From: Judy Miriga

Good People,

When your lifeline depends on crucial help from external support, you are indepted to be under obligation to comply by terms of contract engagement agreement undertaken and this is inclusively the same with all other International Treaty Ratified. They remain binding in effect and to turn away and terminate or disqualify such Treaties or Agreement under clouded mysterious conspiracies, cannot hold and there are consequences ……..

In a good Rule of Law Governance, all must obey the law and all must play observing tenets complying under in the same set of rules.

Maurice Oduor is very right in his argument with Okil and the statement that “Obama’s man EMBARRASSED and HUMILIATED at AU Summit in Addis Ababa is false and is totally misplaced”.

President Obama or his Team have nothing to be ashamed of.

If anything, going by facts as displayed here as attachments, in real sense of the matter, who is the one who badly need help here? Get your facts right people……..

In any way that you look at the problems in Kenya, it is humongous the two alone cannot sustain it. The person to urgently seek favor from is Obama. The world look up to him……You’ve got to swallow your pride Mr. Right…!! President Obama is your best bet……..take my word……..Make Hay while the sun shines………

The environment is polluted with all sorts of criminality and there is no law or order and the situation is already overflowing with pockets of insecurities coupled with instabilities, unfavorable for progressive business undertaking let alone providing for human rights dignified livelihood and survival.

Unfortunately, Chinese interests in Kenya is based on high level of corruption involving police to protect their interests. In otherwords, Kenya is already a terrorist and police colony who are engaging in all manner of insecurities…….which is why, people are killed left right and center and the Government is doing nothing. What good shall come out of such leadership?

And in any fairness, how can Kimemia pass the test of INTEGRITY under dubious involvement with the Chinese if he has no certificate guaranteed and awarded him to oparate under CONFLICT OF INTERESTS…..How can such a situation fail to spur other forces including the Mungiki and Al-Shabaab looming their heads to frustrate the public….causing more harm than good?

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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— On Thu, 5/30/13, Maurice Oduor wrote:
From: Maurice Oduor
Subject: OBAMA’s man EMBARRASSED and HUMILIATED in AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 4:59 AM

NONO (Nyamodi Ochieng’ Nyamogo Okil),

I’m not an economic refugee. I think you’re aware of that. Kenya simply can not afford my services. Plus, I don’t think I can be comfortable in an atmosphere of extreme tribalism, the type of tribalism that makes it possible for 2 men indicted for crimes against humanity to get elected.

In Canada, even being caught driving drunk is enough to ruin a politician’s career. But in Kenya, you can murder 1300 people and you will still get elected as long as your tribe has the votes !!!!!!

Only someone with your twisted way of thinking finds that normal.

Courage

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Nyamodi Ochieng Nyamogo wrote:

any form of refuge has its price

On 5/30/13, Maurice Oduor wrote:

Okil,

You guys have ego problems left and right. If the West decides to pull out of Kenya, most parastatals such as KEMRI will close down. A lot of NGOs and agencies such as NACA will be in financial trouble. A lot of research at the universities will be discontinued. Worst, the Free Primary Education will be history. Kenya will lose a big market for its Tea and coffee. Not to talk about Tourism.

I don’t think you guys have any clue what you’re talking about. It’s false bravado talking.

Courage

— On Thu, 5/30/13, Nyamodi Ochieng Nyamogo wrote:
From: Nyamodi Ochieng Nyamogo
Subject: OBAMA’s man EMBARRASSED and HUMILIATED in AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 3:10 AM

Definitely any sane African should love this! The West is on a free fall, with respect to its patronizing stance towards Africa!

Nyamodi Ochieng-Nyamogo.

On 5/30/13, maina ndiritu wrote:

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, was on Sunday embarrassed by African Heads of State in Ethiopia, after they walked out before he could deliver his speech.

Kerry who was to convey his message from US President Barrack Obama was forced to cancel his speech after African leaders protested saying he was sent by Western Nations to push for their Neo-Colonisation agendas.

Other leaders who were humiliated during the AU meeting in Addis Ababa are French President, Francois Hollande and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barosso who only addressed journalists after African leaders walked out of the venue.

The leaders resolved to work with China, India and Russia since they are the only countries who recognise Africa.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was among the Heads of State who attended the summit.

