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Secret list: Now Kibaki and Raila sign pact
President Mwai Kibaki (right) and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Photo/FILE
Posted Wednesday, December 17 2008 at 21:20
“The parties shall ensure that any person convicted of a post-election violence offence is barred from holding any public office or contesting any electoral position.”
People killed
The two leaders also committed their political parties to ensuring that a special tribunal is formed to deal with individuals behind the post-election violence that saw 1,133 people killed and 350,000 others displaced.
It states in part: “The parties shall prepare and submit to the National Assembly for enactment a Bill to be known as The Statute for the Special Tribunal to give effect to the establishment of the special tribunal to seek accountability against persons bearing the greatest responsibility for crimes, particularly crimes against humanity, relating to the 2007 General Election in Kenya.”
The two leaders also agreed to mobilise their MPs to support the enactment of the Freedom of Information Bill 2008, which seeks to repeal the Official Secrets Act (Cap. 187) and allow access to information from Government offices.
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Submitted by yesuwanguPosted December 19, 2008 10:46 PM
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Submitted by justusmwamba
Only those who don't understand the law keep on talking about "wapelekwe Hague", I wrote here althou someone decided not to approve it that The ICC does not handle cases being handled by a partner state as per the Rome Statute of 1998.we have defendants in the case involving the kiambaa incident that creates a technical hitch! a suspect will only require a sharp lawyer(and they are many) and voila! acquital. just find out what happened to Lubanga who everybody thought was as guilty as the pope is catholic.
Posted December 19, 2008 04:58 PM -
Submitted by Hillaryio
Bagosora just got a lifetime in jail for masterminding the slaughtering of innocent Rwandans. Hopefull, we will live to see our the Kenyan inciters,too, send to where they belong. I was really hoping that they would to Hague,but it appeares the government is about to start the ping-pong game with formation of endless tribunals and commitees. Just another way of fleecing the unsuspecting taxpayer of millions of shillings.
Posted December 19, 2008 11:22 AM -
Submitted by musaufelix
Mr President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga should be very carefull with the steps they take in the Waki report.Don't do anything to please your allies in parliament of which some are suspects.All what is done should be according to the law.Otherwise future generations can later hold you accountable and be answerable to your actions.Remember your positions are instituions in Kenya,you are there today tommorrow are others."Your decisions will make Kenya better or worse"
Posted December 19, 2008 03:59 AM -
Submitted by nani_ngombe
Spin Doctors in the theater again. I still believe we can use the tax and media freedom thing as a perfect platform of getting rid of all these crazy business. A peoples' revolution, Greece-style may serve as better than The Hague!
Posted December 18, 2008 09:46 PM
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secrets are not allowed raila should not have secrets with Kibaki