Jubilee reviving ICC debate for voter sympathy, says Mudavadi

NASA principals Raila Odinga (ODM), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Musalia Mudavadi (Amani National Congress) during an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, June 9, 2017. /JOHN CHESOLI
NASA principals Raila Odinga (ODM), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Musalia Mudavadi (Amani National Congress) during an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, June 9, 2017. /JOHN CHESOLI

NASA has no plans of reviving ICC cases should it wins the August election,

co-principal Musalia Mudavadi said on Wednesday.

The Amani National Congress leader said Jubilee Party is attempting to resurrect the debate to whip up emotions among supporters.

He said the Opposition has no intention to reintroduce the issue which became a campaign item in the March 4, 2013, election.

Mudavadi, who is also Opposition candidate Raila Odinga's campaign manager, said this year's elections will purely focus on Jubilee's performance in the past four years.

"Our opponents are trying to revive strange (ICC) things to seek sympathy. This election is about accountability and why the cost of living has gone through the roof."

He spoke when he presided over the launch of ANC's manifesto at the party's headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP Wiiliam Ruto faced charges of crimes against humanity at The Hague but the

cases collapsed for lack of evidence.

ICC top lawyer Anton Steynberg hinted in Arusha last week that the

cases could be revisited if a more cooperative government takes over.

During a Jubilee rally in Nandi, the

Deputy President accused the Opposition of planning to revisit the cases should they form the next government.

"We are aware of a plan by our competitors in NASA to have the cases we had at ICC resurrected in the event that they win the election. Their plans will not work."

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Mudavadi also said the Opposition is worried about the country's rising debt levels.

He also faulted the government for inflating the cost of key projects saying it is unfortunate the extra cash lands in private pockets.

"We do not mind having a railway line from Mombasa to Uganda, what we are saying is give it to us at a fair cost," he said.

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