ICC: Court insists Uhuru, Ruto cases to go on despite win.

ICC: Court insists Uhuru, Ruto cases to go on despite win.

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Court insists Uhuru, Ruto cases to go on despite win.

Updated 1 hrs 44 mins ago

By Martin Mutua

Nairobi, Kenya: International Criminal Court has declared that the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto will continue the judges ordered.

The Court spokesman Abdallah Fadi said the outcome of the Kenyan elections would not alter the proceedings of the court.

He said as a signatory to the Rome Statute, Kenya has an obligation to cooperate with the ICC.

"This includes the provision that official capacities, including the capacity as a Head of State, are irrelevant for the ICC and do not offer any immunity. Thus, the ICC proceedings must continue as ordered by the ICC judges, irrespective of the Kenyan elections results," he added.

Fadi was responding to criticism directed at the court by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni during Tuesday's inauguration of Uhuru and Ruto as President and Deputy President at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.

During the swearing-in ceremony, Museveni accused ICC of blackmail, arrogance and ignorance.

"I want to salute the Kenyan voters on the rejection of the blackmail by the International Criminal Court and those who seek to abuse the institution for their own agenda. The Kenyan voters upheld the sovereignty of their country," he said.

Influencing

By that he seemed to suggest that by electing Uhuru and Ruto, who are both facing criminal charges at the ICC, the Kenyan voters passed a vote of no-confidence on the ICC process. On Wednesday, Fadi said there was no relationship between the political developments in the country and the ICC judicial decisions.

He denied allegations that the court was influencing the election of African leaders.

Fadi said the ICC was purely a judicial institution, adding that there are no political considerations when the judges representing the different regions of the world issue their decisions.

"Only the legal rules and the evidence presented to the judges are taken into consideration in Judges' decisions," he added.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : Court insists Uhuru, Ruto cases to go on despite win
 
ICC told setting up video-link will cost Sh5 million


By Ally Jamah

Nairobi, Kenya: Officials of the International Criminal Court have indicated to the judges in the trial of President Uhuru Kenyatta that it would take at least two months to set up a video-link infrastructure in Nairobi.

In their submission, ICC's Registry said a minimum of two months would be required to procure addition equipment and shipping, modifications and installation of courtroom 1 and preparation of the location in Nairobi.

This is contained in submissions by ICC Director of the Division of Court Services Marc Dubuisson on behalf of court Registrar Silvana Arbia on Tuesday.
The ICC judges are expected to make a decision on whether Uhuru would have to be present in the courtroom during his trial or participate remotely by video-link.

Dubuisson added that the registry might require more time to plan all the court hearings to reduce possible interference in the Uhuru case, considering other cases are ongoing in the courtrooms at The Hague.

The submissions also indicated that at least Sh5.5 million is required to set up the facilities, including internet connection set up costs, internet connection subscription, videoconferencing systems with external cameras and microphones upgrade of the courtroom.

Additional costs would include recruiting an audio-visual technician and travel costs and allowances for staff members. In his estimates, Dubuisson said in the event of a "continuous" video-link with Uhuru, an additional Legal Officer/Courtroom Officer within the court management section is required.

Separate audio-visual and legal staff would be required in case a witness appeared on video link simultaneously with Uhuru. Dubuisson indicated that an upgrade of courtroom 1 would be necessary if a witness also appear via video-link at the same time Uhuru will be appearing.

He said additional videoconferencing and distribution equipment would be purchased and installed.

He said a reliable and constant electricity supply would be needed to avoid interrupting the proceedings and this would be achieved using a generator.

In their March 8 order to the registry to make submissions about the video-link, the Trial Judges said the video link must be secure and professional, with the court being responsible for installing and operating the system in Nairobi and at The Hague.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : ICC told setting up video-link will cost Sh5 million
 
This puts ICC into court. If the accused will be given any favour, it will indicate ICC's weakness as M7 pointed out, in my humble opinion, this case puts ICC itself in court as the people are eagerly waiting for the ruling. If the accused are innocent then ICC will have to tell the world who is responsible for the death of more than 1000 human being whom the nature happened to make them Kenyan's?
 
