Kenya receives Uganda’s support in withdrawing from the ICC

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The government of Uganda has stepped forward to commend and back the Kenyan parliament’s decision of withdrawing from The Hague. The Ugandan government claims to sense the increasing opposition towards International Criminal Court in the African continent.

Spokesman for Uganda’s foreign ministry Elly Kamahungye supported the decision and alleged that Kenya has all the right to back out of the court as it has been the victim of biased judgments for a very long time.

“Uganda’s position is that the ICC was not fair in the way it handled indictment against Kenyan leaders, we cannot support this selective application of justice,” Kamahungye said.

The Kenyan parliament recently decided to pull out of the court ahead of the trial of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy William Ruto. Kenyan parliament is dominated by the Jubilee Coalition which brought Kenyatta and Ruto to power.

Kenyatta and Ruto face multiple charges for allegedly orchestrating postelection riots after 2007 polls. The riots led to a bloodbath still remembered by the locals as one of the deadliest incidents in the history of Kenya. Over 1,000 people were killed during the widespread riots.

Ruto flew for The Hague to face the trial on Monday. Both Ruto and Kenyatta have been summoned by the ICC in November. On Sunday, Kenyatta issued a statement alleging that both President and Deputy President of a sovereign state cannot be absent from the country at the same time. He urged the ICC to cooperate and announce a different schedule.

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