ICC chief slams critics after African Union attack

By AFP
Posted Tuesday, May 28 2013 at 23:52

In Summary

The ICC is currently facing mounting diplomatic pressure over charges of crimes against humanity filed against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto linked to political unrest in 2008 when neither were in office Bensouda vowed that the ICC would “continue to be independent, to continue to be impartial, to apply the law strictly without any political or other considerations.”

Forty-three African countries have signed the ICC’s founding Rome Statute and 34 have ratified it. This makes Africa the most heavily represented region in the court membership

UNITED NATIONS

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor hit back at critics Tuesday, a day after the African Union accused the tribunal of racism.

Fatou Bensouda said the critics were defending “perpetrators” of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The prosecutor did not mention any particular group. But her comments came only a day after an African Union summit said the ICC was targeting the continent on the basis of race.

“We all know who the voices are,” Bensouda told a meeting at United Nations headquarters when asked by an African diplomat about “voices” questioning ICC tactics.

“The voices are those who are trying to protect the perpetrators of these crimes. They are not the voices who are supporting the victims of these crimes,” said Bensouda, who is from Gambia.

The ICC is currently facing mounting diplomatic pressure over charges of crimes against humanity filed against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto linked to political unrest in 2008 when neither were in office.

An African Union summit on Monday called for the ICC charges to be halted. Kenya has asked the UN Security Council to “terminate” the case.

“We should not take what ICC is doing to turn it on its head,” Bensouda said at the UN meeting on enforced disappearances organized by France and Argentina.

“The true victims of the crimes are the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, not those who perpetrate them. And now we see that that those voices, what they are all trying to do is protect those who perpetrate the crimes.”

“I think this is an insult to the victims,” she added.

“I think this should not be happening and anybody who is concerned about addressing crimes of this nature — against the thousands and thousands and thousands of victims, African victims — should be concerned about what is happening right now,” she told the UN meeting.

Bensouda vowed that the ICC would “continue to be independent, to continue to be impartial, to apply the law strictly without any political or other considerations.”

African governments often express bitterness that all ICC investigations target the continent.

But nearly all of the eight investigations — from Uganda to Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali — were referred by the African countries themselves. Forty-three African countries have signed the ICC’s founding Rome Statute and 34 have ratified it. This makes Africa the most heavily represented region in the court membership.

Tiina Intelmann, president of the 122-country assembly of ICC member states, acknowledged that the perceived “Africa-only” focus of investigations has created difficulties for the court in dealings with African states.

“Let us not forget, however, that the current focus on the African situations also means a focus on African victims,” Intelmann said in a commentary.

A trust fund set up by the ICC statute has helped about 80,000 victims of “atrocity crimes.”

“It is fair to say that without the activities of that fund, all those African victims would have received little or no assistance at all,” Intelmann added.

ICC rubbishes AU resolution on Uhuru, Ruto case

Written by KNU Reporter

Published inNational News Monday, 27 May 2013 20:43

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rubbished a ruling made by the African Union over the Kenyan cases before The Hague based court.

African presidents on Sunday unanimously supported a petition calling on the International Criminal Court to drop charges against humanity facing President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.

Responding to the declarations by African Heads of States, ICC Outreach Coordinator for Kenya Mabia Mabinty Kamara said the court cannot consider the AU resolution could only decide deferring the cases.

Kamara clarified that a prior request by the Kenya government to transfer the cases to Kenya did not convince the judges that Kenya was conducting indisputable investigations and prosecutions.

“The ICC will not proceed with a case if the national judicial system proves that it is prosecuting and that it is willing and capable of conducting such genuine prosecution for the same people that have been accused before the ICC,” she said.

In their resolution passed Monday, the African leaders said that Kenya has a credible Judiciary capable of hearing and determining the cases fairly and expeditiously.

The ICC dismissed the resolution by African leaders on the Kenya cases saying the matter should be left to the court to decide.

“As an independent and purely judicial institution, the ICC does not react to political statements and resolutions that are not submitted to the ICC by the parties to a case in accordance with the ICC procedural rules.” She added

Ms Kamara said that ICC Judges cannot be swayed by the African Union saying the court does not take any political issue into concern when deciding on cases related to serious crimes allegedly committed in Kenya or any other situation under investigations by the Court.

“The ICC Judges only apply the rules of law and decide on the basis of the evidence presented to them in accordance with the procedural rules of the ICC,” she said.

