Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Muthaura denies plans to subvert ICC

Written By:Lilian Mukabhana,    Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2011


Head of Public Service and secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura has denied working closely with an informal secretariat established in the office of the President, with the objective of helping Kenya develop a strategy for exiting from the Rome Statute.
In a statement sent to the Press Wednesday, Muthaura said the government has formal institutions within which it transparently discharges its core mandate and thus cannot discharge its legal and constitutional duties informally.
"The Standard's "think tank" of the six persons who are the focus of an application
by the ICC prosecutor for summons does not exist."
"I respect the ICC as an Institution... I believe in the rule of law domestically and internationally. I always will. Accordingly, I am content to trust the judges of the ICC to independently review the evidence, and consider the Prosecutor's application and to co-operate with any requests the judges of that Court may have of me."
At the same time, the Government has clarified that the figure of 4.7 billion shillings reported in a section of the media as the legal fees for the defense of government officials mentioned by International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Moreno Ocampo, are mere speculations and far from reality.
In a statement, the government spokesman Dr. Alfred Mutua said the figure is totally inaccurate and exaggerated.
He said the issue of covering the legal fees of the mentioned officials was under review and any decision made will be done in accordance with the Constitution and the code of conduct for Civil Servants.

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