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ICC Letter Is An Injustice To Kenyans

Last week, the Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations, headed by Ambassador Macharia Kamau, submitted a letter to the UN Security Council, asking for the “immediate termination” of the ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto, who are scheduled to soon begin trial for their alleged roles in perpetrating crimes against humanity against Kenyans in the aftermath of the 2007 election.

Scrutinising Of Election Results: What Didn't Reach The Supreme Court Judges - The Star, April 13, 2013

After observing the Supreme Court’s scrutiny of election results from the polling stations and the constituencies, I was surprised that the report presented to the judges barely scratched the surface of what we found.

On the first day of the pre-trial conference, before the hearings even began, the Supreme Court judges ordered judiciary staff to conduct a scrutiny of Forms 34 and Forms 36.

Numbers In The Voter Registration Just Won't Add Up - The Star, April 13, 2013

Numbers do not lie. One lawyer said as much as he stood before the Supreme Court last week. “You can’t argue with the arithmetic.” It is unclear whether or not he realised the import of his words, for a look at the numbers referred to (but never explained) in court is quite revealing.

Similarity between perceived electoral failures in Ghana and Kenya

During and after the announcement of the presidential election results by the IEBC on 9th March 2013, the failures of the electoral body came into stark focus. These ranged from systemic technological breakdowns to opaque tallying and verification processes.

"Reopening Charterhouse Bank a mockery to Kenya’s development"

On June 23, 2006, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) placed Charterhouse Bank under statutory management. Six years later the Charterhouse Bank saga still rumbles on, with seemingly increasing pressure from Parliament to re-open the bank. At stake are customers’ deposits believed to be in excess of Sh3 billion as well as securities and title deeds that were frozen because the bank could not operate. On the surface, it appears that Parliament is largely driven by public interest.

The steep cost of international criminal justice that mars justice

In January 2008 as part of a group of human rights practitioners who had been working on monitoring the elections, we received a call on the expulsion from their homes of inhabitants of the Limuru/Tigoni region who were perceived to be ODM supporters.

Reform cereals board to avoid repeat of past corruption cases in grain dealings

As the reality of yet another drought sets in, fears of a repeat of past cases of mismanagement loom. The post-election violence led to a significant reduction of the area under maize production. This was exacerbated by high prices of farm inputs including fertilisers and fuel and the 1.6 million bag deficit in the Strategic Grain Reserve.

All these factors combined to put the country in a precarious position in the event of famine.

Ringera’s reappointment a naked display of impunity

President Kibaki's reappointment of Mr Justice Aaron Ringera and his two deputies has triggered the latest in a long series of political controversies.

Perhaps deliberately, these crises serve to distract Kenyans from the urgent work of rebuilding a country that is threatened with collapse.

Such generosity to ECK officials was in bad taste

Reports of a generous send-off package for the former commissioners of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya are the latest example of a lack of real recognition by government of the precarious situation in which Kenya finds itself.

As holders of high constitutional office, the remuneration of the commissioners cannot be varied to the disadvantage of the holder of the office.

The guilty must not be allowed to throw out Waki report

THE RECENT PUBLIC DEBATE on the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence has tended to narrow the focus to the secret list of names recommended for further investigation and possible prosecution.