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Posted  Sunday, August 29  2010 at  19:02

By secretly inviting Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir as one of the guests during Kenya’s constitutional rebirth ceremony, the Kenyan Government has tarnished this historic moment — perhaps forever.

Although President Bashir has every right to congregate with fellow heads of State, Kenya should honour the ICC treaty, to which Kenya is a signatory.

Is Kenya trying to fool the world by stating that is has fully committed itself cooperating with the ICC?

This was not the way to usher in the Second Republic. Sneaking in President Bashir through Wilson Airport rather was the height of impunity.

OBOK OWITI, Republic of Korea


Add a comment (2 comments so far)

  1. Submitted by mig74

    @shmanzar- please check the icc legal process before you "comment."

    Posted  August 30, 2010 07:11 PM  
  2. Submitted by ShManzar

    Innocent till proven guilty, thats the principle. And a human being must be honoured, its a birth right. I do not condone what Bashir may or may not have done, I have no proof, and CNN BBC are not media that tell the whole truth, so I cannot judge him. But I argue that the prinsiple of innocent till proven guilty beyond doubt must be upheld for all.

    Posted  August 30, 2010 06:07 AM