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    "content": "know that in 2007/2008 a relative of theirs was slashed with a panga and can identify who did it? Will the ICC case bring them justice? Has the ICC process become so politicised that it is not going to bring justice to Kenyans and it is just an ongoing international issue out there that is really not to the advantage of our nation? My call would be to the Members of this House, not just my Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, both CORD and Jubilee, to really think through this and make the right decisions and see how we can engage on this process. I know in the past it was very fashionable to say “Let us not be vague; let us go to the Hague.” Now, we know that the Hague is not really helpful in many ways to our people. There are benefits and disadvantages for our cases going to the Hague. So, I really hope that the Members of this House, away from the glares of the cameras and their usual competition that might go on here, will find ways to communicate and engage and seek ways to see what is a helpful Kenyan position that can get our country to move beyond ICC and get justice to our people here locally. There are hundreds and thousands of Kenyans who are looking for justice from that process. I am convinced in my heart that they are not going to get that justice through the ICC process as it stands and so in that sense, the ICC process has enough impediments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this report says very clearly that Kenya has set up mechanisms and is capable of handling these cases of the ICC if they were referred back to us. I would really like to know the Government’s commitment to that if that might really help us. I will read the last page of the report which is page 10. It says: “Kenya should remain committed to its obligation under the Rome Statute and which we have voluntarily negotiated, signed, ratified and domesticated.” So, that is true but there is also a part of the Report that said clearly that we are capable of managing these cases if referred back here to Nairobi or Arusha. So, that is the type of thing I am really concerned about."
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