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Folks, There is going to be trouble here People, .........Kenyan People must decide now they wish to be Governed through Transparency and Accountability. For which case Affirmative Law should take a centre stage to impose Checks and Balances. These corrupt and uncaring self-ego and greedy leaders must pay for their injury and severing actions. Bad people must be exposed and rejected, so justice must prevail. It is unfortunate African Leaders have strayed from ethics of good and responsible leadership. But People's power is able to inject the discipline needed from leaders in order that, core values for Responsibility with Integrity becomes an underscore requirement substance for human rights dignity, value and virtue. It must not be wishy washy trying to go around to escape justice. Justice delayed is justice denied. Those who engaged in corruption, graft and impunity must face the Law to have their cases concluded Rightly and Justly...........There must be no avenue to escape....... We must restore Peace and Unity in Kenya and without injustices concluded fairly, there shall be no peace, except more worse case-scenario as Crime against Humanity, Violation and Abuse is out of control. Sad to say, careless human lives loses, Pain and Suffering is a big sore in Africa and this behavior is morally wrong and cannot be tolerated any longer. It is unacceptable and it must stop........and going with the Law is the Way to Go....... It is our hope that, Chief Bensouda will do her level best to help conclude the cases in the best way she knows how without any fear or being sympathetic to the criminals who have caused severe loses with too much pain and sufferings to many…….and it is our Prayer that God will give Chief Bensouda wisdom to bring these heinous cases that are before her to face full judgment and to see that Justice is conclusively done to suffice our expectations and where the Truth will bring harmonious Peace and Unity amongst our peaceful loving brethren so life is restored to normality again........ May all people cooperate and unite to add pressure and push this case forward to its conclusion and all must play by the same rules....... Looking forward to restoration of Trust and Happiness, the Promise and purpose for Creation which is the essense back-bone for livelihood and survival and leading to a successful story in a sustained Progressive agenda for a better future...... Thank you all, Kenya slow to cooperate on war crimes, court says By James Macharia | Reuters – Fri, Oct 26, 2012 Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) addresses a media briefing in Kenya's capital Nairobi, October 25, 2012. Bensouda on Thursday said Kenya's government had not cooperated fully in providing evidence for the trial of four prominent Kenyans accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007. President Mwai Kibaki and and Prime Minister Raila Odinga had promised speedier cooperation, Bensouda said. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: HEADSHOT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor on Thursday said Kenya's government had not cooperated fully in providing evidence for the trial of four prominent Kenyans accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007. The group includes leading presidential hopefuls and former finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former higher education minister William Ruto. They face trial in about six months, charged with masterminding the bloodshed that killed more than 1,200 people. All have said they are innocent. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told a news conference in Nairobi that Kenyan officials had promised her the information she required to build her case, but warned that she may be forced to file an application before judges at The Hague-based court if Kenya continued dragging its feet over the issue. "It could be better," she said when asked about the cooperation with the Kenya government. "I came personally to urge the government to cooperate more with the ICC." She said the ICC required the evidence by January 9, when the prosecutors must disclose their evidence to the defence. Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga had promised speedier cooperation, Bensouda said. President Mwai Kibaki, in his last term at the helm of east Africa's biggest economy, has publicly promised to cooperate with the ICC, but has been behind attempts to block the trials and to have the cases transferred to Nairobi. Kibaki is wary of the ICC trials where evidence may emerge that could taint members of his government, political analysts say. The ICC said Ruto would stand trial with radio presenter Joshua Arap Sang from April 10, while Kenyatta would appear with the head of the civil service, Francis Muthaura on April 11. Bensouda said the ICC required information from key witnesses, including government administrators and senior police commanders in the areas where violence erupted. So far these officials have refused to give any witness accounts, and sought court orders to shield them from doing so. Bensouda, on a five-day tour of Kenya, said she hoped to have received the information by January 9 to prepare her case. Earlier, Bensouda met hundreds of people displaced by deadly fighting, still living in a clutch of flimsy tents in the Rift Valley, a flashpoint of the violence, and promised them justice. ICC complains of lack of cooperation, wants more UN supportBy Michelle Nichols | Reuters – Thu, Oct 18, 2012 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court