A round-up of newspaper stories, pertinent to the ICC process, and published since May 26, 2011:
ICC Process
- Germany’s ambassador to Kenya has expressed doubts over whether the country’s courts can try any of the perpetrators of the post-2007 election violence, reports the Daily Nation. German envoy casts doubt on Kenyan courts
- The judge who chaired an official inquiry into the post-2007 election violence wonders what happened to a police task force set up to look into allegations that police officers raped people during the violence, reports The Star. Cops ignored rape cases in poll violence, says Waki
Reforms
- The justice minister says a government-sanctioned witness protection program needs 1.2 billion Kenyan shillings for it to be credible, reports The Star. Sh1.2bn needed for witness protection
- The Kofi Annan-led mediation team is urging Kenya’s president and prime minister to resolve disputes that are delaying laws needed to give life to the nine month old constitution, reports Daily Nation. Annan team tells Principals to take charge of reforms before 2012 polls
- Daily Nation is calling for speed in following through on a parliamentary motion to introduce electronic voting in next year’s general elections. Embrace electronic process in elections
- Parliament cannot agree on the composition of a committee to vet the nominees for Chief Justice, Deputy Justice, and Director of Public Prosecutions, reports The Standard. Fresh crisis may delay vetting of judges