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Kenya: Related News and Opinions

25 Feb 2011

Dear all,

Please find below information about recent developments related to the
International Criminal Court's investigation in Kenya.

This message includes relevant media statements (I) as well as related news and
opinions (II).

Please take note of the Coalition's policy on situations before the ICC (below),
which explicitly states that the CICC will not take a position on potential and
current situations before the Court or situations under analysis. The Coalition,
however, will continue to provide the most up-to-date information about the ICC.

With regards,

CICC Secretariat
www.coalitionfortheicc.org

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I. MEDIA STATEMENTS

A. COALITION AND MEMBERS MEDIA STATEMENTS

1. "Global Coalition Says Kenya and the African Union Should Uphold Commitment
to Justice", Coalition for the ICC, 7 February 2011,
http://coalitionfortheicc.org/documents/AU_CICC_PR_7Feb2011_Final.pdf

"At the conclusion of the 16th Summit of the African Union (AU), the AU issued a
decision on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which adopts a negative
stance on justice, including endorsing a request by Kenya to the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) for a deferral of the Court's investigation and
maintaining its call on African states not to cooperate with the ICC. Civil
society expresses its disappointment and calls on Kenya and the African Union to
uphold its commitment to justice, the Coalition for the International Criminal
Court (CICC) said today....

'This decision of the AU is contrary to the supportive role adopted by
individual African States parties, who have clearly stated their commitment to
the ICC and to justice,' said Stephen Lamony, the Coalition's Africa Outreach
Liaison and Situations Adviser.... 'The AU should have a consistent position on
justice akin to those of its Members: justice for all serious international
crimes, whether by a national, regional or international court,' he added....

'The government of Kenya squandered a great opportunity to show the world that
it was committed to justice,' said Oby Nwankwo, Executive Director of the Civil
Resource Development and Documentation Centre (CIRDDOC -Nigeria) and Steering
Committee member of the Coalition. ..."

2. "Kenya: Civil Society Organizations Call for Support for the International
Criminal Court", Statement by African Civil Society Organizations and
International Organizations with a Presence in Africa, 25 January 2011,
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/25/kenya-civil-society-organizations-call-sup
port-international-criminal-court

"On December 15, 2010, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis
Moreno-Ocampo requested summonses to appear against six Kenyan citizens for
crimes against humanity alleged to have been committed during the post-election
violence in Kenya in 2007-08....

Although the prosecutor's application for summonses was widely welcomed by both
local and international civil society, the Kenyan parliament passed a motion on
December 22, 2010, urging the government to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the
ICC's founding treaty....

It is in this regard therefore that we, the undersigned civil society
organizations, urge the Kenyan government and parliament to reaffirm their
support for the ICC and put a stop to any attempts to undermine the Rome Statute
system and the ICC's Kenya investigation, including through withdrawal or
seeking deferral. We also urge the Kenyan government-in particular the President
and the Prime Minister-to clarify its position with regard to the Rome Statute
more broadly, and its obligations to cooperate with the ICC in the cases
currently before the court.

Kenya's withdrawal from the Rome Statute would mark a severe break with its
commitment to the fight against impunity....

African governments, together with civil society, played an active role in
establishing the court. We therefore call on our governments to stand firm in
their support for the ICC, and reject steps which would undermine the court at
the upcoming AU summit. Instead, African ICC states parties should build on
important achievements to date and continue to advance justice for victims of
human rights violations, including victims in Kenya. The AU's Constitutive Act,
in article 4, calls for, among other things, the rejection of impunity. The ICC
is an integral component of this effort."

3. "United Nations Security Should Disregard African Union Deferral Resolution
on Kenya Situation", ICPC, 7 February 2011,
http://www.icpcafrica.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=291:
united-nations-security-should-disregard-african-union-deferral-resolution-on-ke
nya-situation&catid=42:featured&Itemid=107

"International Criminal Court (ICC) is not a court of convenience, to be
supported only when it is politically expedient....

Rather than opposing the Court's work, Kenya and African Union could better
address its unease by ensuring closer coordination among African governments,
the ICC and the United Nations to make sure the Court works well and addresses
Africa peoples' concerns....

We believe the Court will help to end high-level impunity for mass atrocities,
enabling Kenya to attain the best Kenyans are capable of. "Peace before justice"
argument serves to perpetuate impunity. Unless indicted war criminals are held
to account, regardless of their rank, others tempted to emulate them will not be
deterred, and African people will suffer....

