Kenya given thumbs up in resettling the displaced

Kenya hopes to use an African Union report that praises its resettlement of internally displaced people to bolster its argument in favour of an African justice system.

This is the recurring theme as Kenya lobbies to have the African Court of Justice and Human Rights try crimes against humanity.

Although this may not affect the cases against Deputy President William Ruto and former journalist Joshua arap Sang, it would add to the political and diplomatic pressure Kenya plans to put on the International Criminal Court.

INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

The report by a sub-committee of the permanent representatives committee states that only peace could restore the confidence of the displaced.

It says: “The Government of Kenya has fully demonstrated this in the way  and manner it is dealing with the issue of internal displacement in the country.”
The report says that only peace could restore the confidence of the displaced.

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said that 303,466 households have been resettled so far; 245,416 from the violence and the rest from other crisis such as eviction from occupied land in forests.

She also said that elders and youth involved in reconciliation would address a meeting on the sidelines of the summit.