Politics
Lawyers fault draft law on setting up poll chaos court
Central Imenti MP Gitobu Imanyara (centre) chats with Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni (left) and international centre for policy and conflict executive director Ndung'u Wainaina (right) shortly after the workshop on Wednesday in Nairobi, to critic the draft for the formation of a tribunal bill. PHOTO/FAITH NJUGUNA
Posted Wednesday, December 3 2008 at 20:56
Lost faith
He said Kenyans had lost faith in any local mechanisms to handle matters such as the post-election chaos. Their only hope lied in the International Criminal Court, he noted.
The lawyers at the workshop noted that it was unclear who would lead the investigations as those responsible, the police, were also adversely mentioned in the Waki report.
Ms Cecile Aptel of ICTJ said from the draft it was not possible to see how the tribunal would differentiate between crimes committed during the post-election violence period and those not necessarily associated with the chaos.
She expressed concern that the draft was also unclear on the removal of members of the tribunal.
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