African Heads of State objected to International Criminal Court trials facing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto but The Hague-based court responded judges couldn’t be swayed by political positions.

President Kenyatta and DP Ruto are charged at the ICC in relation to the 2007 post-election violence in which more than 1,000 died and 600,000 others displaced.

Uhuru Kenyatta in secret talks with John Kerry as leaders condemn International Criminal Court cases

Updated Monday, May 27th 2013 at 14:31 GMT +3

President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing the AU Summit. (Photo:PPS)
By Ally Jamah

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: President Uhuru Kenyatta met US Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday against the background of strong sentiment from fellow African leaders against the International Criminal Court (ICC).

His meeting with Kerry, whose subject remained private, took place even as it emerged from the closed session Sunday that 53 countries out 54 had all expressed dissatisfaction at alleged humiliation and embarrassment of African leaders by The Hague-based ICC.

However, any resolution by the AU is not binding on the ICC in the two Kenyan cases where President Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang are facing charges of crimes against humanity.

Kenyatta’s is the second case while Ruto and Sang are together in the first case. However, analysts say any resolution by the AU against the ICC only serves to boost Uhuru’s standing on the continent.

The African leaders on Sunday evening unanimously passed a resolution over their future involvement with the ICC where they agreed to push for Kenyan cases to be brought back to the country.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata lead those pushing for either a termination or referral of the cases to Kenya.

A Presidential Press Service dispatch said Kenyatta told African leaders Kenya is ready to handle other post-election violence cases, thanks to what he termed as “far-reaching reforms†in the Judiciary and other key institutions.

“We have adopted a new Constitution, undertaken far-reaching reforms in the judiciary, vetting our judges in public under the watch of more than 40 million Kenyans and beyond, expanded the freedoms of all Kenyans, put in place a new electoral machinery, a devolved system of governance that ensures equity for all, a reformed Public Service, security sector, and many othersâ€, said Kenyatta.

He added: “Our reformed Judiciary enjoys public confidence and became a beacon for the country when, following an election dispute of a similar nature to that of 2007/2008, it processed the petition expeditiously and delivered a judgment that enabled us to move forward as a nation.â€

Sources told The Standard that the leaders, who spoke in a closed-door session Sunday evening, roundly criticised the ICC for allegedly targeting African leaders and embarrassing them.

They specifically requested that the cases against President Kenyatta and his deputy Ruto be referred to Kenya rather than being handled in “foreign courts and judgesâ€

African foreign ministers who met last week in the Ethiopian capital agreed to a request to “terminate†the case at the level of the ICC and to rely on the national judiciary that is being reformed. This agreement was forwarded to the summit for approval.

The final text of the decision of the African leaders about the ICC cases facing Kenyatta will be made public today as the African Union summit wraps up its conference.

Sources inside the meeting rooms indicated that no substantive changes were made to the draft.

Without any reference to the Kenyan cases at The Hague, Kenyatta told African leaders that Kenya has learnt enduring lessons from the post-election violence of 2007/08 by putting in place a new constitution and reforming the Judiciary and other sectors.

The President also did not express any desire to have the trials conducted in Kenya.Â

But he reinforced his statement on Kenya’s advancement by noting that competitive electoral politics in African countries often pose a huge security risk to national stability, since disputes tend to degenerate into outright violence, bitter divisions and disorder.

Zambia’s President Michael Sata insisted that the ICC should allow Kenya and other African countries handle their own affairs, including delivering justice to alleged perpetrators of political violence and killings

“It’s time that Africa should handle its own affairs. We should not allow foreigners to be coming to interfere with us. If you find Kenyan President or Zambian President is at fault with the Kenyan people or Zambian people, let the Kenyan or Zambian people deal with him, not somebody in Hague. Why can’t they (Westerners) try their own relatives?†he asked.

Kenyatta is the second sitting President who faces trial at The Hague-based ICC. He and Ruto are separately accused of being behind the violence that followed the disputed 2007 presidential election and which left more than 1,300 people dead and 600,000 displaced.

The two men, who came to power following a vote in March, say they will fight for their innocence at the court.

Amnesty International had urged African leaders to throw out Kenya’s proposal to the UN to end the ICC cases, saying it was a “worrying attempt by the Kenyan authorities to avoid justiceâ€.

