Nyali MP Mohammed Ali has come out to strongly defend Deputy President, William Ruto following his being linked to the brutal murder of Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei.
In a lengthy morning post on social media on Sunday, March 8, the legislator, better known as Moha Jicho Pevu, spelled out several cautionary measures the DP needed to take following claims that his life could be in danger.
Ali advised Ruto against traveling by helicopter, cautioned him to exercise extra vigilance while taking food and drinks and asked him to carry his own seat when attending events.
"To my friend, DP William Ruto avoid choppers, have additional security, be very careful with your food and drinks, keep an eye on all your cars, go slow in phone communication and if possible carry your own seat to your functions," stated Ali adding, "All the other options have failed, you spoke of ONE yesterday and that's the only option they have now. May God protect you."
The latter statement alluded to a comment made by DP William Ruto at the funeral of Sergeant Kenei held on Saturday.
The DP had stated that those who had planned Kenei's death were likely to target him as well. "Those who killed Kenei can kill me but I am not going [to back down]," stated Ruto.
It was against this backdrop that Mohammed Ali penned his thoughts on the controversies surrounding the Echesa arms deal saga and all who had been pulled into it.
Ali directed a few words at Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti insisting that he had bungled the case owing to the manner in which he had chosen to handle it.
“It's too late to recover. The damage is done to the entire DCI detectives. No wonder all your cases don’t see the light of the day in our courts. The courts are working, stop blaming them. They deal with facts and evidence not drama and PR. I’m sorry Bwana Kinoti no one will trust your service again. You are a top cop not a weather forecast reporter,” provided Ali.
The Nyali MP preceded this tirade by raising a number of questions on how the DCI had conducted the investigations. He stated that Kenya's top detective had failed to follow the available clues to form a conclusion thereby compromising the case.
"Not all detectives are the same - some play bad cop. Kinoti is playing one courtesy of the rogue system. My advice to him, Follow the clues of investigation to breakthrough. What you are doing now is zero work."
The former investigative reporter also urged Kinoti to reveal the identities of the murderers insisting that the detective was intentionally keeping citizens in the dark.
“I'm not here to defend anyone. I’m simply trying to tell you that you know the killers and you must tell Kenyans the truth,” he argued.
