Kenya Post Election Violence

Aug 8, 2009 Governance, Patriotism, Social Issues

The dispensation of justice in Kenya is a big, emotive and often times controversial issue. This issue has captured the public’s attention particularly with regards to the trial of people suspected to have masterminded the Kenya post election violence of late 2007 and early 2008 following the bungled presidential election of December 2007.
The trial of people suspected to have been behind the skirmishes that left a reported 1,300 people dead and over 350,000 displaced has dominated public debate, and opinion is divided over where they should be tried – the International Criminal Court at The Hague, or locally through a local tribunal, or a Kenya truth justice and reconciliation commission.

1. What is the best option for trying post election violence masterminds?
2. Would Kenyans get justice if the post election violence suspects were tried at The Hague?
3. What would be implications for the country if the suspects were tried at The Hague?
4. What are the best solutions for electoral violence, and other anomalies that seem to characterize Kenya’s politics, and political choices?

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