Cord leaders, MPs and senators to discuss ICC deferral quest

By Standard Digital Reporter

Nairobi, Kenya: The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) has summoned a special joint Parliamentary Group meeting of its members to discuss what the party leadership has termed as matters of national importance.

The meeting scheduled for Tuesday October 29 will bring together Cord leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetangula, senators and Members of Parliament from the coalition’s affiliate parties.

A source close to the organisers of the meeting told Standard Digital that among things to be discussed is the need for a common stand by the coalition in the on-going attempts to have both Cord and Jubilee legislators work on a bi-partisan plan to support Kenya’s bid to have International Criminal Court (ICC) cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto suspended.

Already there are at least 25 MPs involved in the initiative “to provide a bi-partisan backing” for the government’s petition to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for deferral of the cases for one year.

The source also hinted that the meeting to be held at Orange House in Nairobi will seek to have the coalition form a common approach to the oncoming by-elections in Bomachoge Borabu, Nyaribari Chache and Lungalunga Constituencies as well as Lamu County gubernatorial and Bungoma senate by-elections. 

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