The rights group called on the 34 AU members who have signed the ICC’s founding Rome Statute, including Kenya, to protect the international justice mechanism they have committed toâ€.

Kenya Shall Remain An ICC Member State!

May 28, 2013|Posted in: Opinion

BY HON DAVID ONYANGO OCHOLA

To All Kenyans and Africa at Large

Three Kenyans brothers who are waiting for their trial at the ICC should not panic and get worried, because being named by ICC doesn’t mean that one is guilty till be proven.

Bensouda’s claim to have enough evidence against the suspects should not let these brothers panic either. And as good citizens who love democracy, the suspects should all cooperate and face the international crime court.

Kenyans need to show the world community that, we’re a mature nation by not calling for the pull out from the ICC membership.

Instead, our fellow Kenyans should challenge what other world leaders do by not hiding from the international crime court. I congratulate the Immediate Former Eldoret North MP William S. Ruto for his first announcement that is ready to appear and cooperate with the International court, this give moral to other named people to be ready to appear at the Hague court.

Those who are calling for the Africa Countries to pull out of the ICC are very wrong and are part of impunity in Africa; our respect cannot be lost just because of few individual who are not willing to take political responsibilities.

As a positive leader one has to take responsibility and let the law decide but not hiding on the back of his community and calling for unnecessary actions.

As a great nation, Kenya is bigger than an individual. We all have to put our nation first before individual interest, regional or tribal politics us this will further divide this country, we need to focus on unity, love and peace as Retired former president Hon Daniel Arap Moi used to always remind us.

The African Union Heads of States who passed the motion on African Nations withdrawal from the ICC should be investigated over their motives because I believe there have not taken there responsibility as wise leaders of this Continent.

I hereby call for Kenyan not to accept all the unnecessary reports, meetings and their motives towards calling for Kenya case against Hon Uhuru Kenyatta to be brought back to Kenya.

The claim that ICC is another form of colonial and thus exercising imperialism by focusing on African suspects in its investigations only, shouldn’t be regarded as an excuse.

Its total shame for our leaders to vote for the removal of our country from the ICC membership, Hopeful Mr. President won’t write and sign for the withdrawal of Kenya from the international community court.

Kenyans will never forgive such leaders and as we have just come out from peaceful election even though with lots of unrealistic verdict by the supreme court of Kenya, we have high hopes of voting out such leaders and coming up with leaders who will respect democracy and international integration, leaders who will be in front to fight for development and peace round the world at whatever cost.

But not leaders, who dare hide back their tribe masques whenever there are problem or scandals just to attain there selfish motives.

Therefore, let our leaders re-think and revisit the issues of ICC and respect the country international integration, let there be peace and those who have been named by ICC should cooperate and wait to be cleared by the Hague court.

For the entire globe is watching our activities concerning the ICC as this should be clear to our leaders, Also they should understand that there not the first and they’re not going to be the last leaders of this country.

Our former regime, fought hard to be integrated into the ICC that should be in the minds of those who are pulling out our country from the court established under Rome status which Kenya is a signatory.

Let all good citizens fight for democracy in our country and even round the world, what we have achieved should not be washed away by such leaders who do not think wisely.

For the good leaders, would cooperate and avail them to the international criminal court.

Lastly I believe our three named Kenyans by the International criminal court will be available to the court at any given time and give the law an opportunity to judge them.

I can confidently say that the African Leaders wants to take us back into colonial period but in another angle of “BLACK COLONY”. Reasons are of the issue of claims that ICC is embarrassing the Heads of States from Africa by using Kenya and Sudan cases currently at the Court. To the best of our knowledge on the Kenyan case, Uhuru Kenyatta went to the poll knowing very well that he had a case to answer and as to us we don’t see ICC embarrassing him. We are of the contrary opinion that we must obey the ICC because it stands as the savior to the poor innocent Africans who are being subjected to the black colony of the current leaders in Africa.

Example is of Uganda and Zimbabwe among others. We as Africans we must stand strong to stop our Leaders in taking us back to the second colony. It is very unfortunate that they seat in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to only discuss and pass the motions which are to their own benefit while the continent is being swept away by the Insecurity, Poverty and lack of sustainable economical and political development. With the spirit of Pan-Africanism founding Leaders like Tom Mboya, Martin Luther Jr and others, we must rise up African and shun down this Leaders. NO WITHDRAWAL FROM ICC.