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Thousands of supporters of deputy prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto are at Uhuru Park in Nairobi for a welcoming rally cum prayer meeting for the two.
The two arrived back in the country Monday morning from The Hague, Netherlands where they attended the hearings for their post election violence cases.
Journalist Joshua Arap Sang is also accompanying the two politicians. The three are among six people who appeared at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague over allegations of bearing the greatest responsibility for the 2008 post election violence during which over 1000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of others displaced.
The others are head of public service Francis Muthaura, Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey and former police commissioner Hussein Ali.
A convoy of vehicles carrying the two and the MPs who accompanied them to The Hague snaked its way through the city streets on its way to Uhuru Park.
Security is tight at Uhuru Park following claims by another group that it had booked the same venue.
The ODM party led by Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi, and eight MPs Saturday told a prayer meeting for PEV victims at Kamukunji Grounds, Nairobi, that the Ocampo Six should not be allowed to hold the rally scheduled for Uhuru Park on Monday as the party had booked the venue for a different purpose.
However a statement from the police headquarters has moved to clarify the matter saying the venue has been booked by an organization calling itself, Federation of Evangelical & Indigenous Christian Churches of Kenya (FEICCK) through their national chairman one Bishop Joseph Methu.
According to police spokesman Erick Kiraithe, FEICCK was holding the rally in conjunction with another group calling itself The Organizing Committee, Homecoming Rally of the Ocampo 6.
"Their reservation of Uhuru Park was confirmed through a Nairobi City Council letter dated 7th of April, 2011 under reference PS.38/DOE/1/7/SNM/DNM," said Kiraithe.
"This letter was subsequently used to notify the OCS Central Police Station. Consequently, Nairobi Area police have put in place adequate security measures to ensure that law and order is observed during the meeting."
He warned that the presence of any other group at the venue could only cause a breach of the peace which is against the word and spirit of the law.
The rally comes in the wake of a warning to the six suspects from the ICC judges over remarks that might reignite violence in the country.
Attorney General Amos Wako has also cautioned them and their supporters against adverse comments on the cases at the International Criminal Court.
"As the judicial process before the International Criminal Court has now formally commenced, I would advise that utmost restraint be exercised by all including the parties directly or indirectly concerned against commenting on issues before the Court," Wako said.
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