In this regard, we are urging the United Nations Security Council to vehemently
disregard African Union resolution to support attempts at deferring Kenya
situation. Instead we are advising the Council to encourage Kenya to engage
directly with the Court through the mechanisms set out by the Rome Statute."

See Also:

1. "Kenya: Q&A on Kenya and the International Criminal Court", Human Rights
Watch, 25 January 2011,
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/25/kenya-qa-kenya-and-international-criminal-
court

2. Diplomatic invasion of ICC by President Kibaki Disturbing", ICPC, 26 January
2011,
http://www.icpcafrica.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288:
diplomatic-invasion-of-icc-by-president-kibaki-disturbing&catid=42:featured&Item
id=107

B. OTHER STATEMENTS

1. "President of the Assembly of States Parties visits Kenya", ICC Press Office,
28 January 2011,
http://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/E7152260-6748-41C8-B4D2-8F2838468BE0.htm

"The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court, H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, visited Kenya from
27 to 28 January 2011 in order to hold consultations on ICC issues.

During his two-day visit, President Wenaweser met the President of Kenya, H.E.
Mr. Mwai Kibaki, members of the Cabinet's Committee on the ICC...as well as
other senior Government officials and members of Parliament. Ambassador
Wenaweser also met with members of the diplomatic community and various civil
society groups as well as the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights....

He also welcomed the cooperation that the Government of Kenya had extended to
the Court in its activities in the country along with the continued cooperation
extended by the Government, as expressed during a recent visit of a technical
team of the ICC to Nairobi.

With respect to the expressed intention of the Government to establish, on the
basis of its new constitution, national proceedings to investigate and prosecute
serious crimes allegedly committed, including in the context of post-election
violence, President Wenaweser emphasized the principle of complementarity....

With regard to reports of diplomatic initiatives aimed at seeking a suspension
of the judicial proceedings of the Court via the United Nations Security
Council, President Wenaweser expressed the concern that such a request would
implicitly be interpreted as a statement that the situation in Kenya constituted
a threat against international peace and security and put the issue before a
political body instead of having it considered by the judges of the Court.

The Government of Kenya reiterated its commitment to the Rome Statute and its
membership therein. As regards the principle of complementarity, the Government
noted that it was moving as expeditiously as possible with the implementation of
the police and judicial reforms mandated by the new Constitution, which would
allow national proceedings to be undertaken by the Kenyan judiciary, within the
framework of the Rome Statute."

See also:

1. Press statement issued by the Government of Kenya, 28 January, 2011,
http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/news/jan2011/2011280102.htm


II. RELATED NEWS AND OPINIONS

A. COALITION AND MEMBERS QUOTED

1. "ICC Justice a Dream Deferred", IPS, 31 January 2011,
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54304,

"The African Union Summit drew to a close today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa. Among the headline decisions was the continental body's support for
Kenya's planned request to defer prosecution by the International Criminal Court
(ICC) of six suspects in post-election violence that claimed more than 1,200
lives in 2008....

Stephen Lamony, the Outreach Liaison for the Coalition for the International
Criminal Court (CICC) told IPS many African governments were uncomfortable
attending the Summit alongside the indicted Bashir.

...Lamony added [that] neither the endorsement of Kenya's plan to seek deferment
nor similar actions regarding Bashir should be construed as a waning of support
by African governments for the International Criminal Court.

'The Court is investigating and prosecuting crimes committed against African
victims only when the states where the crimes were committed have been unable or
unwilling to do so. Following referrals by states and the United Nations
Security Council and more recently on the Prosecutor's initiative, the ICC
Prosecutor has opened investigations in five situations.'

He called on African governments - as well as civil society and the public - to
remain committed to the ICC and the rule of law.

'In the past decade alone, millions of Africans have lost their lives in
conflicts and have been the target of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and,
arguably, genocidal campaigns perpetrated against them. By attempting to punish
those responsible for these crimes, the Court is standing up for African victims
and attempting to prevent the future occurrence of atrocities. African
governments, together with civil society, played an active role in establishing
the International Criminal Court.'

As part of ensuring that active participation continues, the Coalition for the
International Criminal Court is launching a worldwide campaign around the
election of new judges, officials and a new chief prosecutor as scheduled in
2011...."

