The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Kenya on Wednesday selected five appointees to serve on the nation's first Supreme Court. After taking a week to interview 25 candidates, the JSC panel selected one woman and...
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Kenya appeals ICC decision on jurisdiction for post-election violence cases
Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako on Monday appealed the refusal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to transfer two cases against high-ranking Kenyan officials for their alleged involvement in the violence after the 2007 Kenyan...
Kenya to appeal ICC decision on jurisdiction for post-election violence cases
Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako said Tuesday that his country would appeal a refusal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to transfer two cases stemming from post-election violence to Kenyan courts. The ICC announced Monday...
Defense lawyers for six Kenyan leaders charged in the International Criminal Court (ICC) with inciting violence after the December 2007 Kenyan elections called for the timely release of evidence against their clients on...
Kenya leaders appear before ICC to face allegations of inciting violence
Three Kenyan officials made an initial appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday and were notified of the charges pending against them , stemming from violence surrounding the December 2007 Kenyan elections...
Kenya leaders appear before ICC to deny charges of ethnic killings
Three prominent Kenyans appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Thursday to hear the charges against them in connection with the violence that followed the December 2007 Kenyan general...
Kenya parliament speaker rules presidential nominations unconstitutional
Kenneth Marende, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly , ruled Thursday that four nominations made by President Mwai Kibaki had violated the requirement of consultation with the prime minister under the new constitution [text, PDF;...
Kenya high court rules judicial appointments unconstitutional
Kenya's High Court of Nairobi ruled Thursday that recent judicial nominations by President Mwai Kibaki are unconstitutional, halting parliament's approval proceedings. Agreeing with an earlier pronouncement by Prime Minister Raila...
Kenya PM calls recent presidential appointments unconstitutional
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday that his country's president violated its new constitution when he made a series of judicial, financial and legal appointments without consulting him. President Mwai...
ICC prosecutor: Kenya threats will not stop election violence prosecutions
Threats against witnesses will not prevent the prosecution of six individuals responsible for Kenya's 2007 post-election violence , International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday. According to the statement, the prosecutor will...