Thread: Kenyan Politicians in Panic Over Possible Prosecutions

See "Dr. Jerome Corsi Gets DEPORTED from Kenya", ALIPAC, Tuesday, October 7, for political and ancestral links between President-Elect Obama and Raila Odinga and the Luo tribe.
http://www.alipac.us/article3612.html

Kenyan Politicians in Panic Over Possible Prosecutions

Friday, November 14, 2008

By Stephen Mbogo

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, receives the Waki Report on post-election violence from Judge Philip Waki in Nairobi on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 as Prime Minister Raila Odinga, right, looks on. (AP Photo)


Nairobi, Kenya (CNSNews.com) – Kenyan politicians who allegedly had links to the post-election ethnic violence that claimed 1,300 lives early this year are alarmed at the possibility they may face prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

Cases will be handed to the ICC if the Kenyan government fails to establish within 60 days a special tribunal here, with international involvement, to prosecute the suspects.

The violence was triggered by a dispute over a presidential election at the end of 2007. It pitted supporters of the incumbent, President Mwai Kibaki – a member of the Kikuyu ethnic group – and against those of his Luo rival, Raila Odinga.

The carnage eventually ended with a negotiated power-sharing deal that left Kibaki in power, with Odinga given the post of prime minister.

A comprehensive legal report into the post-election violence, recently published, called for those responsible to face justice before a special tribunal, or failing that, then before the ICC. A list of names of suspects has been sealed.

Worried about the implications, politicians from all camps have condemned the findings of the Waki Commission – named for its chairman, Kenyan judge Philip Waki – with those suspecting to be implicated lobbying their parties and members of their ethnic groups to reject the findings.

The Kenyan cabinet, contrary to high public expectations, failed to discuss the politically-charged issue during a weekly meeting on Thursday.

Alex Riungu, a political scientist working with Indian Ocean Consulting Group, a new political consultancy, said it could be weeks before a cabinet decision on the issue is communicated, probably because the findings implicate some cabinet ministers.

“This is an issue that has shaken the political class, but it offers the best chance to end impunity for those who commit political crimes in Kenya,â€

How convenient to obama's agenda.

Look for Raila Odigna.....and numerous other obama family members.......to seek, and be granted, asylum in the United States. Perhaps this is also why his IA aunt claims she is in danger if she returns to Kenya per the deortation order?

From there, it's just one small step for obama to begin installing them in positions of power over here where they will be pulling political strings, ensuring lucrative trade deals for Kenya to the exclusion of all others, etc.

This will work out quite well for obama and his tribe.