By: JohnK

JohnK — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:12:44 +0000

The Supreme Court of Kenya unanimously ruled 6-0 that the elections were free and fair. The people of Kenya spoke and elected their leaders in a democratic manner. In 1997, 2007 and now 2013, the petitioner has consistently not accepted the outcome of elections. The Guardian Newspaper in the UK notes it best "The supreme court's verdict, when it came, was not unexpected. Defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga, the perennial runner-up, had insisted from the moment it became clear that he was on the losing side yet again that the election was flawed, citing counting errors, technological faults and mysterious unmarked registers. But if there was a case to be made, his legal team bungled it with late submissions and dodgy affidavits which saw some of the most compelling evidence thrown out of court." http://bit.ly/Z6671P The ICC cases continue to collapse with multiple witnesses coming forward to state that they were coached and paid to offer false testimony while the ICC now claims the same witnesses are intimidated in a face saving move. So how should things work? To the whims of non-Kenyans who want to impose puppets or to the democratic wishes of Kenyans? It is Kenyans who live in Kenya not foreigners residing in far away lands who lack respect for the electorate and legitimate local institutions such as the judiciary. The election was also a referendum on the ICC cases, the vast majority of the Kenyan people do not viewed them as valid but as trumped up and fabricated against individuals whom if you must be reminded remain innocent until proven otherwise. It is now clear that the United States was right to have withdrawn from the ICC.

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By: JohnK