Dennis Itumbi: DP digital boss arrested as DCI intensify probe on Ruto ‘assassination’ claims

A digital strategist based at Deputy President William Ruto’s Harambee Annex office has been arrested by detectives over an alleged plot to assassinate Ruto.

Police are investigating Dennis Itumbi’s involvement in a letter in which an unnamed Cabinet Secretary is said to have written to President Uhuru Kenyatta over a scheme by three Mt Kenya Cabinet Secretaries to eliminate Ruto.

The authenticity of the letter was questioned with police pursing leads that the document could have been forged.