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    "content": "them, promised them heaven on earth, seduced them to testify against the President, the Deputy President and Sang. What a shame that a court of international standards has reduced itself to be a court that shows high level of incompetence. In fact, what I saw at the ICC cannot be done by our magistrate courts or the Marakwet Council of Elders where we observe certain cardinals of law. There are certain basic principles that the accuser must prove his case. I heard somebody asking the President to try to help the court proof their case. In the first place, where was the case and how did you form your case? How did you confirm the charges? It is now becoming clear that the hopes of Kenya in the international court that is the court of last resort that gives hope to victims, it is now clear to all Kenyans that, that court does not have the sub-stratum, the capacity and the ability to try any person in a credible manner. I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that I am waiting for nothing less than the court to throw in the towel. I saw an argument between the prosecutor and the judges where the prosecutor was being asked by the judges to withdraw those charges so that she could bring other charges in future. The prosecutor requested the court to suspend the trial to a future date. To me, it was akin to the two departments of the court wondering who will carry the cross for shoddy investigations and bringing the wrong persons to the court. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the ICC is on trial; the credibility of international criminal system is on trial. The credibility of the judges in ICC is on trial. They can only succeed with that trial if they can convince this country after finding their final decision that they are going to give a decision that shows that they care about--- What about if I am a suspect but that suspect is facing trumped up charges by witnesses who have already confessed to the whole world and the court that they lied because they thought it was going to improve their economic status? We own the international criminal court as Kenya. We are part and parcel of that court. We have a right to ask why the court is behaving in such a shoddy manner. It is our responsibility to ask why the court that is funded by the whole world and Kenya as a signatory, is behaving far much worse than a Kangaroo court. It is the events that followed the President’s travel that demonstrate that this country has come of age in terms of leadership. First is the confidence that the President had in the Deputy President and secondly, the kind of support that---"
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