A fresh team will be appointed to lead Kenya’s efforts to seek UN Security Council’s support to defer the Ocampo six trials at The Hague. Raila and Kibaki agreed to set up a new cabinet committee to include members of the team that has been handling the ICC matters.

Wanjiku wa Ngugi writes that the way the government is handling the ICC issue is damning on PEV victims. It shows the extent to which politicians will cover their cronies for mileage and a show of impunity that has led to poor growth of the nation.

It will only take one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council to exercise its veto powers and thwart Kenya’s deferral bid. Nine members must for a resolution including the votes of the five.

Russia ambassador to Kenya Valery Yegoshkin has said his country supports sovereignty right of nations. He said while Russia is not a member of the Rome Statute the sovereignty right must be accorded albeit it is yet to take a stand on the matter.

Amb. Muthaura, the principal assistant to the president is viewed as the person who led to the circus revolving around the Kibaki nominees. This is because he chaired a technical committee that came up with the list. This would have seen him choose a person who would later prosecute him hence the

MP Gitobu Imanyara has said he is ready to table in parliament a Bill seeking to establish a local tribunal to try PEV suspects. He will use section 165 (3) e that gives parliament powers to add more functions to the High Court. The special section of the High Court will has three judges, a regis

The Kenyan delegation to the AU made a video DVD to use it to convince the case for deferral. The DVD was played in the AU summit which showed parts of the violence and the people involved and the need to have local mechanisms to safeguard justice. Meanwhile, Kalonzo Musyoka has said that the nex

A group of civil society organizations have launched a campaign to collect one million signatures in support of the ICC process. They intend to counter the government’s position that Kenya’s sovereignty as opposed to criminal liability, was at stake. The campaign has clocked over 100,