I was approached to testify in favour of Ruto at ICC – Boniface Mwangi
I was approached to testify in favour of Ruto at ICC - Boniface Mwangi
Activist Boniface Mwangi has claimed he was approached and offered money to testify in favour of President William Ruto and former President Uhuru Kenyatta during their proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Speaking in an interview on the Iko Nini Podcast, he said the alleged approach happened when the two leaders were facing charges at the ICC over the violence that followed the disputed 2007 General Election.
He explained that the offer came from a lawyer linked to the government side and was aimed at influencing his testimony about the nature of the violence.
“When these guys, Uhuru and Ruto, were in The Hague, one of the lawyers from the government side approached me and offered me money to testify as a witness and say that the 2007 post-election violence was spontaneous,” he said.
Mwangi noted that he rejected the offer outright, insisting that no amount of money would have convinced him to give a false testimony.
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“I can’t discuss how much I was offered because it was not a consideration; the moment we start discussing the amount, it’s like I considered it. Whether it was Ksh1 or Ksh1 billion, I wouldn’t have taken it,” he added.
This comes days after Mwangi launched an attack on former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, warning that backing him for the presidency would amount to reviving the Uhuru Kenyatta era.
Speaking on Sunday, January 25, Mwangi said Matiang’i bears responsibility for major national policy failures and was deeply entangled in the previous administration, including controversies surrounding the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and corruption allegations.
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