SEVEN politicians including four ODM ministers are among over 3,000 individuals being pursued by investigators after Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere in August last year ordered the reopening of the 2007-08 post election violence files.
Investigations by The Star reveal one of those being pursued is a prominent member of the ODM elections think tank popularly known as the Pentagon.
There are two cabinet ministers from the Rift Valley, two ministers from Nyanza, an MP from Busia County and a Naivasha politician. It has also emerged that one of the Ocampo Six suspects is preparing to implicate Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the violence by adducing video evidence showing the ODM Leader urging the tenants not to vacate houses they seized from the rightful owners at Kiang'ombe in Kibera.
The suspect’s lawyers have armed themselves with edited video materials to be presented as exonerating evidence before the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber next week.
Police Spokesman Erick Kiraithe confirmed fresh investigations into the post-election violence are going on but could not say exactly when they will be concluded. “It is true the Police Commissioner ordered the reopening of those cases in August last year. As to whether the people involved are prominent or not, it doesn’t matter to the police as crime is crime,” Kiraithe said.
He said those cases where investigations are concluded with water-tight evidence will be prosecuted immediately. “We are pursuing water-tight evidence on all the over 3,000 cases and we hope to take people to court,” he said.
The ICC has summoned Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, suspended Cabinet ministers William Ruto and Henry Kosgey, Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura, Postmaster General and former Commissioner of Police Hussein Ali, and Kass FM presenter Joshua arap Sang who were named by the Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo.
A technical committee appointed by Attorney General Amos Wako in 2008 to evaluate the post-election violence cases dismissed most of them. The only two cases presented to court were dismissed for lack of evidence.
The cases involved a police officer, who was allegedly caught on camera shooting a protester, and those who torched Kiambaa Church in Eldoret, killing 13 women and children.
Yesterday Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni said that PNU will demand the official release of the raw Kenya National Commission on Human Rights investigations draft report. “We want to pursue this matter to the furthest limit. And therefore we are demanding the release of the undoctored KNCHR report,” Kioni said.
He said PNU will pursue legal means to compel Justice Philip Waki to hand over to the police the list of names secretly given to Moreno Ocampo inside the famous brown envelope.“The list had 10 names. Now that we are preparing for local investigations and trials of these cases, what Waki hid in the list should be made public,” Kioni said. Kioni said there is a need to investigate the ODM Pentagon to ascertain their role in the post-election violence.
Raila, Deputy PM Musalia Mudavadi and ministers Charity Ngilu, Najib Balala, Joseph Nyaga and suspended minister William Ruto were members of the Pentagon.
The organ that drove Raila’s presidential campaign machinery in 2007 is said to have been responsible for ordering mass action in which hundreds of youths took to the streets in the affected regions.
One ODM Cabinet minister says that two of the Pentagon members put pressure on Raila to declare himself President and be sworn in as happened in the Ivory Cost recently.The members of the Pentagon pursued the idea at an ODM PG meeting at Orange House on December 30, 2007.
The move to reopen the post-election violence investigations is part of the government’s plan to signal to the world that something is being done to prosecute the perpetrators and deliver justice to the victims. According to the police source, the Ocampo Six will also be probed afresh.
Over 1,300 people were killed and 350,000 displaced as violence rocked the country’s six out of eight provinces. Kiraithe added that police can confirm that crimes were indeed committed and that action must be taken.“People were killed, raped, maimed some were shown on camera slashing and killing or burning houses. The police cannot pretend that nothing happened,” Kiraithe said. But neither the Police Commissioner nor the police service will be drawn into ongoing politics over the matter, Kiraithe said.
Police commanders in the affected regions have been ordered to reopen the cases and pursue those who may have fled after being notified of the investigations against them.
Cherangany MP Joshua Kuttuny yesterday said that it will be difficult for ODM to escape blame given the naming of the party chairman Henry Kosgey among the suspects.“We know that the party is just realising they have a lot to answer. In fact, how can they not when its chairman and deputy party leader are said to have been involved,” Kuttuny said.
The vocal legislator described as an attempt to carry out acts of espionage against the suspects the ODM decision to hire lawyers for Ruto, Kosgey and Sang.
