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Ex-MP Pushed for Money to Protect Kikuyus, Court Told Saturday Nation, Pg 8 - 11
Saturday, 01 Oct 2011

Lewis Nguyai told the ICC that funds were raised to defend fellow Kikuyus during the poll violence. Nguyai who was a de fence witness for Uhuru Kenyatta said he did not know how the money was collected and distributed but four MPs were involved in it. He said the Mungiki wanted to contact Uhuru a

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Mutula Faults ICC over Failure to Record Big Three The Star, Pg 9
Friday, 07 Oct 2011

MP Jonstone Muthama has faulted the ICC for failing to record statements from the three presidential candidates in the 2007 polls. He said the supporters of the three were either moved to defend their man or help them ascend to power following the disputed elections.

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Ruto, San want Ocampo to Make all His Evidence Public The People, Pg 5
Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011

Ruto and Sang have asked the Pre-Trial chamber to reclassify evidence initially submitted as confidential and make it public. They want this request honoured to enable them conclude their post-confirmation hearings written submissions to the judges. They say they no longer see the need for certai

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Ex-Mungiki Chief Surfaces, Refutes ICC Role Rumour The Star, Pg 16
Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011

Ex-Mungiki leader Ndura Waruinge has broke his silence and said he is not one of the prosecution witnesses. He said he had no evidence to present at the ICC and even dismissed the prosecution case case saying it was pushed by the western governments who are unhappy with the KEnyan move to eastern

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Ocampo Suspect Linked to Witness Home Attack The Star, Pg 21
Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011

One of the Ocampo suspects was named during police investigations into threats against the family of a witness whose home was attacked in Nandi. The name was mentioned when police in Kapsabet were interrogating the father of the witness whose house was stoned by a rowdy group of youth shouting an

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Security Chiefs Meet over Nandi Witness The Star, Pg 20
Friday, 30 Sep 2011

Rift valley Deputy PC Wanyama Musiambo met with security teams in Eldoret to discuss alleged witness threats against the familiy of an ICC witness in Nandi County. Musiambo said police were handling two assault cases involving the father and a brother of the witness.

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Uhuru is Innocent, Say Kiambu Civic Leaders The Star, Pg 17
Friday, 30 Sep 2011

Civic leaders in kiambu have expressed confidence that Uhuru Kenyatta will be vindicated. Ruiru mayor Goefrey Kaara said the charges against Uhuru at the ICC will be dropped to allow him run for president in the next elections. Kaara added that if Uhuru is convicted, there will be no elections in

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Uhuru Blames Raila, ODM for Poll Violence The Star, Pg 1 & 6
Friday, 30 Sep 2011

Uhuru Kenyatta told ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo that Raila and the ODM Pentagon have political responsbility for PEV. He affirmed that Raila as the leader of ODM should not have called for mass action and instead exploit dialogue and the law courts when they felt elections had been rigged. Uhuru

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