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    "content": "of the Constitution, relinquishing office to his deputy while he was in town and travelling to The Hague as an ordinary citizen. He also patiently listened to the Judges and proceedings at the ICC that actually never required his presence in the first place. He came back and remained the President. That humility should permeate other sectors of government. It should permeate our national and county leadership. It is a kind of leadership that shows an example; that we are willing to sacrifice and accept, even in the presence of those who want to humiliate us, that we are willing to give in and to continue accepting that the sovereignty of the people of Kenya must not be put to disrepute and, therefore, we must commend the President for that. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for those who supported the trial to be done at The Hague, at that point in time, many Kenyans thought that it was going to be a serious process, the investigations were going to be watertight and that the prosecutor had done his assignment but only for us to realize that the ICC process has just become a charade, only to realize that Moreno Ocampo instead of utilizing the resources given by other countries including Kenya to do thorough investigations, we have now come to realize that a group of civil society organizations who are amongst us hired witnesses, paid 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 The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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