THE HAGUE: The testimony of the first witness against Deputy President William Ruto opened intense debate among lawmakers at The Hague with some strongly discrediting her testimony. The MPs and senators who thronged the public gallery at the International Criminal Court (ICC) described the witness as ‘omnipresent’ whose account of everything was unbelievable. “Surely, this witness was everywhere. If things were that bad as she says, how she survived,” one lawmaker said at the public gallery as the woman narrated her narrow escape from the Kiamba church. Their loud voices prompted a security officer to appeal for calm. Some of the Kalenjin MPs and senators familiar with the Kiamba area also disputed part of her testimony. Led by Kericho Senator Charles Keter and Baringo MP Grace Kiptanui, the MPs said it was not possible to trek from Kiambaa to Kimuli area where the woman said she lived. “Those two places are so far that it’s not even possible to walk. You can’t even take one hour to get there,” she said. But Tuesday, Ruto looked unusually uns
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:03:44 +0000
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