Influencing

By that he seemed to suggest that by electing Uhuru and Ruto, who are both facing criminal charges at the ICC, the Kenyan voters passed a vote of no-confidence on the ICC process. On Wednesday, Fadi said there was no relationship between the political developments in the country and the ICC judicial decisions.

He denied allegations that the court was influencing the election of African leaders.

Fadi said the ICC was purely a judicial institution, adding that there are no political considerations when the judges representing the different regions of the world issue their decisions.

"Only the legal rules and the evidence presented to the judges are taken into consideration in Judges' decisions," he added.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : Court insists Uhuru, Ruto cases to go on despite win
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Museveni had a bone to pick with ICC prosecutor and not the ICC itself.
 
This puts ICC into court. If the accused will be given any favour, it will indicate ICC's weakness as M7 pointed out, in my humble opinion, this case puts ICC itself in court as the people are eagerly waiting for the ruling. If the accused are innocent then ICC will have to tell the world who is responsible for the death of more than 1000 human being whom the nature happened to make them Kenyan's?
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Will you please differentiate the ICC from ICC prosecutor? It is the ICC prosecutor who is now on the dock over shoddy evidence and relying on western sponsored NGOs in Nairobi with a very partisan agenda to do him a favour in evidence collections.
 
Mil 5 mbona pesa ndogo tu. Kama videolink itatunza heshima ya rais basi hiyo pesa haiwezi kuwa barrier...
 
Ni vipi heshima ya Rais aliyehusika ktk mbinu chafu za kupoteza maisha ya Wakenya zaidi ya 1000, ili baadaye aweze kufanikiwa kuwa kiongozi wa nchi yaweza kutunzwa?.
 
ZeMarcopolo said:
Mil 5 mbona pesa ndogo tu. Kama videolink itatunza heshima ya rais basi hiyo pesa haiwezi kuwa barrier...
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Mkuu hapa lazima nikujibu,

Kwanza, lazima utakua unahela kama mzungu wa nguruwe maana kusema dala milioni 5 ni hela ndogo...wewe
na yule mzee wa vijisenti lazima mna ukoo flani.

Pili, mbona video link ijaribu kutunza heshima ya urais na Rais mwenyewe hana heshima na hio ofisi?

Kazi kwako.
 
Ab-Titchaz said:
Mkuu hapa lazima nikujibu,

Kwanza, lazima utakua unahela kama mzungu wa nguruwe maana kusema dala milioni 5 ni hela ndogo...wewe
na yule mzee wa vijisenti lazima mna ukoo flani.

Pili, mbona video link ijaribu kutunza heshima ya urais na Rais mwenyewe hana heshima na hio ofisi?

Kazi kwako.
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Mkuu, tafadhali isome tena post. Imeandikwa sh. mil 5 na si dola mil 5.

Kama vipi ifanyie editting kwenye post.
 
Uhuru's bid dismissed as AG goes for Bensouda
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Attorney-General Githu Muigai. Photo/FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP

By NATION REPORTER
Posted Friday, April 12 2013 at 23:30

The government is seeking an order for the production of copies of complaints over the country's non-cooperation with the International Criminal Court prosecution.

In a detailed submission to the Trial Chamber V dated April 8, Attorney General Githu Muigai wants the court to order that such complaints against the government must be made "on notice" in order for them to have ample time to respond.

Meanwhile, prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has dismissed an application by President Uhuru Kenyatta to have his case returned to the Trial Chamber.

The prosecutor said the confirmation decision is binding to the Trial Chamber and can only be overturned by an Appeals Chamber.

The AG's submissions were occasioned by continued complaints by chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that the government was frustrating her investigations of the 2008 post-election violence.

For instance, there were reports that the government had blocked the ICC from accessing wealth declarations of the suspects, freezing their accounts and reports of the National Security Intelligence Service at the time of the post-election violence.