2. "African leaders split on bid to defer Hague trials", Daily Nation, 27
January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/African leaders split on bid to 
defer Hague trials /-/1066/1097042/-/umnrcmz/-/

"Kenya's shuttle diplomacy to persuade African Union members to support its bid
to postpone a case against the Ocampo Six has received mixed responses....

In the US, a New York-based Coalition for the ICC said The Hague was not
singling out Africans for prosecutions.

Mr William Pace, the ICC support group convener, said 'it does have the
unfortunate impact of enabling it to be portrayed as focused only on
Africa'...."

3. "Coalition Urges AU to Negotiate with ICC", New Business Ethiopia, 27 January
2011,
http://www.newbusinessethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=
405:coalition-urges-au-to-negotiate-with-icc&catid=51:international&Itemid=67

"...Briefing media at the Intercontinental Addis Hotel yesterday evening
(January 26, 2011) here in Addis Ababa, representatives of various civil
societies from different African countries urged AU to engage in a dialogue with
the ICC and facilitate the establishment of ICC office in the African capital.

'We are not requesting the opening of office in Addis Ababa to arrest African
leaders who committed crime against humanity. I am optimistic that those who are
wanted by ICC will be arrested one day,' said Stephen A. Lamony, Africa Outreach
Liaison and Situations Advisor at Coalition for ICC.

Speaking on the need Africa's need for ICC, Mr. Lamony stressed that the ICC is
the only permanent institution capable of bringing justice to those victims
where national courts are unable or unwilling...."

4. "The African Union is setting itself up for failure", by Stella Ndirangu,
ICJ-Kenya, The East African, 31 January 2011,
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/The African Union is setting itse
lf up for failure/-/2558/1097912/-/12rwgixz/-/

"Kenyans last week watched in dismay as African Union Commission chairman Jean
Ping assured Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka of the AU's support for Kenya's bid
to seek a deferral on the post-election violence cases being considered by the
International Criminal Court....

The response by the AU chair was disturbing, first because an Article 16
deferral under the Rome Statute can only be sought where there is a threat to
the peace and security of a country.

No such threat was invoked by Kenya's vice president during the meeting....

In an effort to retaliate and mount pressure on the UN Security Council to
respond to its requests, irrational decisions hitting at the ICC have
characterised AU Summits in the recent past with the most irrational one so far
being the resolution passed at the Summit held in July 2009, calling on African
State Parties to the Rome Statute to weigh their obligations to the AU in
comparison with those of the Rome Statute....

Seeking a deferral on the Kenyan case at this point in time would be a doomed
exercise from the onset. This is because Kenya's peace and security have been
bolstered by all the ICC initiatives conducted to date seeking to bring
accountability for the post-election violence.

It is an open secret that a majority of Kenyans support the ICC process and
opinion polls conducted just after the ICC prosecutor announced the six suspects
he preferred charges against indicated that 87 per cent of Kenyans had
confidence that justice would be served through the ICC process....

In any event, this is not the first time the government is discussing how the
post-election violence perpetrators would be tried locally; this has been their
talk for the past three years. There has been no political will to actually
establish such a trial process....

The AU should advise the Kenya government to challenge the International
Criminal Court's jurisdiction under Article 19 of the Rome Statute on the
grounds that it is genuinely willing and able to prosecute cases domestically."

See Also:

1. "Troublesome International Criminal Court" ["Unbequemes
Weltstrafgericht"], Africa.info, 3 February 2011,
http://www.afrika.info/aktuell_detail.php?N_ID=1518&kp=aktuell [German]

2. "Lobby faults AU's Kenya decision", Daily Nation, 8 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1103638/-/7ocxyv/-/

3. "Kenya: Lobbies Urge Kibaki to Sack Allies", by Dave Opiyo, All
Africa, 15 February 2011, http://allafrica.com/stories/201102160187.html

4. "AU Summit Reveals Growing African Resentment Toward Western Values",
by Peter Heinlein, VOA News, 2 February 2011,
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/AU-Summit-Reveals-Growing-African-Res
entment-toward-Western-Values-115110209.html

5. "Civil society in bid to block ICC deferral", by Wambui Ndonga,
Capital FM, 7 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Civil-society-in-bid-to-block-ICC-defe
rral-11576.html