pleaded for stronger support from the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to ensure states cooperate with its war crimes inquiries, complaining it had faced problems in cases on Darfur and Libya. International Criminal Court President Judge Sang-Hyun Song said the court's followup to the only two cases referred to it by the Security Council had been problematic and that some countries had refused to cooperate. "For the ICC to effectively deal with situations referred by the council ... it needs to be able to count on the full and continuing cooperation of all U.N. members, whether they are parties to (the court) or not," Song told the 15-member council. He said this included cooperating with investigations and gathering evidence, arresting people charged by the court and tracing the assets of suspects. "In making any future referrals, it would be very helpful if the Security Council could underline this obligation of full cooperation, without which it is very difficult for the ICC to discharge the mandate the council has given it," Song said. The court, based in The Hague, began its work a decade ago and has the jurisdiction to investigate crimes in countries that have ratified its treaty. It can only pursue cases in non-member states if they are referred to it by the U.N. Security Council. While Song did not give details on the problems faced by the court on Libya and Darfur, the challenges are widely known. The court has indicted Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes in Darfur - charges his government says are politically motivated and baseless - but African heads of state voted in 2009 not to cooperate with the court on the case, saying it would hamper efforts to bring peace to Sudan. ICC member states are obliged to arrest people indicted by the court, but Bashir has been able to travel freely to several African countries, including ICC members Kenya and Chad. Only Malawi stopped him from visiting earlier this year. U.N. Secretary-General, who also addressed the Security Council, echoed Song's views: "The council, where it has referred a situation to the (ICC) prosecutor, can greatly assist the court by acting to secure the necessary level of cooperation from member states." In Libya, the authorities have refused to extradite Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to face charges in war crimes committed during the NATO-backed revolt that toppled his father last year. Libya wants to try Saif al-Islam in its own courts, but judicial experts say he is unlikely to get a fair trial. ICC judges will rule whether Libya is capable of properly trying the man once seen as Gaddafi's heir-apparent or whether it should extradite him to the Hague. Earlier this year, a lawyer appointed by the ICC to defend Saif al-Islam was detained in Libya for three weeks on spying allegations and said her experience had shown it was impossible for him to get a fair trial in his home country. Annan wants more action to curb Kenya violence before March voteBy James Macharia | Reuters – Fri, Oct 12, 2012 NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan said on Thursday he wants more done to stem rising violence in Kenya before a March 4 election to prevent a repetition of the bloodshed that followed the last vote five years ago. Kenya's many faultlines include the tribal profile of its political parties, militias fighting over land and threats of disruption to the vote by a separatist group that wants Kenya's coastal strip to secede. Deadly riots in the port city of Mombasa and tribal fighting on the northern coast last month have raised fears that the election in east Africa's biggest economy will be marred again by violence and electoral abuses. Nearly a quarter of Kenyans expect violence around the presidential vote in March, a Gallup opinion poll showed, raising fears of unrest similar to that in 2007/8 when more than 1,200 people were killed. "When we have violence preceding elections, given the history of the country, it should be worrying for all of us. Measures should be taken to stem the violence," said Annan, who mediated between the warring factions last time. His mediation brought together Mwai Kibaki, an ethnic Kikuyu, as president, and Luo tribe member Raila Odinga as prime minister, and fighting erupted after Odinga accused Kibaki of stealing his victory in the December 2007 poll. Annan was speaking on Thursday at a news conference at the end of a visit to review Kenya's readiness to hold elections. He urged the country to hasten plans to reform its security sector and police force and warned politicians against inciting tribal hatred in a country where elections have traditionally been flashpoints of unrest. Heightening tensions, two cabinet ministers were charged over inciting the violence in September, and two leading presidential hopefuls have been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their alleged role in the bloodshed. Former cabinet ministers, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto go on trial at the Hague-based court in April, a month after the presidential election. There are concerns they will not honour their summons, but Kenyatta and Ruto have repeatedly said that they would do so. There are also fears the country could face a political backlash or economic sanctions from the West should they disobey the ICC summons. Rights groups have also asked the Kenyan High Court to stop them from running for the presidency on the grounds that the ICC charges should make them ineligible for public office. | 
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