Disclaimer: From the gutterDear Kenyans
I have taken so much time thinking about this statement and I have decided to apologize to the people of Kenya.
When I was the Chief Prosecutor at the ICC, I came under intense pressure from countries that were funding my office to do something with the Kenyan violence. We did investigations, but we could not come up with a watertight case.
But former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan pressed my office to heavily rely on statements that had been collected by Justice Waki.
In addition, he gave me recommendations and names of people who were suspected of fueling the violence. The initial list had President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Politically, it was not viable to indict them, that is why we had to settle on the six. As of now, I regret why I succumbed to much pressure from the donors to indict the six Kenyans.
Let the truth be said. I hope my successor Fatou Bensouda who opposed the indictments in the first place, can have the courage to drop the charges.
Moreno Ocampo
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