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International Cricket Council (ICC) have postponed next month’s fixtures between Kenya and Namibia here in Nairobi until September. Nairobi Gymkhana was to host the four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup match between the two sides from June 6-9. This was to be followed by two 50-over-a-side Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship matches on June 11 and 13. “Due to delays related to the ongoing security assessment in the country, ICC has agreed with the two teams to postpone the matches until September 2012,” said Sami-ul-Hasan ICC, media and communications operations manager. Hassan said the exact dates and venue for the matches will be announced in due course after further assessment of the situation.

DEPUTY Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday claimed that a column by Star columnist Jerry Okungu could jeopardize his case at the International Criminal Court. “This article has the potential to be used against me. I was once asked at the ICC about an article concerning me and when I said the contents were false, I was asked why I didn’t challenge it,” said Uhuru who testified for over two hours before the Complaints Commission of the Media Council over the article published by the Star on February 6

DEPUTY PM Uhuru Kenyatta has upgraded his defence team at the ICC by bringing in a UK legal firm BCL Burton Copeland. The move came as ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo told the judges he has no problem with postponement of the trial as requested by Uhuru and co-accused Francis Muthaura as long as they guaranteed to appear at the Hague when the trial starts. “He was strung along by his barrister who told him that he doesn’t need solicitors, or litigators at the ICC, just a courtroom advocate

The four Kenyans facing crimes against humanity charges at the international criminal court will know the dates when their trials before The Hague – … ( Resource: Kenya: Ocampo Four Await Trial Dates The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said the four Kenyans accused of crimes against humanity do not have to appear in person at the status conferences scheduled for June this year. ICC Spokesman Fadi el Abdallah told Capital FM News that the accused can be represented by their lawyers unless directed to appear individually by the court. “The accused can be represented by their lawyers unless ordered otherwise by the Judges

ICC Chief Prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo is likely to avoid Kenya in his farewell tour to Africa later this month. By yesterday a Cabinet sub committee had not yet confirmed that Kenya would be willing to host Ocampo and the new prosecutor Fatou Bensouda who are on a joint tour of African countries. “The government is not keen on his visit and there are MPs who are also planning demonstrations to coincide with the visit,” said a cabinet minister who is a member of the sub-committee that handles the ICC

Attorney General Githu Muigai is leading Kenya’s delegation to AddisNAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 – African Justice Ministers and Attorney Generals are converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss ways of expanding the mandate of the African Court of Justice to deal with crimes against humanity. The meeting that kicked off on Monday is centred on how to empower African courts to cover cases of international magnitude which are currently being handled by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Kenya’s delegation is led by Attorney General Githu Muigai. An official attending the meeting told Capital FM News that there are 64 participants who include Ministers and Attorney Generals. “The main agenda of the meeting is to expand the mandate of the court of justice to cover cases of crimes against humanity and other related cases,” the highly ranked government official said.

Nairobi, Kenya — African Justice Ministers and Attorney Generals are converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss ways of expanding the mandate of the African Court of Justice to deal with crimes against humanity. The meeting that kicked off on Monday is centred on how to empower African courts to cover cases of international magnitude which are currently being handled by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Kenya’s delegation is led by Attorney General Githu Muigai

Limuru MP Peter Mwathi have said Kenya has not healed from the 2007/08 post-election violence. Mwathi said justice on the violence shuld allowed to take its course

Alternative text. By EMEKA-MAYAKA GEKARA gmayaka@ke.nationmedia.com Posted  Saturday, May 12  2012 at  22:19 Two letters by President Kibaki stand as a testament to his single-minded effort to stop the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court. Both were frowned upon. On February 28, 2011, he w rote to the UN Security Council warning that two of the Kenyans suspected to have sponsored the 2007/8 violence are front-runners in the presidential race and their prosecution poses a “real and present danger” to Kenya’s security. In his petition referencing Article 16 of the Rome Statute, he appealed to the council for a one-year delay of the cases to allow Kenya to organise itself and try the suspects at home

Photo/FILE From left: Eldoret North MP William Ruto, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, former head of civil service Francis Muthaura and radio presenter Joshua arap Sang.   By EMEKA-MAYAKA GEKARA gmayaka@ke.nationmedia.com Posted  Saturday, May 12  2012 at  22:30 The trial preparations of the four Kenyans facing charges at the International Criminal Court kicks off in earnest on June 12 when the accused and their lawyers are scheduled to gather at The Hague for a preparatory conference. A source familiar with the trial preparations told the Sunday Nation from The Hague that trial judges have notified the parties to attend the status conference during which the rules of engagement will be defined including procedural matters and sequence of proceedings. The status conference lays ground for the trial proper whose date would depend on the issues raised and efficiency of the parties