Big blow to ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda as witness 326 disconnects Ruto from the 2007/08 PEV

The International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda suffered a rather big blow, which could have serious implications on her case against the Deputy President William Ruto after one of the prosecution witnesses, witness No326, took a different angle from her's on the nature of the 2007/08 Post Election Violence.

The witness, in a cross examination by William Ruto's lead counsel Karim Khan, termed the post poll chaos as spontaneous contrary to the prosecution's stand that it was well planned and executed by William Ruto among other big political names in the country.

 The witness No326 told the ICC court that the violence broke immediately after the former President Mwai Kibaki was declared winner over ODM's Raila Odinga in unclear circumstances.

He also noted that supporters of both ODM and PNU had camped at the KICC awaiting the final results only for heavily armed police to take away the then chairman of the defunct ECK the late Samuel Kivuitu to an undisclosed room within the building where he declared Mwai Kibaki the President.

In his opinion, it is the circumstances under which Mwai Kibaki was announced president after the 2007 general election that sparked violence which later spread spontaneously to other parts of the country where many people lost their lives and properties.

 The witness also told the ICC judges that there is no one person who had time to plan the 2007/08 Post Election Violence, not even William Ruto as the prosecution led by Fatou Bensouda claims.

The testimony of witness 326 could weaken the prosecution's case against the Deputy President William Ruto.