Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, on Saturday, April 15, watered down former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the government of using extrajudicial force during protests.
According to the DP, who addressed a political gathering in Nyandarua County, Raila, and his team should be sent to the Hague instead on accusations of destroying property and loss of lives.
"In fact, the people who should be taken to ICC are those Azimio characters who have destroyed the life and property of the people of Kenya," Gachagua countered, daring Raila to demonstrate after Ramadhan, as threatened.
Gachagua, moreover, instructed Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, to continue executing his duties without fear.
'I see they want to intimidate the IG, but I ask you to continue doing your job professionally. Had they not come to the streets, there would have been no issue between the police and the demonstrators. So let them keep their people at home, "Gachagua stated.
"IG if those people come to the street, do your job in accordance with the Constitution of Kenya. Protect the life and property of Kenyans," the DP directed.
He reiterated that the government will not be coerced, daring Raila to return to the streets as long as they do not destroy other people's property.
"We are not like the previous government that agreed to the handshake. We are stronger," Gachagua, who was in Nyandarua County to oversee the planting of over 10,000 trees to save Ol Bolossat Lake, stated, responding to the letter drafted by lawyer Paul Mwangi.
In the letter, the lawyer made 9 demands to ICC, urging the court to inquire into the political situation in Kenya.
One of the issues the international court was asked to investigate was Gachagua's delegitimising Azimio members, as claimed by Raila diehards.
Azimio also accused the IG of forming a rogue police unit to target its supporters during the demonstrations.
"The squads are reportedly dressed in plain clothes to operate outside the normal command structure and to take direction directly from select commanders appointed for that purpose by Japheth Koome," the letter read in part.
