The ICC's termination of a case against DP William Ruto has left Cord leader Raila Odinga a "bitter" man, Kipchumba Murkomen has said.
The Elgeyo Marakwet Senator responded via Twitter on Thursday to Raila's view that the dismissal of the cases "" for the fight against impunity.
"Finally the man speaks his heart... He is bitter that his 'comrade' William Ruto is out...
Double standards," wrote Murkomen.
Raila gave his views during an interview with the AFP in Paris, France, on Wednesday.
The Senator added: "I have watched Tinga's interview and I am shocked he wishes Rule 68 applied to Ruto."
Kenya did not want the rule, which allowed use of recanted evidence, applied in Ruto and Sang's cases, in line with an agreement reached during the Assembly of State Parties' 2013 session.
Murkomen was criticised by social media users for his response. Dennis Nyamweya sought to know when the Senator does his work, while Job Agolla asked him to go through the interview again.
Agolla asked the Senator not to comment negatively without considering the context of the matter at hand. He said it concerned justice for victims.
Aggrey Muyila asked him not to "jump into imagining Tinga is evil".
"Look at the whole justice system," Muyila added and cited National Youth Service whose money he said was misused by "evil" people.
In an affidavit filed in court, former devolution CS Anne Waiguru dragged Murkomen into the scandal, with a claim that he
.
Murkomen denied the allegations.
A Twitter user identified as 'Sheikh dias' asked Murkomen to let Raila be and give the public the money he allegedly obtained from the NYS.
Raila said the International Criminal Court allowed itself to be
through the African Union, with the idea that states will pull out because of trials against their leaders.
He had called the AU “a shame” to the continent for planning to
of the Rome Statute. But President Uhuru Kenyatta said AU
saw the collapse of Kenyan cases at the ICC.
"The continent's "abysmal rights record" is all the more reason for countries to remain members of the ICC," he said. 'Africa needs the ICC more than any other part of the world."
