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President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the signing of the National Peace Accord on February 28, last year. Mr Annan has handed over the secret list to ICC prosecutor, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo. Photo/FILE
Posted Thursday, July 9 2009 at 19:29
Mr Wako, Mr Kilonzo and Mr Orengo were tasked to quickly work out a judicial mechanism that would be acceptable to MPs, The Hague and the public.
Although Mr Annan had welcomed the government’s efforts to either establish a local tribunal or a judicial mechanism to try the suspects, he declared that it must meet international standards and be agreed on by all Kenyans.
The slow pace
However, he hit at the slow pace of putting in place a mechanism and warned that impunity must be tackled for Kenya to embark on a fresh chapter.
He reminded the government that the public was becoming restless with the delay in implementing reforms under Agenda Four of the National Accord.
“Justice delayed is justice denied. The people of Kenya want to see concrete progress on impunity. Without such progress, the reconciliation between ethnic groups and the long-term stability of Kenya is in jeopardy,” he warned.
A draft Cabinet paper on the establishment of the special court has been submitted to the President and the PM, although it appears that it will meet strong opposition in Parliament.
The proposal seeks to set up a special division of the High Court that will be composed of foreign and local judges. The prosecutor and the investigator will be non-Kenyans.
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Submitted by paulnyatigiPosted July 14, 2009 09:34 PM
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Submitted by simondondi
If you think Kibaki and Raila can be arrested, taken to Hague and Kenya still remains peaceful then try another joke. It is stupidity to imagine so. Even if there are big names,trying them and getting a conviction beyond reasonable doubt is no easy thing and only idiots would think this is possible for Kenya. There is no way a politician in Nairobi can organise violence unless he has structured unit to achieve this and it is the catch. Saying that so and so organised is not the issue but providing the evidence of it is. Wish you luck!!
Posted July 12, 2009 10:33 AM -
Submitted by musembisix
Hopefully this goes through quick. Yes, haki iwe ngao na mlinzi.
Posted July 12, 2009 10:04 AM -
Submitted by JonBforever
People don't forget that the ICC was created by whitey to incriminate black people. If you look at the list of the people indicted by the ICC it reveals that all those indicted are Africans or of African descent only. They have never said anything about the countless number of Iraqis who have died as a result of the illegal invasion. This is just a racist court.
Posted July 12, 2009 08:29 AM -
Submitted by MUTHETHENI
Neither Kibaki nor Raila deserve to be the Kenyan leaders. No wonder they don't have a say on any daily basis corruption in Kenya. What’s the point of believing in any one if the Ministers can never be forced out in cases of corruption scandals at least for some time before investigations done? I mean how can someone stay in office and assure people they work things out if they couldn't control the cause. Wake up Kenyans; stop behaving like you can’t survive without some people. You hate your selves and no one will love your way of handling things.
Posted July 11, 2009 10:50 PM
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“Neither Kibaki nor Raila deserve to be the Kenyan leaders“. What an outrageous statement from a purported Kenyan who seems to know it all. Mr MUTHETHENI, then who deserves to be a Kenyan leader? Needless to say, these two guys have a track record you can not emulate. Throwing salvos of accusation at these gentlemen won’t certainly solve some of the fundamental obscurities facing our country. We just need to go back to the drawing board as a people.