Mutua says claim that Ruto 'squeezed his hand' was only a political sentiment

Appearing for parliamentary vetting on Sunday, Mutua was confronted with questions on his past utterances and actions. One of them was a report he filed with the police regarding his alleged confrontation with Ruto at State House. 

Responding to the query, Mutua said the sentiments he made then were politically motivated, largely because he was part of the opposition against Ruto. 

"Those sentiments were political, there was nothing much," Mutua said.

It was in 2019 when Mutua alleged to have met Ruto in State House, where he (Ruto) firmly shook his hand and squeezed, and threatened to 'crush' him for opposing him. 

Mutua said Ruto, together with then-Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen and National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale threatened to crush him. 

He alleged that Murkomen and Duale warned him against opposing Ruto, saying whenever he touched Ruto he had touched them personally.