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Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto on Monday asked the media and foreign ambassadors to stop advancing the cause for Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The two said the country was bigger than an individual and called on Kenyans not to be fooled by individuals advancing their selfish interests.
Speaking at Uhuru Park during a rally cum thanks giving prayer meeting on arrival from The Hague, Ruto accused a section of political leaders of politicizing the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
He called for the speedy resettlement of IDPs who are still in camps three years after the disputed results of the 2007 general elections.
Uhuru said the country's problems cannot be solved by foreigners. The two announced that they will be holding a series of rallies countrywide to promote peace and cohesion among Kenyans.
The two arrived back in the country on Monday morning from The Hague where they attended the hearings of their cases in relation to the post election violence.
Journalist Joshua Arap Sang who was said to be accompanying the two was however not at Uhuru Park.
The others mentioned by the report by the International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo are Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura, Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey and former Police Commissioner Maj-Gen Hussein Ali who returned to the country over the weekend.
Members of parliament from various political parties attending the rally announced that they would soon unveil a new political outfit in readiness for the 2012 general election.
The politicians said the new political party in the offing would be a power to reckon with adding that it would bring together politicians from across the political divide.
They said the new political outfit would bring real change because it would bring together all tribes. Speaker after Speaker said they had a common political enemy that they vowed to defeat through the ballot in the next general elections.
Hints of an alliance between Uhuru and Ruto started emerging last month during a series of political rallies the two held across the country ahead of their date with the ICC to answer summonses issued against them.
Meanwhile Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara says he will soon retable his bill seeking to establish a local tribunal.
Imanyara says that a local tribunal must be established to try other suspected perpetrators of post election violence since the International Criminal Court is only handling the cases against the so-called Ocampo six.
In an interview with KBC, Imanyara said the post poll chaos victims should get justice and challenged MPs to stop their rhetoric about a local tribunal and pass a law that would create it.
He accused a section of legislators who accompanied the Ocampo Six to The Hague saying their presence did not add any value to the initial appearance process.
The legislator also dismissed a section of the African Heads of States and governments who have threatened to push the African Union to withdraw from the Rome Statute if the Kenyan case is not deferred.
He said impunity should not be allowed to prevail by a few individuals protecting their interests.
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