I Weep Not For The Ocampo Six But The Spell Of Negative Ethnicity They Have Cast On The Nation
Listen With Ocampo’s issuance of summons to The Hague Six, their followers are shocked and panic stricken. The bravado of Uhuru and Ruto has flopped and will not protect those who perpetrated crimes against humanity during the post election violence. In the eerie silence following the summons, the Ocampo Six seem deflated and off balance, [...]
ICC Ocampo rooting for ODM political side before 2012; Kenyans say
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – A majority of Kenyan’s especially in the rural areas have began to get massively convinced that ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo is probably receiving briefs from PM Raila Odinga’s ODM section. This has been confirmed through demands by Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo that Mr Francis Muthaura steps aside from office immediately. Yesterday Ocampo [...]
Kenyan ODM party disowns govt decision to challenge ICC cases
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -One arm of Kenya’s Grand Coalition government on Thursday disowned an announcement that the Government will challenge the admissibility of the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The move by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party came a day after a statement signed by three members of Cabinet stated Kenya [...]
Kenya, Ethiopia may attack Somalia alshabaab rebels
Listen Isiolo, Kenya (Alshahid) – Kenyan and Ethiopian troops could attack Somali rebel group al Shabaab inside the Horn of Africa nation following the rebels’ latest threat to strike at Kenya, security sources said on Monday. The al Shabaab group, which claims ties to al Qaeda and has been waging a four-year insurgency against Somalia [...]
PM Raila disowns Kenya stand against ICC trials
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – In a move to placade the Kenyan civil society and foreign funded NGOs Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday disowned the shuttle diplomacy spearheaded by Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka to seek the support of African Union to defer Kenya’s case at the International Criminal Court. Mr Odinga, at a news conference in [...]
We have got it wrong on Abidjani
Listen The common phenomenon around Africa that leaders are clinging on to power might not be the ultimate case in Cote d`Ivoire. It’s a hyperbole. Why do I say that? First, the Ugandan case five years ago. The winning president Museveni against an opposition strong candidate Kissa Besigie was regarded as a mockery of democracy. [...]
Kenya President summons AU commission boss to clarify Raila’s task
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -A senior African Union official is expected in the country to calm jitters in the coalition government caused by the appointment of Prime Minister Raila Odinga as mediator in the Cote d’Ivoire crisis, the Daily Nation Reports. Mr Jean Ping, chairman of the AU Commission, will meet President Kibaki during his visit. [...]
Kenyan minister close to PM Raila steps aside over graft
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Cabinet Minister Henry Kosgey a close ally and party chairman of Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga’s ODM on Monday offered to step aside and said he was ready to face corruption charges, Daily Nation reports The move by the Industrialisation minister came only a day after the Attorney-General Amos Wako approved his arrest [...]
Regional security, landscape will change forever after Sudan poll
Listen By ASUMAN BISIIKA -On January 9, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum that will determine whether they become an independent state. Observers say that whichever way the vote goes, there will be far-reaching ramifications for the people of both North and Southern Sudan, as well as the entire region. The [...]
Kenyan PM flies to Cote d’Ivoire for mission impossible
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is on the way to Abidjan for ‘last-chance’ diplomatic efforts to end an election crisis that left Cote d’Ivoire with “two presidents”. The announcement by the African Union came a day after Laurent Gbagbo rejected a deadline set by his rival for him to leave office, saying [...]