Group claims Kibaki sabotaging ICC trials

BY BEAUTTAH OMANGACivil societies have accused President Kibaki of sabotaging the trial of the 'Ocampo Six' by the International Criminal Court.
Led by Rev (Rtd) Timothy Njoya and Mr Ndung’u Wainaina of the International Centre for Policy and Conflict, the group claimed the President knew if the cases progressed, he, too, would be summoned over post-election violence.
"The President is waking up to a reality that if the six went to The Hague, particularly those said to be on the PNU side, they would spill the beans," said Njoya.
Njoya said Kibaki owes Kenyans an explanation over his prediction, through a letter to the UN Security Council, that chances were high another round of chaos would erupt if the trials continued.
"When a president predicts chaos, that alone is actionable. How does he know Kenyans will again fight," posed Njoya.
Wainaina said Kibaki would, at some point, be required to explain his side of the story over the poll chaos.
Kibaki accountable
"The Waki Commission was told the National Security Intelligence Service alerted him of the possibility of chaos erupting, but he did nothing. He will be held accountable for what took place," claimed Wainaina.
He said Kibaki never shields anyone facing prosecution and that his keen interest on the ‘Ocampo Six’ was telling.
The two, who spoke at a Press conference in Nairobi, said the country would be safer if the hearings continued.
They exuded confidence the UN Security Council would not defer the Kenyan cases.
"Our collective national resources, energies, efforts and goodwill ought to be harnessed and directed towards implementation of the Constitution," said Njoya.
They called for civic education to prepare the public to participate in the Constitution implementation.