The International Criminal Court (ICC) will today issue a ruling on Kenya’s non-compliance.
We don’t know what awaits Kenya. President Uhuru Kenyatta’s case is over, but it seems the situation is shifting against Kenya as a nation.
If the ruling goes in favour of the prosecution and Kenya is referred to Assembly of State Parties (ASP), the country may be slapped with sanctions by other nations.
The chief prosecutor argues that the government of Kenya refused to submit to her office important documents which she required to solidify her case against President Kenyatta.
So the withdrawal of Kenyatta case has now opened a new dimension.
But when Chamber V (b) led by presiding Judge Kuniko Ozaki said the government of Kenya was obliged to co-operate with the court and hence the court’s approval of an appeal to refer the matter to ASP, that sounded like it was a new chapter.
Again the chamber noted that the withdrawal of charges against Uhuru does not preclude on-going investigations. It does not also relieve the Government of its statutory obligation to comply with any co-operation requests from the court.
Could Kenya be heading to what we were warned of? “Choices have consequences”. We hope the ruling won’t harm any Kenyan.