This week Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba is expected to table a fresh bill seeking to initiate a local tribunal in Kenya.“This bill will be ready next week (this week). It will be a bill that passes the international threshold,” Namwamba said last week. He reiterated that ODM will not accept police investigations and said only outsourced credible prosecutors will be accepted.
Isaac Ongiri
The Star
Monday, March 28, 2011
KENYA TWICTIONARY
A Twictionary for Kenya Tweeters
Blogotweet - Boggers who Tweet
Twictivism - Twitter activism
Kenyatwity - about Kenya
Kenyapolitweet - about Kenya Politics
Twicampo6 - about the Ocampo six
TwICC - about ICC and Hague Politics
Twibaks - about Emilio Mwai Kibaki
Twigwambo - about Raila Agwambo Amollow Odinga
Wipeet (wipe-it) - about Wiper Kalonzo Musyoka
Blogotweet - Boggers who Tweet
Twictivism - Twitter activism
Kenyatwity - about Kenya
Kenyapolitweet - about Kenya Politics
Twicampo6 - about the Ocampo six
TwICC - about ICC and Hague Politics
Twibaks - about Emilio Mwai Kibaki
Twigwambo - about Raila Agwambo Amollow Odinga
Wipeet (wipe-it) - about Wiper Kalonzo Musyoka
Saturday, March 26, 2011
STATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY MRS. LUCY KIBAKI, E.G.H., THE FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA.
I (Mrs. Lucy Kibaki) reside at State House.
As Kenyans will recall, various claims attributed to Kalonzo Musyoka have been reported in the Wikileaks cables (read it here) and published in the local media in the recent past.
In some of these cables Kalonzo Musyoka is reported to have discussed residential matters of the First Family and made innuendos regarding the composition of the same family.
In the said leaks, Kalonzo Musyoka is said to have alleged that I do not reside at State House adding that I moved to State House when I learnt there were night meetings taking place there.
I wish to inform Kenyans that this is barefaced falsehood. As all Kenyans are aware, I have been resident at State House where I have conducted my duties and responsibilities as the spouse of the President.
It is also from State House that I have continued to undertake my charitable activities within the framework of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.
I also wish to inform Kenyans that no night meetings were taking place in State House. The allegation by Kalonzo Musyoka that I moved to State House to check on night meetings was false and conceived in bad faith.
Further, I wish to clarify that the composition of the First Family is in the public domain and its integrity and moral authority is beyond reproach.
Any insinuations to the contrary are unfounded and false. As Kenyans are aware, however, it is a well known fact that there are people who go around masquerading to belong to the families of prominent people in public life.
Members of the public should distinguish between genuine family members and imposters.
I also wish to clarify that while State House is the official residence of members of the First Family, family members reserve the right of choice whether or not to reside in State House as they have private homes.
I further take great exception to Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka’s reported allegations that President Kibaki slept on his job due to drugs administered on him. As Kenyans are fully aware, at no time has President Kibaki slept on his job. Indeed, claims to this effect were never substantiated in the Wikileaks.
Kenyans will remember that it is at this time that the economy begun to record unprecedented levels of growth. Indeed, the economy grew by 5.8 per cent in 2006 when the cables were being wired and rose to 7 per cent compared to 1 per cent in 2002,when the President took office. Obviously, this is an indicator of a country under sound management in every respect and does not suggest a chief executive asleep on his job.
In any case, it is clearly unkind and contrary to African, indeed human, values to discuss other people’s health and to appear to derive fiendish delight from their poor health.
Like other Kenyans, I was particularly dismayed to read further revelations that Hon. Kalonzo appealed to the US to prevail on President Kibaki not to run for another term in order to pave way for Kalonzo to ascend to leadership.
As Kenyans are aware, ours is a competitive political system and there is no short cut to power. Those who seek external influences to better their leadership prospects should know that Kenyans are an enlightened people capable of voting the leaders who will best represent and pursue their interests and the wellbeing of the country.
I urge Kenyans to engage in constructive dialogue that will take our country to the next level rather than smear other people’s reputation for their selfish interests.
25th March, 2011
The Video below ascertains some of the facts raised in the above statement by Lucy Kibaki. Watch it!
