...In essence implying that you don't support the ICC coz Raila is not on the list.....umejinyonga hapo!!!!

@Ecstacy

Am surprised you know that Nyong'o was initially in the Waki envelop but be careful here as guys tend to get very emotional when you touch their own.

Am still asking questions and digging and learning.

A passage from some serious review column

"What this illustrates is that accusations of neocolonial intent on the part of the ICC are misguided. The Court’s selections are not informed by nefarious intentions.

Rather they are indicative of its shrewd political calculus (or lack of it). The ICC does not have the legitimacy or backing at this point to go to politically sensitive places—places where a major power might object (Talk of a Judiciary system where a select few cannot be charged). This is especially true of the Court’s dealings with American interests. The attitude of the United States toward the Court during the Bush administration was one of acrimonious dismissal at best.

Therefore, these early cases for the ICC must not only be supported by strong evidence; they also must not obtrude on major power interests.

The Court knows that it must build its legitimacy on the edges of international politics and grow slowly in stature and legitimacy. The Court is aware that it is too weak to challenge a P5 country directly, so it avoids Iraq and Georgia.

It is cognizant too of challenging a country that enjoys a major power’s alliance (Israel), and so it does not open an investigation in Palestine.

The ICC knows that it must carve out its place in the larger realm of international institutions. But it can only do so where interests of the powerful do not collide.

So it goes to Africa.

A case of crucify the man on the street and protecting the elite = the other definition of impunity.

http://www.iar-gwu.org/node/87


Italicized words are mine.

eih thimioni, hii ICC is a thorn in the flesh for you, if only you could have it banned!!!....

@surealligator, nice analysis. need I say more? Unfortunately for Kenya, addressing impunity as wielded against the governed by the leadership cannot be led by the incumbent who are beneficiaries of the same. The obvious is playing out and you can be sure it wouldn't be better if coalition positions were actually shifted. It remains remarkable that a ruling head of state in africa can help pass a constitution that trims his executive powers even in the transition period [some will still choose to start debating this] Kenyans don't beat yourselves too much...However the day Kibs or RAO can be indicted (possibly post-2012) and the railway is still intact, Kenya will have moved a step forward. Until then, as Kenyan politics 'matures', veiled propagandism combined with economic sticks & carrots will be the weapon of choice for the West to unseat the ruling pigs.

@kadosh, i once suggested that Luos shouldnt even comment on the ICC issue n lo! Karibu jahman wapige mimi mawe yawa! If RAO or Nyosh were in the list, jahman kangekuwa ICU walai lol! Am I controversial? No. Just HONEST.

Simon, why? Why not Luhyas, Pokomo or Rendille? But lets admit it. Our politicians are smart. They make a decision n we follow them. Call them pigs, idiots, whatever but truth is if they are daft, we are twice as daft. Imagine the positions people would take if Agwambo opposed ICC or if the list was exclusively full of ODM leaders(including Odinga faction)...just imagine. What positions would mcreggae and skabz take?

@kadosh, coz their leaders should hav been in the hague list bt they manoeuvred their way out. @jahman, that I knw n truly respect (unlike some of my kyuk brothers who kill in cold blood n feel nothing 'bout it), bt the violence n raising political heat yawa! N taking political advantage of any situation no matter how hard it hurts the other side....