Deputy President William Ruto has unleashed his fury on the National Intelligence Service (NIS), purporting that the organization may have had a role in the utterances made by Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho that Azimio One Kenya party leader Raila Odinga would win by 60 percent in the first round of the presidential elections.

The DP through his advocate Elias Mutuma penned a strong worded letter to the agency seeking clarification on the PS's statement made on May 30 that he said was linked to reports by the NIS, noting that his boss, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, sat in the National Security Council which meant that his utterances should not be taken lightly in the run up to the polls.

DP Ruto reminded the NIS of its role in the state of security in the country, with a keen interest on its impartiality in electoral matters, and that Kibicho's remarks have raised suspicions of the State's interference with the electoral process, alleging that the agency was privy to plans to advance the agenda of the Azimio party.

"Our client is aggrieved by the reckless and negligent release of negligent or polling information for use by the PS to advance the interests and cause of the Azimio Party and to undermine the confidence of Kenyans in fairness of the presidential electoral process," the letter read in part.

Ruto hence demanded that the NIS addresses the matter , and to ascertain whether or not the report that revealed that Odinga would win by 60 percent in the first round of the presidential election was official, and also whether or not the Director General authorized the release of the said information in a bid to advance the interests of the Azimio Party.

He also demanded to know the measures taken by the NIS upon the release of the information by Kibicho which he termed as a breach and abuse of its core mandate given the risk arising from the spread of such information.

Ruto promised dire consequences should the agency fail to follow through with his demands and would resort to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to have those who use the intelligence in contravention of the provisions of the NIS act charged.

"Unless the Board and the Office of the Director General of NIS provides a reasoned and acceptable finding or explanation to the complaint within 14 days, the complainant shall pursue legal action to safeguard a peaceful ectoral process that now stands compromised by the unlawful, unconstitutional and reckless use of intelligence by the Interior PS to further the interested of a political party," the document warned.