Politics
Kenya blamed for US ban on official’s visa
Justice, Costitution and National Cohension Minister Mutula Kilonzo delivering his remarks at a two day conference on""Citizenship and Development, reflection on Change in Kenya" sponsored by European Union. PHOTO/ Anthony Kamau
Kenya is to blame for the action taken against a senior government official by the United States, Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo said on Thursday.
The minister said that if Kenya had “kept its house in order” then the international community would not be so keen to take such actions.
The US has imposed a visa ban on a senior government official.
He added that this was the reason that International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo was headed for the country next Thursday.
“What do you expect when you fail to prosecute people in your own country?” posed Mr Kilonzo.
The minister added that the ICC prosecutor was scheduled to meet President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga because Kenya had given up on trying the suspected perpetrators of the post-election violence suspects.
He noted that the meeting —the only one that Mr Ocampo is scheduled to have — will start the possible prosecution of post-poll chaos suspects.
“Ocampo is coming to prepare the ground for the prosecution of Kenyans outside the country. This is something that should not happen since these people committed the said crime on Kenyan soil,” the minister said.
Mr Kilonzo was speaking at a leadership and ethics conference hosted by Strathmore University in Nairobi.
He said that Kenya had a leadership with a history of poor decision-making, leading to the immense problems that the country had faced.
Accountability
“Kenyans must demand integrity and accountability from their leaders. For instance, it is only in Kenya that the leaders can propose the disbandment of an institution such as the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission,” said Mr Kilonzo.
This, he said, had been suggested without making any provisions for the agency’s replacement or how the fight against corruption would be advanced.
The minister said he would suggest that in future, all institutions that handle investigations be granted prosecution powers to make them more effective.
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Mutula amechanganyikiwa!in another language we say; er ist verrückt.
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At least Kenyans are ready to work with your flipping character Minister Kilonzo.I myself have no time for a leader who has no msimamo.
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Yes...now this is the sense we've been waiting to hear!And i guess you know who are behind the problems among your colleagues,making them public should be the next step go mutula go..
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