POKOT LEADERS NOW VOW TO TAKE UHURU TO ICC

POKkot leaders on Sunday called for immediate withdrawal of the Kenya Defense Forces from Kapedo in Baringo County terming the security operation as illegal and biased. The leaders said the deployment of KDF officers had not been approved by the national assembly and their activities at Tiaty are illegal and meant to harass innocent members of the Pokot community. Addressing the media at a press conference in Kapenguria, the leaders threatened to raise the military operation issue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. Governor Simon Kachapin who led other leaders condemned the deployment of KDF soldiers whom they accused of torturing and displacing innocent Kenyans. The leaders who included MPs David Pkosing (Pokot South) and Mark Lomunokol (Kacheliba) and over 20 members of county assembly demanded a meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta to iron out the Kapedo issue before it spills over. But the leaders said they will meet the president only after the operation is stopped and KDF soldiers withdrawn from the conflict-hi region claiming the officers had caused a trail of damages. They vowed not to attend any national function in the county until the government withdraws the military and hold a meeting with community leaders