6. "Rights groups oppose ICC deferral bid", AFP/Capital FM, 27 January
2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Rights-groups-oppose-ICC-deferral-bid-
11430.html

7. "Rights watchdog wants Africa to reject Kenya's move against ICC", by
Kevin J. Kelley, Africa Review, 25 January 2011,
http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1095510/-/i68gjmz/-/

8. "Kenya: Lobbies Urge Kibaki to Sack Allies", by Dave Opiyo, All
Africa, 15 February 2011, http://allafrica.com/stories/201102160187.html

9. "NGOs launch drive against bid to withdraw from Rome Statute", by
Titus Too, The Standard, 9 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000028683&cid=159&story=N
GOs launch drive against bid to withdraw from Rome Statute

10. "Africa rights groups urged to reject ICC deferral bid", by Lucas
Barasa, Daily Nation, 26 January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1096044/-/11fd660z/-/

11. "The Case Against Deferral", by Mugambi Kiai, Open Society Blog, 6
February 2011, http://blog.soros.org/2011/02/the-case-against-deferral/

B. OTHER NEWS AND OPINIONS

1. "Kibaki meets head of ICC assembly", Daily Nation, 28 January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1097380/-/7avsch/-/
2. "Talk to us, not African Union says ICC" by Sarah Wambui, Capital FM,
27 January 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Talk-to-us,-not-African-Union-says-ICC
-11432.html
3. "ICC head says against plan to defer Kenya trials" by Aaron Maasho,
Reuters, 27 January 2011,
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE70Q0EA20110127
4. "Top Hague official jets in Monday", by Bernard Namunane and Oliver
Mathenge, Daily Nation, 23 January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Top Hague official jets in Monda
y/-/1064/1094720/-/bwoans/-/index.html
5. Kevin J. Kelley, Africa Review, 25 January 2011,
http://www.africareview.com/News/-/979180/1095510/-/i68gjmz/-/
6. "Kibaki, Muthaura and security chiefs meet envoys over ICC deferral
bid", by Ben Agina, The Standard, 16 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000029232&cid=4&ttl=Kibaki, 
Muthaura and security chiefs meet envoys over ICC deferral bid
7. "Envoy: US will veto deferral of Kenyan ICC case", by Murithi Mutiga,
Daily Nation, 12 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Envoy US will veto deferral of%2
0Kenyan ICC case /-/1064/1106494/-/item/0/-/r4b1mhz/-/index.html
8. "29 parties oppose ICC deferral", by Sarah Wambui, Capital FM, 15
February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/29-parties-oppose-ICC-deferral-11696.h
tml
9. "Kenya political parties back local tribunal", by Stella Kambua, KBC,
15 February 2011, http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=68923
10. "Kenya-Justice: International Criminal Court campaign in UN", Africa
en ligne, 14 February 2011,
http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/kenya-justice:-international-criminal
-court-campaign-in-un-201102121298.html
11. "Kenyan Lawmaker to Make Third Attempt to Set Up Local Tribunal" by
Sarah McGregor, Bloomberg, 22 February 2011,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-22/kenyan-lawmaker-to-make-third-attempt-t
o-set-up-local-tribunal.html
12. "ICC judges caution Kenyan litigants" by Bernard Momanyi, Capital FM,
21 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/ICC-judges-caution-Kenyan-litigants-11
807.html
13. "Kalonzo reveals Kenya's ICC strategy" by Wambui Ndonga, Capital FM,
17 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Kalonzo-reveals-Kenya’s-ICC-strategy
-11735.html
14. "Kenya: Protection from the protectors" by Peter Muiruri, The African
Report,17 February 2011,
http://www.theafricareport.com/archives2/opinion/5136956-kenya-protection-from-t
he-protectors.html
15. "ICC suspect seeks to address court in vernacular" by Judy Ogutu, The
Standard, 16 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000029382&cid=4&ttl=ICC susp
ect seeks to address court in vernacular
16. "PM under fire over ICC remarks" by Stella Kambua, KBC, 16 February
2011, http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=68951
17. "Let's support local tribunal Bill, but not to shield Ocampo Six from
The Hague" by Evan Mwangi, Daily Nation, 16 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Let+us+support+local+tribunal+Bill/-/440808
/1108854/-/qqp6i5/-/
18. "Bernard Ndege, 'I need to know who killed my family'", IRIN News, 16
