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Ocampo Six should have been locked up, ex-envoy says

Former prosecutors Louis Moreno-Ocampo and his successor Fatou Bensouda at The Hague court. [File]

Former US President Barack Obama’s ambassador-at-large for war crimes Stephen Rapp has opened up on fundamental errors in the International Criminal Court cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and four others.

Rapp says former ICC Chief Prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo’s decision to opt for summonses instead of arrest warrants against the six Kenyans was a “serious mistake” that may have cost the cases.

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