‘I have provided DCI with names,’ Livondo says on President Kenyatta assassination plot claim

Businessman Stanley Livondo now says he has provided the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) with all the necessary information concerning allegations he made over the weekend of attempts to assassinate President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Speaking on Monday evening outside the DCI headquarters in Nairobi after recording his statement, Livondo said he had provided the DCI with a list of those he claims were behind the plot.

“All information, everything they wanted is available. I have even urged them to bring the FBI, Scotland Yard, and Mossad from Israel on board. Some of the activities in the assasination plot involved the Middle East,” said the former Lang’ata parliamentary aspirant.

“I have provided names, the people who were involved, the mercenaries, and a list of witnesses ready to shed light on this very serious matter.”

Livondo maintained that his claims are true and he is ready to defend them until the alleged mercenaries are brought to book.

“This is not a matter to joke about, we are talking about people wanting to kill the Head of State here. These are not any other political utterances, I am a leader and I am responsible for whatever I say,” he stated.

Livondo was summoned by ​​Police Superintendent Kuriah Obadiah from the Directorate's In-charge Serious Crime Unit.

The businessman’s comments which were made at Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria’s thanksgiving party in Thika on Saturday involved unnamed people who had tried to assassinate President Kenyatta twice.

The alleged assassination attempts, according to Livondo, involved ‘crashing’ aircraft used by the Head of State.

“You have a friend, who attempted to crash your plane twice, will you forgive him?  The first attempt was when President Uhuru Kenyatta was leaving Kisumu and the second attempt was when he was going to the US through Dubai and he had to make a detour,” Livondo said.

MP Moses Kuria has since distanced himself from Livondo’s remarks which he termed as reckless, urging the DCI to investigate the businessman.

“As the convener of the thanksgiving prayer meeting in Thika, I may not be responsible for what speakers said, but it was my meeting, and I have to take responsibility," Kuria said on Sunday.

“I have today requested DCI boss George Kinoti to arrest Stanley Livondo following his reckless statement."