Kenya Kwanza leaders now threaten ICC action against Raila
Majority Leader in the National Assembly
Kimani Ichungw’ah has hinted at inviting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to
monitor the opposition activities in Kenya.
Accusing Opposition leader Raila Odinga of
using violence and anarchy to blackmail the government, Ichungw’ah says he will
float the ICC agenda before the Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting set to
be held next week.
If adopted, Ichungw’ah says he will formally
petition the Hague-based court to begin active monitoring of the Kenyan
situation.
“We want to tell Raila, we have no problem with
you demonstrating...but demonstrate peacefully. And that's why we are telling
Raila Odinga, your system of looting, your system of anarchy, your system of
using bloodshed to blackmail the country will come to an end and not next year,
not after the next elections... This year, that system must come to an end,”
said Ichung’wah.
He added: “Blackmail us, and we will tell you
this is blackmail. If you want to create anarchy we will call it anarchy. And
that is why I have said we will propose an agenda to our PG meeting next week
that we write to the ICC to take measures to ensure that Raila Odinga and his
sponsors do not slide our country back to anarchy.”
The majority leader claimed the opposition
was hellbent on causing bloodshed, chaos, and destruction of property to force
itself into government.
“If our PG agrees with us, we will write to
ICC because it is now very clear that all Raila Odinga and his team want is to
blackmail the country using violence, anarchy, looting, and bloodshed to get
into the system of government,” said Ichung’wah who was flanked by Majority Whip
in the National Assembly Slyvanus Osoro.
The Kenya Kwanza leaders have rejected
calls by Odinga to expand the scope of the bipartisan talks that would see an
end to the anti-government protests led by the opposition.
With Odinga calling for the expansion of
talks to mirror the Koffi Annan-led National Dialogue of 2008 that led to the
Grand Coalition Government, the leaders are adamant the talks will be conducted
within the ambits of parliament as presented by the president.
The leaders said Kenya Kwanza was ready to
submit the names of its members to spearhead the bipartisan talks.
“Bring the list of your people, we are
ready for talks, and let's focus on the interests of all Kenyans not issues
about positions of power,” said Ichung’wah.
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