February 2011, http://www.irinnews.org/HovReport.aspx?reportID=91945
19. "Kenya: Why Ocampo Six Matter More Than 38m 'Stupid' Kenyans", by
Patrick Gathara, The East African/All Africa, 14 February 2011,
http://allafrica.com/stories/201102141775.html
20. "ICC prosecutor slammed for disclosing Kenyan suspects' names", by
Aaron Gray-Block, Reuters, 13 February 2011,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/12/14/uk-warcrimes-kenya-idUKTRE6BD3RX2010121
4
21. "ICC judges reject Ruto, Ali pleas", by Anthony Kagiri, Capital FM,
12 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/ICC-judges-reject-Ruto,-Ali-pleas-1165
5.html
22. "ICC threatens to derail our fresh start", by Kalonzo Musyoka, Daily
Nation, 12 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/ICC threatens to derail our fresh
 start /-/440808/1106386/-/15m0aebz/-/
23. "Kenya and ICC Battle Over Impunity", by Jon Rosen, ISN Insights, 9
February 2011,
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&id=126699&
contextid734=126699&contextid735=126698&tabid=126698
24. "VP says State spent 'moderate' Sh31m in shuttle diplomacy", The
Standard, 8 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000028643&cid=4
25. "Kenyan ICC Cases a Good Test of an ICC Founding Principle", by Max
Du Plessis & Chris Gevers, EJIL: Talk!, 8 February 2011,
http://www.ejiltalk.org/kenyan-case-a-good-test-of-an-icc-founding-principle/
26. "Uhuru says Hague case 'political'", by Oliver Mathenge, Daily
Nation, 8 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1103596/-/7ocxco/-/
27. "Uhuru: Ocampo order for the 'wanted six' unrealistic", by Moses
Njagih, The Standard, 8 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000028581&cid=4
28. "Nation Faces Great Odds Against ICC", by Oliver Mathenge, Daily
Nation/All Africa, 7 February 2011,
http://allafrica.com/stories/201102080161.html
29. "This is impunity, the usual Kenyan style", by Wanjiku Wa Ngugi,
Daily Nation, 7 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/This is impunity the usual Kenyan
 style /-/440808/1103158/-/uc8tlfz/-/
30. "On Kenya and State-funded Defences of ICC Accused", by David Gault,
Legal Frontiers, 6 February 2011,
http://www.legalfrontiers.ca/2011/02/on-kenya-and-state-funded-defences-of-icc-a
ccused/
31. "Russia likely to back deferral of ICC trials", by Peter Mwai, Daily
Nation, 6 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Russia likely to back deferral o
f ICC trials /-/1064/1102530/-/iydgs/-/index.html
32. "Rough road ahead as Kenya plans to lobby UN's Big Five", by Oliver
Mathenge and Jacob Ngetich, Daily Nation, 5 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Rough road ahead as Kenya plans%
20to lobby UN Big Five /-/1064/1102212/-/imdsaaz/-/
33. "How Muthaura caused a crisis in rush to beat ICC", by Mugumo Munene
and Oliver Mathenge, Daily Nation, 5 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/How Muthaura caused a crisis in%
20rush to beat ICC /-/1064/1102262/-/v36ves/-/
34. "Road to Hague has been bumpy and open", by Murithi Mutiga, Daily
Nation, 5 February 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Road to Hague has been bumpy a
nd open /-/1064/1102206/-/r8ww2/-/
35. "A million-signature drive to back ICC", by Gakuu Mathenge, The
Standard, 4 February 2011,
http://standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000028377&cid=159&story=A m
illion-signature drive to back ICC
36. "Protestors root for local tribunal", by Anthony Kagiri, Capital FM,
3 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Protestors-root-for-local-tribunal-115
29.html
37. "KHRC condemns bid to defer ICC cases", by Carol Gakii andKatherine
Achienga, KBC, 2 February 2011, http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=68731
38. "MPs demand cost of ICC diplomacy", by Anthony Kagiri, Capital FM, 2
February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/MPs-demand-cost-of-ICC-diplomacy-11513
.html
39. "Kenya Must Revive Plan to Create 'Credible' Court, Odinga Says", by
Sarah McGregor, Bloomberg, 2 February 2011,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-02/kenya-must-revive-plan-to-create-credib
le-court-odinga-says.html
40. "Ruto appeals against ruling by ICC judges", by Judy Ogutu, The
Standard, 1 February 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000028031&cid=159
41. "High Court stops Kenyan ICC statement taking", by Michael Gichuki
