
Duale asks ICC to try Syria and Iraq cases, not just Africa
The National Assembly Majority leader said via Twitter on Wednesday that Africa should not be targeted by the International Criminal Court.
Syria and Iraq are not state parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC. Iraq, China, Israel, Qatar, the US, Yemen and Libya voted against the treaty that was enforced on July 1, 2002.
Accusing the court of being political, Duale noted that Kenya's aim, following the termination of the DP and a journalist's case, is unity.
"President Uhuru Kenyatta will leave a peaceful legacy," he said.
Uhuru said Kenya willnot allowany of its citizens to be tried at the ICC and will henceforth use local legal mechanisms to solve its problems.
This implies that the government will not hand over to the ICC three Kenyans wanted to answer to charges of witness interference in the collapsed Kenyan cases.
The three are Journalist Walter Barasa, Lawyer Paul Gicheru and Phillip Bett.
The President who led Jubilee supporters toAfraha stadiumin Nakuru for a thanksgiving service said the Ruto and Sang victory was "partial and the quest for justice incomplete".
He said it was unfortunate that the ICC gave victimsfalse hopebut disappointed them. But he said Kenyans will continue the work of healing the nation, uniting the people and ensuring justice for victims is achieved.
The ICC ruled that Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sanghad no case to answerover the 2007/8 post-election violence.
Judge Eboe Esuji said in a statement that proceedings were declared a mistrial "due to a troubling incidence of witness interference and intolerable political meddling".
The two had been facing crimes against humanity charges concerning the chaos that left 1,200 dead and at least 600,000 displaced.
Duale earlier said Cord leader Raila Odinga was awaiting an ICC verdict that wouldboost his political fortunesbut 'the DP's case ended with an anticlimax for him".
He said the Opposition chief "engineered and cheered" the case on but that justice prevailed.
Raila had said the international court's failure to try top Kenyan leaders for crimes against humanity "spells doom" for global efforts against impunity.


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Duale asks ICC to try Syria and Iraq cases, not just Africa
Aden Duale has asked the ICC to turn its focus to other countries, not just those in Africa, as "those who destroyed nations like Syria and Iraq should also be tried".