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Muthaura Splits from Uhuru at ICC The Star, Pg 1 & 6
Friday, 09 Sep 2011

Francis Muthaura has said he is ready for confirmation hearings scheduled for September 21st. This is a departure from an earleir joint application to the ICC with Uhuru and Ali seeking to postpone the hearings by three months. Muthaura says he has covered enough ground to enable him be ready for

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Why Ocampo is Already a Victor The Star, Pg 22
Thursday, 08 Sep 2011

Wycliffe Muga asserts that the assertions that the six being prosecuted at Yhe Hague would be disastrous has been dispelled by the calmness in the current confirmation hearings. The eharings have proven that crimes against humanity must never be orchestrated because the ICC will ensure justice. E

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Could Kenyans have Avoided the Sad Memories Now Evoked by ICC? The People, Pg 9
Wednesday, 07 Sep 2011

Martin Muya says the ICC confirmation hearings are taining the image of Kenya. Tribalism in the country is rifei n both government and private sector that led to hatred leadingt o the PEV violence. Kenyans therefore had the time and opportunity to avoid the ICC.

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Uhuru Asks ICC to Delay Hearing for 3 Months The Star, Pg 1 & 6
Wednesday, 07 Sep 2011

Uhuru Kenyatta has aksed that his confirmation of charges hearing scheduled for September 21 be postponed for three months altough Ocampo has opposed the request. This application has been endorsed by Ali and Muthaura. The argument he gives is that Ocampo significantly changed the direction of th

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NCIC Dismisses ICC Trials as Hurdle to National Cohesion The Star, Pg 13
Wednesday, 07 Sep 2011

NCIC Vice Chairperson Mary Onyango has dismissed the perception that the ongoing ICC trials is a hurdle to national cohesion. She alongside commissioner Mohammed Fatuma said ethnicity is what threatens national cohesion but they said they have come with a plan to address such challenges.

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Intimidation of ICC Vcitims, Witnesses: Call the Bluff The East African, Pg 16
Monday, 05 Sep 2011

Muthoni Wanyeki says relatives of witnesses and victims of PEV has been intimidated not to continue with the cases. The victims have already been registered and therefore the coercion and imtimidation is purely political and will not succeed. Kenyans cannot continue to turn their heads away as cr

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No Blood on My Hands - Kivuitu The Star, Pg 1 & 6
Monday, 05 Sep 2011

Former ECK Chair Samuel Kivuitu has said he is not to blame for the PEV that occured in 2007/8. He says his job was only to announce the results and this is a fact people do not know. He also said that he was never influenced to favor any candidate in the presidential elections and added that the

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The ABC of Confirmation of Charges at The Hague The Star, Pg 22
Monday, 05 Sep 2011

Dr. Godfrrey Musila sheds light on the ongoing confirmation hearings. Musila gives more information regarding the purpose of the hearings, the threshold of evidence, procedure during the confirmation hearings, scenarios related to outcomes, significance of charges being thrown out and beyonf the

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