Kenyan Parliament Votes Against Tribunal for Election Violence Trials

Members of Kenya’s parliament have voted against a special tribunal that would try individuals accused of instigating and perpetuating the 2008 post-election violence that left more than 1,500 dead and scores more fleeing their homes.

MPs voting against the tribunal expressed a lack of faith in the justice system in Kenya and said they would rather turn the suspects over to The Hague to be tried in the International Criminal Court.

The vote went against the backing of President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had been in favor of the tribunal. Despite the backing of Kibaki and Odinga only 101 MPs supported the tribunal, well short of the 145 needed to move forward.

A list of suspects in the post-election violence will now likely be turned over to former UN chief Kofi Annan who had chaired mediation talks prior to the vote. Annan would then forward the list to the ICC.

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