Kenyan Detectives Seek FBI's Help in DP William Ruto Assassination Probe
Kenyan authorities have allegedly sought the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to probe the alleged assassination plot against Deputy President William Ruto.
The Daily Nation reports that Kenyan detectives want the US agency to help them investigate a letter which claims that there is a plot by top government officials including four Cabinet Secretaries to eliminate Ruto.
Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said Ruto was yet to record a statement over the allegations.
Kinoti said their task at the moment is to establish the authenticity of the said letter, whose author remains unknown.
“If he (Ruto) records a statement before that, well and good. But the DP is a senior person and cannot be interrogated on the basis of a document whose authenticity has not been verified," said Kinoti.
Sources at the DCI Cyber Crime Unit said they had approached the FBI, due to the sensitivity of the matter, to help them scrutinize the cyber-systems to determine who downloaded the letter.
“What we know at the moment is that the letter was first seen on social media. But we want to determine whether it was sent to the addressee as a hard copy,” said Kinoti.
Kinoti said they will summon Cabinet Secretaries mentioned after establishing the authenticity of the letter.
“We have told them that we shall call them back here to record statements once we determine the authenticity of the letter,” said Kinoti.
The Cabinet Secretaries are Joe Mucheru (ICT), Sicily Kariuki (Health), Peter Munya (Trade), and James Macharia (Infrastructure).
They are alleged to have held secret meetings at La Mada Hotel along Thika Road to plot Ruto's assassination.
The four denied the allegations when they appeared at the DCI offices on Monday.
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Do you realize how stupid…
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Do you realize how stupid and inept we appear to the rest of the world when we cry for help from our colonial masters? If we can solicit the FBI's help on a mere threat on a person's life, how then can we be expected to investigate and gather useful intelligence on delicate matters such as terrorism and corruption? Is there anything political, judicial or in leadership that we can truly and confidently do for ourselves? Just asking.
The answer is outright NO!…
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In reply to Do you realize how stupid… by Mwororo (not verified)
The answer is outright NO! Kenya is marred with incompetency, corruption and lack of transparency. The West can’t Save Africa!
Kudos to DCI. Kenyan want to…
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Kudos to DCI. Kenyan want to know the truth this matter Kama ni kweli or fake
If our senior officials or…
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If our senior officials or government representatives cannot trust themselves in their performance, why should the citizenry trust them.
Kenyan's believed they elected able leaders, what happened ?
You truly believe Kenyans…
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In reply to If our senior officials or… by Anonymous UI (not verified)
You truly believe Kenyans elected able leaders?
After 7 years of ICC (…
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After 7 years of ICC ( foreign help) what was achieved? Nothing!!
There is no foreign help to domestic affairs. We have been helped with education, loans, donations, and all manner of help since Imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, multi- national corporations, world order/disorder
and with all that we are still third world and helpless.
Our help will come from only US and our God. Anything else is for our leaders to seem like they are doing something and to feel good. Nothing is real here.
To our leaders, all this help is fake and imaginary.
If our leaders are willing to help their country and its citizens, they can do it ( they are capable) but nothing can both be and not be. You will not accomplish anything, if you are corrupt on one hand and holier than thou on the other.
If you are true to yourselves, you can do it.
You guys don't get it. DP…
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You guys don't get it. DP will never trust Kinoti no matter how best he does his job. To avoid all the mistrust invite FBI which to me is a smart move.
The whole story doesn't add up. Over 40 people meet in a hotel (not high class) planning to assassinate deputy president.
Pure politics.
When the hunter is haunted
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When the hunter is haunted
What you sow is what you…
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What you sow is what you reap! It's time to get tormented frm the evil deeds which followed & went unpunished in 2017/18 elections! We know the two masterminds who went around Rift valley preaching the gospel of hatred to get rid of foreign madoadoa! A foreign book introduced by the white missionaries has a verse that puts it even better,"be sure your sin will catch up with you". This time around,the flight to the Hague will have a little bit more of local passengers than last time's!Bon voyage!
rubbish, he's a thief, he…
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rubbish, he's a thief, he needs to pay up. FBI my ass
he said God will punish…
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he said God will punish those who don't want church's given corruption money, then a CATHOLIC priest died and had a will, how is a catholic priest worth 60 Million KSH? Then in the will, he did not leave the money to the church but to his mother, God, help Kenya. where does a catholic priest have that kind of money when they don't work? Kenya is a very puzzling place.
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