Now that the ICC nightmare in Kenya is no more, it's time to pull the country together

The declaration of a mistrial by judges of the International Criminal Court of crimes against humanity charges facing Deputy William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang comes as a great a relief. Not only to the suspects, but also to a country that was growing weary of the long-winded trials.

It is easy to conclude that the spectacular collapse of the case is an indictment of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, for failing to present watertight evidence to convict the accused. Yet according to presiding ICC Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, "...there was a disturbing scale of witness interference in the Ruto/Sang case that made an acquittal a grossly unjust option." But the unspoken irony is that those who had condemned the ICC will celebrate its ruling as just and favourable. But not the victims.