David Ohito
28 April 2008
Nairobi — Perpetrators of crimes against humanity have little room to manoeuvre should a proposed law be passed by Parliament.
The new Bill will provide for prosecution of perpetrators of genocide and war crimes.
The Attorney-General, Mr Amos Wako, published the Bill on April 14 to make Kenya comply with Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Wako said Kenya is a signatory to the Rome Statute, which it ratified in March 2005.
The objective of the Bill is to incorporate international crimes that are prescribed offences in the Rome Statute into law.
They include genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs minister, Ms Martha Karua, has been a strong advocate of the enactment and domestication of the law.
She has been lobbying for consensus on the definition of 'crimes of aggression' and has promised to have the Bill tabled in Parliament.
If the law is passed, the authorities would investigate and prosecute crimes committed in Kenya, or overseas by a Kenyan or committed anywhere against a Kenyan.
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