Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, who now heads the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, has sent a sealed envelope with a list of names of people suspected of having fanned ethnic violence following the 2007 presidential election in Kenya, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Annan played a key role in mediating a settlement between opposing political forces.
The Waki commission set up in Kenya after the election recommended the establishment of a special tribunal to deal with the issue. A high-level government delegation travelled to The Hague in early July 2008 and promised the court’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, that parliament would soon set up the tribunal. Annan’s action will reportedly put pressure on the government to keep its word. The violence left 1,500 dead and more than 300,000 people displaced as anger at what was perceived to be a stolen election swept parts of the country.
i am a kenyan . although i was not immediately affected by the post election violence, i was deeply saddened by the happenings of that time. my only concern at the moment is whether the icc will really act on the culprits… the planners, financiers and executors of the evil acts we witnessed. there is a feeling that ocampo might not do much…may just do a ” tailor” on us and take us in circles. i would really be happy to see those responsibel hanged or shot…..one by one so that impunity becomes a thing of the past.
Impunity and planning of election violence in Kenya has been settling in slowly in Kenya which led to violence in 07/08. This can only end with the ICC taking the earliest opportunity to investigate and prosecute the culprits expeditiously. The governments dilly dallying is to wait for mood of 2012 elections to catch up with Kenyans and use that as a pretext to scuttle the whole process.
Kenyan owe their peace to H.E Kofi Annan, who is indeed a friend of Kenyans and we would wish to add Moreno to that honoured list by acting first and furiously as a lesson to the rest of the govts in the continent.
1-1/2 years and people are still in the internally displaced people camps. they suffer diseases hunger and social embarrasments. This irresponsibility on the people concerned with resettlements.
people have suffered long enough for the so called leaders who pretend to be very concerned about us, yet they flock together like birds of the same feather. Its high time we the young take over the country and lead it to the right path ,lets not wait until its to late .if u feel me submit a comment.And i urge the international criminal court to prosecute such leaders so that it will be a lesson to others . THANK YOU H.E Kofi Annan.