Faced with such challenges in a case in which Ms Bensouda is determined to prove that President Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang bore the greatest responsibility for the 2008 chaos, the prosecutor indicated that she was ready seek the assistance of foreign countries and agencies to gain access to the witnesses and evidence.

However, the AG in his submissions dismissed the claims, saying such statements by the prosecutor's office were unhelpful to the cooperation between the institution and the country. Said the AG; "The government of Kenya asserts that it has complied with its obligations under the Rome Statute in good faith and in a practical and effective manner."

Prof Muigai said the government had provided the prosecutor with all legitimate documents and materials that could be provided under the laws of Kenya. He said since 2010, they had received a total of 37 requests for assistance from the office of the prosecutor and had processed most of them.

"In circumstances where it has been unable to process them, the prosecutor was made aware of the difficulties experienced," he says.

Uhuru
 
Meanwhile, kazi alofanya Kalonzo Musyoka kama makamu wa Rais na ikamshinda sasa naona kapewa mtu mwengine...ambaye pia atashindwa tu. Hapa hela nyengine kibao zinapotea tu wazi!

Newly-appointed envoy leads bid to bring Hague cases back home

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From left: ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Deputy President William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta. Photos | AFP and FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By KEVIN J KELLEY in New York AND DAVE OPIYO in Nairobi
Posted Friday, April 12 2013 at 23:30

In Summary

  • Envoy tells UN assembly punitive ICC trials could derail peace and reconciliation talks, adding that local courts ready to handle charges.

Kenya has challenged the International Criminal Court's role in prosecuting cases involving the country's citizens and sharply criticised the ICC's actual handling of those cases.

The attack on the court's performance came in remarks to the United Nations General Assembly by Kenyan deputy UN ambassador Koki Muli Grignon.

While not explicitly mentioning the cases of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto in the course of her 12-minute speech, Ms Grignon made clear that Kenya now believes those cases should be returned to the jurisdiction of the nation's judicial institutions.

The ICC should be regarded, she declared, as "the court of last resort."

Ms Grignon suggested repeatedly that Kenyan institutions were capable of delivering justice impartially.

Continued intervention by the ICC would jeopardise peace, stability and efforts at communal reconciliation in Kenya, she warned.

"Punitive vengeance in the name of justice cannot be a means to reconciliation; it instead festers quietly until … it explodes," Ms Grignon declared.

She further questioned the legitimacy of the ICC's involvement in Kenya.

Ms Grignon told the General Assembly that the ICC should have no role "where member states did not refer the cases to the ICC in the first place, as was the case in Kenya."

It will be recalled, she said, that "the names of Kenyan suspects were submitted to the ICC by chief mediator, Kofi Annan."

In instances where an ICC treaty signatory did not seek the court's involvement, states "should be allowed an opportunity to return such cases for trial under their national judicial and legal systems" when they are demonstrated to be "credible, independent, free and fair," Ms Grignon said.

"Kenya strongly objects to the politicisation of the ICC and particularly the office of the prosecutor," she told the General Assembly.

She accused the court of "selective applications" of its jurisdiction and criticised "selective referrals" to the court on the part of the UN Security Council.

She also implicitly charged ICC officials with acting inappropriately in their handling of the Kenyan cases.

Cooperation

Defendants' "presumption of innocence must be respected," the ambassador said. "The international criminal justice system must never be compromised to the extent that it allows the conduct of trials or prosecution of suspects in extrajudicial forums such as the media and YouTube."

Kenya concluded its comments to the General Assembly session on the links between international justice systems and national reconciliation by pledging to continue cooperating with the ICC.

"We are alive to the fact that Kenya is not on trial at the ICC," Ms Grignon said.

Newly-appointed envoy leads bid to bring Hague cases back home - Politics - nation.co.ke
 
Naona huyu uhuru anadevelope cold feet kwenda uholanzi.Huyu jamaa atakuwa kama Albashir,atakuwa anapiga misele humu humu East Africa.
 
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