Law - The International Criminal Court is Bad for Kenya But Good For Africa

by Alex Njeru

As a Kenyan it is taboo to comment on the issue of the President and his deputy’s trial at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. In Kenya as is always the case, there is an ethnic prism through which most, social, political and economic issues and opinions are examined. Every opinion is pried open and too much read into it. The trial of the President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto at The Hague requires an intricate balancing act.  A balancing act that requires balancing opinion and reason between the insatiable quest for justice for the victims of the post 2007 general elections violence with the question of the sovereignty of the people and the state of Kenya. Read more...