As Kenyans will recall, various claims attributed to Kalonzo Musyoka have been reported in the Wikileaks cables (read it here) and published in the local media in the recent past.
In some of these cables Kalonzo Musyoka is reported to have discussed residential matters of the First Family and made innuendos regarding the composition of the same family.
In the said leaks, Kalonzo Musyoka is said to have alleged that I do not reside at State House adding that I moved to State House when I learnt there were night meetings taking place there.
I wish to inform Kenyans that this is barefaced falsehood. As all Kenyans are aware, I have been resident at State House where I have conducted my duties and responsibilities as the spouse of the President.
It is also from State House that I have continued to undertake my charitable activities within the framework of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS.
I also wish to inform Kenyans that no night meetings were taking place in State House. The allegation by Kalonzo Musyoka that I moved to State House to check on night meetings was false and conceived in bad faith.
Further, I wish to clarify that the composition of the First Family is in the public domain and its integrity and moral authority is beyond reproach.
Any insinuations to the contrary are unfounded and false. As Kenyans are aware, however, it is a well known fact that there are people who go around masquerading to belong to the families of prominent people in public life.
Members of the public should distinguish between genuine family members and imposters.
I also wish to clarify that while State House is the official residence of members of the First Family, family members reserve the right of choice whether or not to reside in State House as they have private homes.
I further take great exception to Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka’s reported allegations that President Kibaki slept on his job due to drugs administered on him. As Kenyans are fully aware, at no time has President Kibaki slept on his job. Indeed, claims to this effect were never substantiated in the Wikileaks.
Kenyans will remember that it is at this time that the economy begun to record unprecedented levels of growth. Indeed, the economy grew by 5.8 per cent in 2006 when the cables were being wired and rose to 7 per cent compared to 1 per cent in 2002,when the President took office. Obviously, this is an indicator of a country under sound management in every respect and does not suggest a chief executive asleep on his job.
In any case, it is clearly unkind and contrary to African, indeed human, values to discuss other people’s health and to appear to derive fiendish delight from their poor health.
Like other Kenyans, I was particularly dismayed to read further revelations that Hon. Kalonzo appealed to the US to prevail on President Kibaki not to run for another term in order to pave way for Kalonzo to ascend to leadership.
As Kenyans are aware, ours is a competitive political system and there is no short cut to power. Those who seek external influences to better their leadership prospects should know that Kenyans are an enlightened people capable of voting the leaders who will best represent and pursue their interests and the wellbeing of the country.
I urge Kenyans to engage in constructive dialogue that will take our country to the next level rather than smear other people’s reputation for their selfish interests.
25th March, 2011
The Video below ascertains some of the facts raised in the above statement by Lucy Kibaki. Watch it!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
A confused and wavering ODM
New twist as ODM Secretary General Anyang' Nyong'o now says reports of legal aides for three members of Ocampo Six not the official party position.
ODM Window-dressing. They will hire lawyers for Ruto, Kosgey over ICC cases
The Orange Democratic Movement has indicated that it will hire lawyers to represent its members named as post election violence suspects by the International Criminal Court.
ODM also announced that it will sponsor a Bill to provide for the establishment of a credible judicial mechanism to try the cases facing the Ocampo Six.
The lawyers will represent Eldoret North MP William Ruto, Henry Kosgey (Tinderet) and radio presenter Joshua Sang.
Orange MPs led by parliamentary secretary Ababu Namwamba and deputy secretary-general Joseph Nkaissery said the lawyers will be asked to accompany the three suspects for their initial appearance at The Hague on April 7.
“Whether it is at a court in Kibera or at The Hague every suspect has a right to a fair trial and justice,” said Mr Namwamba.
The legislators said the decision was arrived at the National Executive Committee and Parliamentary Group meeting on Tuesday.
They declined to name the lawyers, saying only that they would accompany the three and support them.
“The party will hire legal experts to hold brief, accompany the members and support them,” said Gen Nkaissery.
Mr Ruto, the Eldoret North MP and deputy leader, is a rebel within the party and does not see eye-to-eye with Mr Odinga.
