The report persists
as the talk of the town here, with the media almost hysterical in their
condemnation of anyone who dares question the accepted wisdom while a consensus
seems clear among the politicians that a local solution, i.e. the tribunal is
best placed to serve Kenya's interests.
Let's start at the Safari
Park do. Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim reminded those meeting that the ICC was
largely a political court, picking and choosing its victims at the whim of the
international powers. fair enough, but he then went on to add that these powers
had the motivation not of making criminals who could not be punished locally
pay for their crimes, but rather to force into compliance errant governments
and politicians. He suggested that the end game often resulted in failed
states.
At the Prime Minister's
office, the visiting Danish Premier was one of the witnesses as the Lang'ata MP
again changed his stance on the report, blamed the media for sowing seeds of
discord in his party by alleging rifts where there were none (exact phrasing
was pouring oil over fire instead of looking to calm tensions). Really, Raila,
you would know about such things would you not?
He asked politicians
to accept the reality that the question on Waki was not one of whether or not
to implement, but rather how to implement. The Prime Minister had earlier
advised his party's governing organ that the ODM's treatment of the Waki report
would impact on the western world's perception of the party.
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