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Kenyans Await ICC Chief Prosecutorâs Arrival

   Peter Clottey 06 May 2010
   International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo gives
   a  press conference, 01 Apr 2010, in The Hague on a probe the ICC will
   carry  out  into  crimes  against  humanity allegedly committed in the
   violent aftermath of Kenya's December 2007 presi

Photo: AFP

   International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo gives
   a  press conference, 01 Apr 2010, in The Hague on a probe the ICC will
   carry  out  into  crimes  against  humanity allegedly committed in the
   violent aftermath of Kenya's December 2007 presidential election.

   Kenyaâs   local  media  reports  that  the  chief  prosecutor  of  the
   International  Criminal  Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is scheduled
   to arrive in the country this weekend to spearhead investigations into
   the 2007 post-election violence.

   Douglas  Mutua, a journalist with the Nations Media group said Kenyans
   have  been  demanding  justice since the end of the electoral violence
   that led to the loss of lives and properties.

   âMoreno-Ocampo  will  be  coming to Kenya on Saturday this week to see
   victims  of  the post-election violence and even people who think they
   are among the suspects,â he said.

   The chief prosecutor is scheduled to officially launch an inquiry into
   Kenyaâs post-election violence that led to the deaths of at least 1133
   and displaced over 600,000 people.

   The  chief  prosecutor  has  reportedly  expressed  the  wish  to have
   suspects  of  the  post-election  violence arrested next year ahead of
   their trial scheduled for 2012.

   Mutua  said  Kenyans  are  eagerly  awaiting  the  chief  prosecutorâs
   arrival.

   âGenerally,  Kenyans  are  seeing  a  situation  whereby they would be
   getting  justice.  Justice will be done because they already know that
   Moreno-Ocampo  earlier  announced that he had 20 suspects that he will
   be  investigating.   So,  they are seeing a situation whereby the ICC
   has  taken  up  this  case  seriously, and they are bound to benefit,â
   Mutua said.

   Kenyaâs government has so far agreed to cooperate with the ICCâs chief
   prosecutor investigations into the electoral violence.

   But,  Mutua  said  government  officials  seem reluctant to comment on
   Moreno-Ocampoâs arrival.

   âThe  leadership is kind of scared because they are not discussing the
   issue  in public. You know the main culprits here would be politicians
   and I believe that most of them fear a bit to talk so boldly about the
   statement  Moreno-Ocampo  is making because they may be suspects.  No
   one  has  ruled  out that the president and the prime minister will be
   suspects  because whatever happened in this country in that period was
   because of the two,â Mutua said.

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