and Rose Kamau, KBC, 31 January 2011, http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=68677
42. "Why Kenya changed its stand on Hague process", by Juma Kwayera, The
Standard, 30 January 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000027833&cid=4&ttl=Why Keny
a changed its stand on Hague process
43. "Kenya: Nation Again Tests Africa's Commitment to the ICC", by Max du
Plessis, ISS/All Africa, 29 January 2011,
http://allafrica.com/stories/201101290078.html
44. "Why Kenyans should support the State's position to pull out of ICC",
by Peter Kagwanja, The Standard, 29 January 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=2000027808&cid=15
45. "Kenya reforms judiciary, AU backs ICC trials delay", by James
Macharia, Reuters, 29 January 2011,
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE70S0MN20110129
46. "Kenya: Who is Telling the Truth On ICC? Kalonzo Or Kilonzo", by
Peter Ochieng, Daily Nation/All Africa, 29 January 2011,
http://allafrica.com/stories/201101310037.html
47. "Kibaki to push ICC deferral in Addis", Capital FM, 28 January 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Kibaki-to-push-ICC-deferral-in-Addis-1
1456.html
48. "China seen to back Kenya over ICC cases", Daily Nation, 27 January
2011, http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1096756/-/11fd0muz/-/
49. "The ICC in Kenya: Tackling Impunity or Sowing Ethnic Polarization?"
by Jon Rosen, World Politics Review, 27 January 2011,
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/7687/the-icc-in-kenya-tackling-impun
ity-or-sowing-ethnic-polarization
50. "KNCHR launches international bid in support of The Hague process" by
David Ochami, The Standard, 26 January 2011,
http://standardmedia.co.ke/news/InsidePage.php?id=2000027605&cid=159&story=KNCHR
 launches international bid in support of The Hague process
51. "ICC asks Kenya to help seize suspects' property" by Cyrus Ombati and
Ben Agina, The Standard, 26 January 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000027600&cid=4
52. "ICC cautions AU over Kenya bid to defer trials", by Argaw Ashine,
Daily Nation, 26 January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1096018/-/11fd68jz/-/index.html
53. "Kenya: Africa Rejects ICC Pullout" by Nzau Musau, All Africa, 26
January 2011, http://allafrica.com/stories/201101260877.html
54. "Kenya not quitting Rome Statute", by Lucianne Limo, The Standard, 25
January 2011, http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000027543&cid=4&
55. "Ali wants inclusion in ICC pre trial", by Bernard Momanyi, Capital
FM, 24 January 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Ali-wants-inclusion-in-ICC-pre-trial-1
1361.html
56. "Kenya and the ICC: Fact Versus Fiction", by Mugambi Kiai, Open
Society Blog, 24 January 2011,
http://blog.soros.org/2011/01/kenya-and-the-icc-fact-versus-fiction/
57. "How Ruto tried to set the Big Two up for prosecution at ICC", by
Oliver Mathenge, Daily Nation, 23 January 2011,
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/How Ruto tried to set the Big%
20Two up for prosecution at ICC /-/1064/1094208/-/12sy2vd/-/
58. "Pulling out of ICC selfish, ill-advised", by Dominic Odipo, The
Standard, 23 January 2011,
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000027356&cid=501

C. AUDIO/VISUAL RESOURCES

1. "Civil society in bid to block ICC deferral", by Wambui Ndonga,
Capital FM, 7 February 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Civil-society-in-bid-to-block-ICC-defe
rral-11576.html
2. KTN Interview with ASP President H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, 2nd
day of the AU Summit, February 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFYZRHlBDg
3. "Tell us what you want, says ICC", by Laban Wanambisi, Capital FM, 29
January 2011,
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/Tell-us-what-you-want,-says-ICC-11451.
html
4. "Ranneberger Interview On ICC", KTN, 10 February 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkmKWYWhGv4&feature=player_embedded
5. "Cloud of confusion over ICC", NTV/Youtube, 26 January 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4nfctN2P-o
6. "ICC fallout", NTV, 25 January 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpJeEHwQvMQ
7. "Atwoli dismisses ICC withdrawal", NTV, 23 January 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWe-5kuKSvg

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