Ok, Masukuma, I hear you. But he could even be hiding from some vengeful children, now adults, who have come together to get pay back for a few things, or their bounty hunters, who knows?

ICC is good for scaring fellows. Especially the cost

What options do we really have????

According to my understanding , the Kenyan government was given time to set up a local tribunal. The ICC didn't just land in Kenya. There was a series of events that led to our misfortune. Lets all agree on that first.

Our idiot MPigs , in their characteristic foolishness , absolutely refused to set up a local tribunal. These includes the alledged suspects at that time ( thats what fear does to u ) So the ICC moved in. Simple. We invited them with open arms. Now the same characters are against the ICC. Now, how do you support such people, in all sincerity???? Then the Leader of Government Business, the Government which was unable to set up a local tribunal when given a chance to do so, is busy plundering taxes ( which MPigs have refused to pay on their whole salaries btw )is busy engaged in shuttle diplomacy.....ati Kenya can handle these suspects. Sometimes I dnt how these country is governed. Its like the government operates on mood swings!!!!


Lets just take a scenario where a local tribunal was set-up. These names were in the Waki list anyway. Ocampo named 6 of them. I dnt see what would have changed. Actually it would have been worse. Uhuru ignores summons to the departmental committee on Finance. I doubt whether he would appear before the L. T. consistently.

Maybe Ocampo has made a mistake. Maybe some names have been left out. But atleast there is a clear message been sent out that you just can't crimes against humanity the way you want. That impunity has to stop. That individuals, no matter how wealthy or how senior in government , can be held accountable for their actions. To me , thats progress thats +ve. The 6 might be innocent , but they will have to defend themselves against evidence produced. C'mon, you guys know better , that would never have happened in Kenya.

If the suspects are not indicted , we are back to square 1. I will cry for my country , and for the PEV victims.

Because we might have to go the Local tribunal way or even a TJRC ( not very sure ). Sad. Sad. Sad. Very sad.

Unfortunately this seems to be what we stare in the face.
Blame it on the apparent incompetence on the part of Ocampo!

BTW The local tribunal as initialy proposed had a water tight mechanism - complete with majority foreign Judges and operating on locally assembled laws that meet international standards.
Would have been neat!
They jettisoned it!!

For what its worth, its not like they will make a couple of court appearances then get convicted or acquitted immediately afterwards.

For them to take the honours and be on that unique list there has to be something against them. Something they will be asked to disprove. But as the prosecutor said, this will not be discussed in the media. It will be a long time before judgment will be made. Enough time for teach those with nia kama hiyo to ease off.

I look forward to relative peace and hopefully less politics during this time.

As Kenyan Kop rightly puts it, ICC is just one of the options available. It is the only one that is revving and ready to grind.

Until the other options are up to speed, it behooves us to move with what we have, instead of wishing.

@Masukuma na Robi.... What are you telling us? Ati we try the local tribunal first then go to Hague later? Isn't that what we have already done? How many people have been prosecuted for the killings, rape, arson? @Robinhood, we may not yet be where Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan are but remember they did not just find themselves there they slid like we are doing slowly but surely. Liberia was the envy of West Africa in the 1970s and 1980s, its Free Port (the Free Port of Liberia) was then what Dubai is today.

If we don't banish impunity today, our children will pay for the sins of their fathers oh and mothers. I support ICC as the only realistic way of fighting impunity in our judicial system period.