Kenya: Don't Blame the ICC. Blame Our Leaders

opinion

I am not writing this piece to pick an argument with my president or any of the African heads of state who met in Ethiopia, under the auspices of the African Union. They decided that Uhuru Kenyatta should not appear in The Hague for his case, scheduled to start on 12 November.

In Africa, it is an abomination to argue with your leaders, who in most if not all cases will be older than you. Their word is also the word of God, and tradition has it that they derive their authority from Him and from our ancestors.

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