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AU adopts President Uhuru’s proposal for ICC mass withdrawal

In his speech, President Kenyatta pointed out that Kenya’s position, which is shared by other countries, was born out of the total disrespect with which the ICC has treated the concerns of Kenya and other African nations.

“When Kenya and the large group of African countries joined the International Criminal Court, it was to seek legal means to complement the other important tools that we have stood up. We sought to combat impunity while being sensitive to the reality of our young and fragile democracies. We have been sorely disappointed,” said the President.

The President said Kenyans, including himself and the Deputy President, were subjected to weak cases built on weak investigations and pursued with politicised zeal

“There can be no recent illustration of this than January’s proceedings in the case against my Deputy William Ruto and Journalist Joshua Sang,” said the President.

In the case of the Deputy President, the prosecution of the ICC, wants the court to proceed without evaluating the evidence, said the President.

“In any criminal justice system, these cases would never have come to trial. It is our expectation that the law will be applied and cases terminated,” said the President.

President Kenyatta said Kenya’s disappointment with the ICC is made more serious because of the circumstances the country is facing.

“In the face of a mutating global terrorist threat that is costing us lives and great economic loss, in the midst of playing our part in mediating multiple peace processes in our region, we have had to contend with an ICC pursuing weak and politicized cases,” said the President.

The Head of State said the only notable thing the ICC has achieved by pursuing the Kenya cases was to distract the Government from its duty to serve the Kenyan people and the continent fully.

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“This is not what Kenya signed up for when we joined the ICC. I highly doubt that those of you that are its members expected this to be the way the court would conduct itself,” said the President.

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