Lets gets a few truths right,the law is one damn blind Donkey. Both those who started the chaos and those who joined later have a case to answer. So it is either the tribunal or the tribunal. Could be in Nairobi or Hague or Arusha.
However,there is something they call mitigation over and above other grounds of the case argument. That is where those who came in after realising that their people were being targeted purely on the basis of ethnicity,will have an avenue to seek for leniency,at the TRIBUNAL.
Having said that,
@ Timber
I dont think the argument about Naivasha violence by Steve.M is without merit. It is indeed true that if violence had not been visited on Kikuyus,they wouldnt have attacked anybody in Naivasha. In any war the aggressor is NATURALLY more to blame than the party that fights back. That is a basic logic.
The people attacked in Naivasha were mostly Luos and Luyias. But the target was Kalenjin,Luo and Luyia. Unless we have a short memeory the latter two were firmly parties in the violence on one side and Kikuyus on the other. So if there werent enough Kalenjins in Naivasha or elsewhere outside their traditional home areas,those found are the ones who bore the brunt,but then, that is a story for another day.
Were the Kikuyus in Luo Nyanza and western spared!
NB. I DONT SUPPORT THE VIOLENCE EITHER WAY.
@Leoedd
Agreed,ODM cobbled together on common interest of HATRED for Kikuyus. That's no virtue.
@Pondi though your take would appear a long shot,it is generally accepted that in politics there is no permanency in friendship nor enemity. Otherwise Raila wouldnt have worked with Moi after he ran away with his balls. The Kalenjin would not have voted for Uhuru to a man in 2002. Kikuyus and Luos would not have worked together in 2002 after Jomo and Jaramogi bitter fall out.
Between Raila and Ruto there is no telling. They could even trade some fists if locked together in a room. So what happens to Kalenjin vote.
Given the numbers and their capacity stick together like glue,they may opt to vote for their own,and hope to negotiage with whoever wins. With so many MPs they can negotiate some good chunck from the winner for themselves
Things arent always the way they look like
Isuni yilu yi maa me muyo - ni Mbisuu