Muthama grilled over forged Nyong'o letter

BY BERNARD MOMANYI

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null 1/1 Kagundo MP Johnson Muthama/File NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 23 - Kangundo Member of Parliament Johnson Muthama has been questioned by police over a letter that was read at a rally in Uhuru Park in April, purportedly written by ODM Secretary General Anyang’ Nyong’o asking the International Criminal Court to detain the six Kenyan suspects. Mr Muthama was summoned to the CID headquarters on Thursday afternoon and spent at least two hours with detectives who wanted to know the authenticity of the letter. The letter which Prof Nyong’o has denied authoring was allegedly sent to The Hague shortly before the ICC Six suspects made an initial appearance there. “We wanted to know what the Member of Parliament knows about this letter. We have questioned him and the investigations are going on,” one of the detectives handling the case said. CID director Ndegwa Muhoro said he had not been adequately briefed about the case which is being handled by detectives attached to the Serious Crimes Unit. The letter in question was publicly read during the rally at Uhuru Park on April 11 - on the day Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto and Joshua arap Sang returned from The Hague - during which Prof Nyong’o was accused by several MPs of interfering with the ICC case. More than 40 Members of Parliament including Mr Muthama were present at the rally. Detectives who grilled Mr Muthama said he denied knowledge of the letter before he was allowed to leave but the officers have indicated they may require him after analysing his statement. Detectives handling the matter told Capital News that they are acting on a complaint lodged by the Medical Services Minister. The letter alleged to have been authored by Prof Nyong’o had asked ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to detain the Kenyan suspects facing war crime charges at The Hague “for the sake of the country’s security.” Prof Nyong’o said by reading a “forged letter” in public, the Members of Parliament had tarnished his name and subjected him to ridicule, odium, contempt and hostility from his peers, family, constituents and members of the public. Detectives have indicated they will be summoning more lawmakers who attended the Uhuru Park rally. Follow the author at https://twitter.com/momanyibernard

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