Kenya poll violence probe ‘on schedule’

The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations are on schedule and the masterminds of post-election chaos will be indicted by December.

Two ICC situation analysts have told a group of civil society members they were making progress.

“They have indicated that they are running as per their schedule and sticking to the timetable that they have given to the public,” said Change Associates executive director Ngunjiri Wambugu, who convened the meeting on Thursday.

The participants wanted to know whether the international court was running a political agenda or targeting a particular community in its investigations.

“Our main objective was to understand the process more but we all concluded that the ICC was key in establishing Kenya’s nationhood,” said Mr Wambugu.

The analysts will report back to chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo before Sunday. The team visited Kisumu, Eldoret and Naivasha which were hotspots of the post-election violence.

Sources at the meeting said that the court was doing its own investigations and would not rely solely on the Waki and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reports.

They also dismissed claims The Hague court was targeting a particular community. At the same time, Internal Security minister George Saitoti will on Friday gazette the rules for taking statements from senior security chiefs.

Mr Evans Monari, one of the lawyers representing provincial commissioners and police chiefs, said they were yet to receive word on when the exercise would take place before Justice Kalpana Rawal.