Kofi Annan may want to continue babysitting the Kenyan leaders
Posted by africanpress on July 2, 2009
Kofi Annan gave Kenya until the end of August to form a local tribunal to try the architects of the post-election violence that saw many people get killed, or face the consequences of the secret list being handed over to the International Criminal Court. Many politicians are against having a local tribunal and prefer to have the ICC do its job and give Kenya the justice it so much longs to have.
Many have stated that a local tribunal will be manipulated by leaders and there will be no justice. This is true in itself because many Kenyan leaders are known to buy their way in anything they so much want to get done.
It is a waste of time and money to see the Justice Minister, the Attorney General and one other minister travelling to Annan in Geneva this week and discus with him the need for deadline extension now that the end of August is coming.
According to Kenya’s Daily Nation “Former Justice minister Martha Karua was on Thursday talking tough saying Mr Kofi Annan would be doing the country a disservice if he extended the deadline for the formation of a local tribunal.”
Others have followed in her footsteps telling Annan not to extend the deadlinete but instead to hand over the envelope with names to ICC so that investigations start immediately.
M/s Karua has accused President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga telling the Kenyan media that “President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have not been trying to address the issue properly.”
Echoing the same sentiments to the Kenya’s Daily Nation Online is Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo who said, “the three-man delegation to Geneva was only joy-riding.”
Written by Chief Editor Korir
