Ruto: ICC should first try those who rigged elections

He said in Kilifi that the country has a government, parliament and a judicial system that can deal with issues affecting it.

The Hague, according to Oparanya is not a better option because ‘no citizen from a sovereign state in Africa has faced trial at that court before and it would be a mockery to our independence as a state’.

He cited the example of Liberia where former President Charles Taylor explaining that he was tried at the international court because the country had no government in charge.

"Even a Rwandan was taken there, but it was during the time there was a vacuum there," said Mr Oparanya.

The Butere legislator insisted that Kenya is capable of handling its affairs without external interference.

"Ocampo is about to open the letter, and this may have far reaching implications to the country," he said.

He spoke at Buchenya green stadium in Butere during the constituency games competitions.

However, Khwisero MP Evans Akula said handing over of the letter to ICC by Mr Annan was indeed long overdue.
"We passed this in parliament long ago and it did not come as a surprise," he said.

Mr Akula added that the local tribunal will see only the youth incited to cause mayhem tried while those who funded the chaos walk away Scott free.

A law expert Mr Martin Oloo said heads will roll and political landscape change within following the new development.

"It is a pay back time for the big fish in the current administration," said Mr Oloo.

"It is something that was unexpected and a vacuum that may follow if suspects are tried at The Hague would lead serious problems here."

The lawyer observed that handing over of the envelope to Ocampo may have wrapped up the Agenda 4 proceedings.
"Once the investigations against the suspects begins, it would not be easy to carry a head with the agenda four," he argued.

Additional Reporting by PHILIP MUYANGA, BENSON AMADALA and JOHN SHILITSA