Relations between Mr Kosgey and the Odinga faction have been frosty since the announcement that he was one of the six people the ICC claims bear the greatest responsibility over the violence that claimed at least 1,133 people and displaced an estimated 650,000 from their homes.
While Mr Sang is not principally an ODM member, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo listed him as a suspect under the party's banner when released his list. The others, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta, head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and Postmaster General Hussein Ali were lumped under the PNU.
The party also took a swipe at the efforts by coalition partner PNU to shield the Ocampo Six from prosecution by attempting to have the ICC defer the case for a year.
“The shuttle diplomacy where the Vice President has been lobbying characters, some of who are candidates of international investigations has the brought the country ridicule and odium,” said Mr Namwamba.
They said that by taking the position to have the cases referred to Kenya, the intention was to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the country.
Mr Namwamba maintained that the party has consistently been for the creation of a local tribunal despite previous failed attempts.
The bill for the establishment of a local tribunal will be brought to Parliament next week and will cover all details as provided for by the Rome Statute, Gen Nkaissery said.
MPs at the press conference included ministers Franklin Bett, Mohamed Elmi and assistant ministers Margaret Kamar, Maalim Mohamed, Dhadho Godana and MPs Rachel Shebesh, Omar Zonga and Dr Joyce Laboso.
The latest move marks a major climb down from the party position on the trials.
In a hard hitting statement in Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the Ocampo Six should be ready to prove their innocence at the ICC.
“We cannot all the time be talking about the innocence of the six. More than 1,300 Kenyans were killed, some were burnt in a church and in Naivasha others were shot. Justice for them must also be done.
That innocence of the six must be proved through a fair judicial process. If you are mentioned, go through the process,’’ Mr Odinga while responding to a question by Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo during the Prime Minister’s time in Parliament Wednesday.
“If you are a suspect do not tell us you are innocent. Go and clear your name there (at the Hague)."
Mr Odinga, who is the ODM party leader, also called for an independent prosecutor and the involvement of foreign investigators such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the UK's Scotland Yard if the trials are to be handled locally.
Source: Daily Nation
ODM also announced that it will sponsor a Bill to provide for the establishment of a credible judicial mechanism to try the cases facing the Ocampo Six.
The lawyers will represent Eldoret North MP William Ruto, Henry Kosgey (Tinderet) and radio presenter Joshua Sang.
Orange MPs led by parliamentary secretary Ababu Namwamba and deputy secretary-general Joseph Nkaissery said the lawyers will be asked to accompany the three suspects for their initial appearance at The Hague on April 7.
“Whether it is at a court in Kibera or at The Hague every suspect has a right to a fair trial and justice,” said Mr Namwamba.
The legislators said the decision was arrived at the National Executive Committee and Parliamentary Group meeting on Tuesday.
They declined to name the lawyers, saying only that they would accompany the three and support them.
“The party will hire legal experts to hold brief, accompany the members and support them,” said Gen Nkaissery.
Mr Ruto, the Eldoret North MP and deputy leader, is a rebel within the party and does not see eye-to-eye with Mr Odinga.
Relations between Mr Kosgey and the Odinga faction have been frosty since the announcement that he was one of the six people the ICC claims bear the greatest responsibility over the violence that claimed at least 1,133 people and displaced an estimated 650,000 from their homes.
While Mr Sang is not principally an ODM member, ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo listed him as a suspect under the party's banner when released his list. The others, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta, head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and Postmaster General Hussein Ali were lumped under the PNU.
The party also took a swipe at the efforts by coalition partner PNU to shield the Ocampo Six from prosecution by attempting to have the ICC defer the case for a year.
“The shuttle diplomacy where the Vice President has been lobbying characters, some of who are candidates of international investigations has the brought the country ridicule and odium,” said Mr Namwamba.
They said that by taking the position to have the cases referred to Kenya, the intention was to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the country.
Mr Namwamba maintained that the party has consistently been for the creation of a local tribunal despite previous failed attempts.
The bill for the establishment of a local tribunal will be brought to Parliament next week and will cover all details as provided for by the Rome Statute, Gen Nkaissery said.
