Kenya: Uhuru Leaves for ICC On KQ Flight, Skips Presidential Lounge With Minimal Security By Eugene Okumu Former President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at JKIA early Tuesday morning for a first class business KQ flight to the Netherlands ahead of his ICC trial status conference scheduled for Wednesday. Kenyatta arrived at the airport at 8.30am accompanied by his wife Margaret Kenyatta and their son Jomo. He did not have his regular security detail but had a few bodyguards according to sources within the travelling party. Kenyatta additionally used the regular VIP lounge and not the presidential lounge reserved for the president at the airport. He was accompanied by several leaders including Nairobi senator Mike Sonko sporting a new hairdo that reads Respect our Prezzo. Other leaders included MPs Jamleck Kamau, Moses Kuria, Naomi Shaban, Joseph Nkaissery and senator Charles Keter. Of note were Coast ODM MPs Gideon Mungaro and Khatib Mwashetani who were also part of the waiting party at the airport. Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu also travelled with Kenyatta to The Hague. The Brand Kenya Board was also represented at the airport as Kenyatta was seen off to The Hague. In a surprise move, Kenyatta Monday afternoon declared Deputy President William Ruto the acting president while he is away at The Hague for the status conference hearing. Kenyatta, during the address to Parliament, said that his move was informed by the need to uphold and protect the sovereignty of the country. I chose not to put the sovereignty of more than 40 million Kenyans on trial since their democratic will should not be subject to another jurisdiction, Kenyatta said before the Senate and the National Assembly.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:36:00 +0000
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