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Is Kenya for or against the ICC?

A stage has arrived in the history of Kenya where citizens must know in no uncertain terms whether the nation is for or against International Criminal Court.

Kenya ratified the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, in 2005 and was among the first African nations to do so. Little did we know that this move would later cause a nationwide problem with the International Criminal Court. Ratification of the Statute allowed the court jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed by Kenyan nationals after July 1, 2002.

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