Mutula’s unenviable responsibility

Together, they hoped to form the next government. If the two are hauled to The Hague, Mr Musyoka stands to win.

That his right hand man in the party was busy pushing for Mr Kenyatta to quit office did not sit well politically for the VP.

But Mr Kilonzo insisted there was little integrity in having suspects in key positions just because they are “innocent until proven guilty”.

“Why for example would the whole country descend on the Deputy Chief Justice (Nancy Baraza) and call for her resignation just for nose-pinching, yet, these ones are let off the hook?” posed Mr Kilonzo.

Is it any wonder that the President yielded to the fervent advice of his Justice minister after such a basic comparison?