And right off the bat he got the explosive interview on a flying start by telling us that he was suing Robert Alai!
You read right, Dennis Itumbi is suing his frienemy and fellow jail bird at the controversy penitentiary Robert Alai! Apparently, as always in Alai's case, this stems from statements Alai put up on his blog and on twitter that Itumbi is challenging him to validate.
Chimwani Obiajulu: Why do you think controversy dogs you and Alai?
Dennis Ole Itumbi: I actually got into Twitter after Alai, then there's one day we argued about something and since then it became an issue about me and Alai. But we sit with Alai! We share drinks, we've sat down and discussed issues about how to handle some things, even on Twitter. In fact there's something we do together ensuring that people don't do hate speech and we'll always be together when things against this nation are mentioned. So I really don't know what is... I think it is more out there that we have issues with Alai more than when I meet with him. That being said, two days ago Alai was in court. I finally served him with papers... I have a civil suit against him on the usage of Twitter. Partly because I think we should all be able to justify what we say on Twitter, that is why I am not afraid of the court cases I have before court. Because, it's an opportunity for me to say what I say was true. Because, what should always guide you... is that if it's true, then there's nothing in the world that can stop you. So basically if the controversy is because of our philosophical differences, perfect, and I hope Alai will sit here one day and I'm sure you'll be able to confirm that... I gave him 14 days for him to apologise, having claimed that I doctored a UK dossier. He did not apologise, so I filed court papers... We even met face to face, and we agreed that one of the sites to which he posted, he should bring it down... he did not bring it down, so I think that means then he is sure what he said is true... I don't want Alai in prison that's why I'm doing a civil suit, not a criminal suit. What I want is Alai to appear in court and give the evidence he has that I doctored that....
And we spoke about the alleged hacking or "data interception" as Itumbi diplomatically put it of JetLink's data... For those of you who don't know, we also had a Ghafla Discussion on the same and everyone had alot to say about the allegations that Itumbi "intercepted data" that belonged to Jetlink potentially exposing a threat to our safety! From Nali, myself, Adam and the rest of the team, everyone had an opinion which you can get to see right here:
Chimwani Obiajulu: With that said, you were recently in court, tell us about that.
Dennis Itumbi: Well i'd like to link that to a previous interview that was done within the confines of this room. First, Jetlink have not sued anybody. They have not sued anyone. There's absolutely no case that Jetlink has taken Dennis Itumbi to court. Jetlink initially wanted to do a civil suit, which is them against me. They did not do that because then, the responsibility of truth would have been on them. So they chose the other way, to go to the police to the police and have a case and therefore it is the Republic (of Kenya) against Dennis Itumbi. Therefore, the person i am facing in court is not Jetlink but the Government of Kenya. Infact, jetlink officials are witnesses. The person i am facing in court is a prosecutor from the Attorney General's office so by Government. And therefore the burden of proof is criminal. And there'll be two stages, the first will be for them to table there evidence to convince the court that i have a case to answer. After which the court will determine either i have a case to anwer or i do not have a case to answer. And at this particular moment unlike in a civil suit, mine is to sit and wait for the Government to actually prove -and the word here is not even hacking, it's intercepted data- and in this case the burden of proof is abit harder.
And what did he say about the ICC hacking scandal? You can only find out here!