MPs at the press conference included ministers Franklin Bett, Mohamed Elmi and assistant ministers Margaret Kamar, Maalim Mohamed, Dhadho Godana and MPs Rachel Shebesh, Omar Zonga and Dr Joyce Laboso.
The latest move marks a major climb down from the party position on the trials.
In a hard hitting statement in Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said the Ocampo Six should be ready to prove their innocence at the ICC.
“We cannot all the time be talking about the innocence of the six. More than 1,300 Kenyans were killed, some were burnt in a church and in Naivasha others were shot. Justice for them must also be done.
That innocence of the six must be proved through a fair judicial process. If you are mentioned, go through the process,’’ Mr Odinga while responding to a question by Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo during the Prime Minister’s time in Parliament Wednesday.
“If you are a suspect do not tell us you are innocent. Go and clear your name there (at the Hague)."
Mr Odinga, who is the ODM party leader, also called for an independent prosecutor and the involvement of foreign investigators such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the UK's Scotland Yard if the trials are to be handled locally.
Source: Daily Nation
Loliondo: The Miracle cure for all chronic diseases known to mankind
The sleepy village of Samunge in Arusha, Northern Tanzania, is teaming with thousands of ailing people from all walks of life who have heard that 76-year-old Ambikile Mwasapile, has discovered a miracle cure for all types of diseases.
Over 10,000 patients are spending up to four and five nights to access the old man.
Award winning NTV reporter John-Allan Namu examines ‘The Loliondo Wonder’ in this exclusive feature on a phenomenal happening in the remote interior of northern Tanzania, where a former Christian preacher, Ambilikile Mwasapile, has turned into a miracle healer.
Thousands of people are flocking into the dusty hamlet in Samunge, and the pilgrimage involves people of all walks of life; the rich flying in by helicopter, thousands others driving in and even more trekking the distance. Does this man heal, or is his a medical scandal in the making?
Read More Here
PART I
PART II
Over 10,000 patients are spending up to four and five nights to access the old man.
Award winning NTV reporter John-Allan Namu examines ‘The Loliondo Wonder’ in this exclusive feature on a phenomenal happening in the remote interior of northern Tanzania, where a former Christian preacher, Ambilikile Mwasapile, has turned into a miracle healer.
Thousands of people are flocking into the dusty hamlet in Samunge, and the pilgrimage involves people of all walks of life; the rich flying in by helicopter, thousands others driving in and even more trekking the distance. Does this man heal, or is his a medical scandal in the making?
Read More Here
PART I
PART II
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
ODM disowns efforts to challenge ICC cases
The Orange Democratic Movement has disowned the government’s efforts to challenge the cases facing the Ocampo Six at the International Criminal Court, jeopardising efforts to save the suspects.
Lands minister James Orengo was categorical Wednesday that the Orange party would not support the move to file an application at the ICC challenging the admissibility of the cases on grounds that neither Prime Minister Raila Odinga nor its representatives in the cabinet sub committee on ICC were consulted.
“All the people who attended the meeting that arrived at that decision were from PNU. Not a single person from ODM was invited so this decision is self serving, it is not a decision of the coalition government,” Mr Orengo said.
The position was re-affirmed by the ODM Parliamentary Group, which termed Attorney General Amos Wako’s move giving London based lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice the go-ahead to challenge the cases at ICC as “dead, a waste of public resources and doomed to fail".
“Why is the government wasting precious taxpayers’ money to initiate a process that’s dead from the beginning?” the group’s secretary Ababu Namwamba posed at a press conference at Parliament Buildings last evening.
“As one half of the government, we certainly don’t feel that this letter represents 50 per cent share in government. This move is dead, a waste of public resources and is setting Kenya on the path of more ridicule,” said the Budalang’i MP.
Kenya is seeking to challenge the admissibility of the cases by the ICC and its jurisdiction over the crimes committed on grounds that it is in the process of setting up a local mechanism to try the cases.
ODM’s argument is based on an opinion on the Kenyan situation by Sir Nice and Rodney Dixon, the other lawyer engaged by Kenya, outlining the scenarios applicable.
The lawyers conclude in the letter that “statistical assessment of prospects (of the success of filing the case) will be difficult in the extreme".
