Nairobi — Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has confirmed he will travel to Kenya next week to assess progress made in implementation of the agreements that ended the post election violence.

A statement from the Nairobi office of the African Union Panel of Eminent African Personalities said that the mediator, who will be in the country from Sunday, "looks forward to holding discussions with the two principals, President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga."

He will also hold discussions with members of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation team and other political leaders during his four-day visit. The statement added that he also intends to exchange views with representatives of civil society, including religious leaders and the business community, and other stakeholders regarding the reform process.

Mr Annan last visited Kenya in October 2008 when he received, on behalf of the Panel, the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence (CIPEV).

The former UN boss comes at a time when pressure has mounted on the government over the reforms. It also coincided with an announcement that International Criminal Court prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo will also be coming to Kenya in the coming weeks.

Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo has said that the government is still committed to reforms. He also said that the government would cooperate with the ICC fully.

Mr Moreno-Ocampo announced Wednesday he would be in the country in the "coming weeks" to meet President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to speed up justice.

The announcement coincided with a deadline given to the government by ICC to establish a special tribunal to try the post-election violence suspects or the matter be handled by ICC.

The tribunal will try suspects of the violence that left 1,300 dead and displaced 650,000 others after a disputed presidential poll.

But in a statement posted on the ICC website, the chief prosecutor outlined a three-pronged approach that should be adopted to avert a recurrence of violence.

The ICC, he said, is to prosecute those most responsible while national accountability proceedings, as defined by the Kenyan Parliament, "such as a Special Tribunal" for other perpetrators should occur.

"Mechanisms such as the Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission should shed light on the full history of past events and to suggest mechanisms to prevent such crimes in the future," he said.

He also stressed that "Kenya will be a world example of managing violence".

"Decisive consultations between the prosecutor and the Kenyan principals will take place in the coming weeks. Justice will not be delayed," Mr Moreno-Ocampo said.