What I wonder, is whether the African is aware of his interests and how they relate to the rest of the world's.

In their quest to show the President that they are more loyal than Matsanga they have effectively labelled Uhuru Kenyatta thus

Al Bashir = Uhuru Kenyatta

All his protestations that he is innocent will never be heard except by his biggest sycophants.

How can you be innocent and be afraid of facing witnesses you call fake, coached and a sham?

Uhuru may not know this but he commanded a lot of respect when he said that he would face anyone as he is "innocent"

BUT

Thanks to Matsanga, this respect will forever be lost. Matsanga from being a friend of someone named Kony who Museveni took to the Hague for killing children and enslaving them, is now Uhuru Kenyatta's biggest supporter. Wow!

He can blame Raila, Ocampo, Bensouda, ICC, or his enemies if he wishes, but if he's not brave enough to face his own tormentors, how can he be brave enough to face the tormentors of 40 million people.

Let his lawyers do the talking.I believe they are very very good.

Every step he takes to try and avoid going on trial as HE SAID, is a step towards

AL BASHIR

But Itsorait, we are sovereign and white people hate us though Matsanga takes his children to school in London.....

I'm looking for my old kanu youth wingers jacket. It's been long since it had a wash.

This whether people want to hear it or not is the same exact position that Sheikh Aboud and Makaburi have about Al Shabab in Somali

Their position is that the people of Somalia voted for Al Shabab and some crazy people from the west installed their own rulers on them. So they will use any means necessary, forget legal and moral, to get their views accross and make no apologies for it. For Makaburi its Islam for Kenya its sovereignty.

It's amazing how two seemingly opposing camps have exactly the same method of thinking.

Not only,you di dnot read the article

Perhaps, we should have a set of facts to be remembering every time we're discussing this.

A harassed President is bad for us, just as 'power struggles' can make our country unstable. We don't want that.

We chose a President. That also implies a duty to protect him. It doesn't matter how bad one can feel about it.

The ICC is more politically inclined to the Americans and Europeans. It runs on their ideas and ideals. But we don't relate as they do, mainly because of how our economies are structured and run; and because of heritage and unique political and social reality. Like, if the the 'suspects' are found guilty and the ICC bites hard, would justice be served?

Would such a verdict ensure peace, and freedom, and happiness? It all depends on how close we feel to our kinsmen. Or whether we have kinsmen at all. And you know what this means for us Africans. And how politics are run.

The ICC needs to have penalties that measure up to the different cultures of her members, since it must believe each culture and tradition to be valid, and positive. Otherwise, it may fail to capture the essence of the crimes, and may not communicate Justice effectively to the people affected, or may meet resistance as at present. Let's remember that this resistance itself has compromised the Justice system itself.

While the President may be facing charges at the ICC, and being on the defensive, he needs to lead in continuing the healing of our nation. How he'll do that is a pretty complex puzzle but it's doable.

These times are tricky for all of us. Let's tread with care.