamentary candidate's lawyers noted that the tycoon did not have any case to answer and that he was only called to give evidence. His remarks caused a stir across the political divide with Kuria supporting calls for his apprehension.
"As the convenor of the thanksgiving prayer meeting in Thika, I may not be responsible for what speakers said, but it was my meeting, and I have to take responsibility. I have today requested DCI Boss George Kinoti to arrest Stanley Livondo following his reckless statement." Kuria wrote.
