Kenya: Co-Operate to End Impunity

editorial

The indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of some top Kenyan leaders over their alleged involvement in the 2007 post-election mayhem that claimed over 1,200 lives, should send a strong message to the perpetrators of such serious crimes that the era of impunity has ended.

There has been a lot of excitement in Kenya, with some of those accused pointing the finger at their supposed opponents allegedly determined to get them arrested to block their ambitions. However, as ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has emphasized all along, crimes were committed and justice must be done by holding the perpetrators to account.

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