Mr Namwamba said Kenya could only succeed in challenging the case if it had established proper mechanisms to investigate the crimes committed during the post-election chaos.
He charged that the police are suspects in the crimes committed and would not investigate themselves, and there would therefore need to have assistance from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations and Britain’s Scotland Yard.
Mr Orengo on his part maintained that the ODM wing of the coalition was not involved in deliberations leading to the decision.
“I wish to point out to you that it is important that legal advice should be sought and given in the appropriate manner. There is a coalition government in Kenya established under the National Accord and Reconciliation Act and the Constitution of Kenya,” he protested.
“It would be inappropriate for any section of Government to make unilateral decisions on this weighty matter,” he added and demanded that the sub committee be convened to review the decision.
He, however, maintained that ODM would not “bother” to challenge the government’s move at the ICC because it stood no chance of success.
“We don’t even need to block it because it is incompetent, vexatious and frivolous,” he stated.
Mr Orengo maintained that the application to challenge the cases on grounds of admissibility was doomed to fail because it only addressed the plight of the six suspects and not the 1,133 Kenyans who lost their lives in the violence.
The government’s failure to start investigations into the violence or prosecutions of those suspected to have perpetrated the violence also gave the application little chance of success at the ICC, he noted.
By JOHN NGIRACHU and PETER LEFTIE
Daily Nation
Lands minister James Orengo was categorical Wednesday that the Orange party would not support the move to file an application at the ICC challenging the admissibility of the cases on grounds that neither Prime Minister Raila Odinga nor its representatives in the cabinet sub committee on ICC were consulted.
“All the people who attended the meeting that arrived at that decision were from PNU. Not a single person from ODM was invited so this decision is self serving, it is not a decision of the coalition government,” Mr Orengo said.
The position was re-affirmed by the ODM Parliamentary Group, which termed Attorney General Amos Wako’s move giving London based lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice the go-ahead to challenge the cases at ICC as “dead, a waste of public resources and doomed to fail".
“Why is the government wasting precious taxpayers’ money to initiate a process that’s dead from the beginning?” the group’s secretary Ababu Namwamba posed at a press conference at Parliament Buildings last evening.
“As one half of the government, we certainly don’t feel that this letter represents 50 per cent share in government. This move is dead, a waste of public resources and is setting Kenya on the path of more ridicule,” said the Budalang’i MP.
Kenya is seeking to challenge the admissibility of the cases by the ICC and its jurisdiction over the crimes committed on grounds that it is in the process of setting up a local mechanism to try the cases.
ODM’s argument is based on an opinion on the Kenyan situation by Sir Nice and Rodney Dixon, the other lawyer engaged by Kenya, outlining the scenarios applicable.
The lawyers conclude in the letter that “statistical assessment of prospects (of the success of filing the case) will be difficult in the extreme".
Mr Namwamba said Kenya could only succeed in challenging the case if it had established proper mechanisms to investigate the crimes committed during the post-election chaos.
He charged that the police are suspects in the crimes committed and would not investigate themselves, and there would therefore need to have assistance from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations and Britain’s Scotland Yard.
Mr Orengo on his part maintained that the ODM wing of the coalition was not involved in deliberations leading to the decision.
“I wish to point out to you that it is important that legal advice should be sought and given in the appropriate manner. There is a coalition government in Kenya established under the National Accord and Reconciliation Act and the Constitution of Kenya,” he protested.
“It would be inappropriate for any section of Government to make unilateral decisions on this weighty matter,” he added and demanded that the sub committee be convened to review the decision.
He, however, maintained that ODM would not “bother” to challenge the government’s move at the ICC because it stood no chance of success.
“We don’t even need to block it because it is incompetent, vexatious and frivolous,” he stated.
Mr Orengo maintained that the application to challenge the cases on grounds of admissibility was doomed to fail because it only addressed the plight of the six suspects and not the 1,133 Kenyans who lost their lives in the violence.
The government’s failure to start investigations into the violence or prosecutions of those suspected to have perpetrated the violence also gave the application little chance of success at the ICC, he noted.
By JOHN NGIRACHU and PETER LEFTIE
Daily Nation
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