| Folks, Re: The International Criminal Court is hurting Africa.....No It is Not if Practiced the Way it should and for what it was meant for...... Some people think and believe that stealing public wealth and resources through intimidation, by trickster or force, or killing and destroying innocent lives to create wealth for self greed is a normal thing and is an acceptable way of life. No, it is not........... People must face consequences for their actions; and ICC Hague helps with such injustices and will serve as a remedy for Kenya. It came too late but that is the right thing to do....... There must be a resolution a point of agreement from where we must solve conflicts.......There are some people who take advantage to enrich themselves using Peace selectively......It is either a declared open war, or we choose peace and follow Law and order and go by fair Legal Justice where those people who are found guilty are punished from their wrong doing. It is because if there is no Law then; there is the Jungle Rule.........Internationally, we have chosen the Law and that is what we all must practice and agree upon........ Let the likes of Uhuru speak and tell the world why they kill and for whose interest do they kill...........if they wish, let them tell the world who their partners are and why they engage in killing....... At least there is the beginning how human beings and the living things came to being..........So Nature has a way of life to resolve and correct matters to create harmony.........and in the rightful thinking, we all want peace, so we who support peace, must fight to gain peace for our Liberty........which is why, we chose to use Legal Justice instead of the Jungle Rule Uhuru and their likes have chosen. There must be fairness people........Life was meant to be shared in faireness and it is here that the beauty of life can be experienced. The saying goes, "without musicians playing their music, there can be no dance".......so, in our own ways of life, we have place to contribute to complete circle of life........that is why we are not the same.........we are all different.........which is why, in a diversity, the world is beautiful under principles of regulations, law and order.............If we are able to accept and observe these as principles of Love Commandments, we are able to enjoy the fruits of the world with less pain and sufferings..........Like King Solomon of the Bible Age, after gaining all he needed in the world, he summarized life thus: "Life is like chasing wind".........it has no end and it is the most impossible thing to do........."Just Live and make merry" .........in otherwords, be happy and strive for what can bring happiness, because, wealth alone cannot give you all the happiness without other things that are of LOVE.......That is what he said after having all the wealth and power he needed in the world.....he still did not see happiness without Love........and Love is generated from making ways and opportunities for peace to abound......... Where there is peace, there is unity and that drives people to come close together to share from each other..........Here is where there is life people......The magnet of Peace pulls people close together......!!! So ICC Hague is the best thing we now have........give it all your support people !!!
--- On Tue, 10/9/12, Jonah Ogaro <jonahogaro@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Jonah Ogaro <jonahogaro@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [PK] The International Criminal Court is hurting Africa To: progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com, "africa yahoogroups" <africa-oped@yahoogroups.com>, youngprofessionals_ke@googlegroups.com, wanakenya@googlegroups.com, "vugu vugu" <vuguvugumashinani@yahoogroups.com>, kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:37 AM Thanks for the post. But let ICC clear UK. Kenyans died and soem people were responsible for financing. So far UK and other accused are suspects. If found innocent they will be cleared. ICC is just helping to help Africa and other countries from their local tormentors. Look at people like Bashir, Kony, Lubanga, Charles Taylor etc etc. ICC is doing a fine job. Kenya invited them. So let it do its work. Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 21:55:50 +0300
Subject: [PK] The International Criminal Court is hurting Africa
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Imagine the British Government appointed as minister for Africa a man close friends with a mercenary who attempted to overthrow an African President. Imagine this same minister was fully supportive of an international court that, during its nine-year history, had only prosecuted black Africans. Imagine that this court's most high-profile case, against the deputy prime minister of Kenya, had been based solely on evidence from a single witness chosen by associates of his political opponent, the favourite of the British Government.
This is not a Frederick Forsyth novel, but the dangerous reality of Britain's foreign policy towards Kenya. Henry Bellingham, our Minister for Africa, is a close friend of Simon Mann, the mercenary who tried and failed to orchestrate a coup in Equatorial Guinea. Mr Bellingham has publicly supported the work of the International Criminal Court that has so far only tried black Africans, when, from Libya to Syria, there are many more victims who still await justice.
But as I learnt during my time as chief defence counsel to Charles Taylor, the requirement of international justice is not the raison d'etre of the International Criminal Court at all. Instead, the court acts as a vehicle for its primarily European funders, of which the UK is one of the largest, to exert their power and influence, particularly in Africa.
Some would argue it is reasonable for countries to exercise their power in foreign countries through legal means. If this is the case, it is surely sensible to support both the institutions and legal cases that might realise this goal. However, Britain's support for the ICC, and in particular our country's funding of the Kenya case, is seriously undermining its credibility and influence in Africa.
The case against Uhuru Kenyatta, the deputy prime minister of Kenya, is of serious concern, not only because of the serious lack of evidence against him, but also because of the methods used to obtain this evidence. The ICC did not directly source witnesses for this case, nor has it done so in any other case heard before the court. Instead it outsourced evidence-gathering to local intermediaries. In the Kenya case, these intermediaries happened to be well known associates of Raila Odinga, the current prime minister of Kenya, and Mr Kenyatta's long-term political opponent.
By Courtenay Griffiths, QC |
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