MPs in The Hague for talks are pushing their selfish interests

MPs who have travelled to The Hague are not championing the interests of Kenyans.

It is an embarrassment for political leaders in Kenya to push for selfish interests at the ICC for the sake of two accused persons while disregarding more than 200,000 families of victims who were brutally affected in the 2007/2008 post-election violence.

Kenya strongly needs The Hague-based court given volatility in its politics.

African countries must respect the international judicial system.

{Alexander Opicho, Lodwar}

Kenyan leaders should learn to keep off matters before a court process while addressing public rallies.

Discussing the ICC case against Deputy President William Ruto and Joshua arap Sang in public rallies only raises integrity questions of our leaders.

The ICC should stop issuing more warnings and apprehend leaders interfering with the court process.

With the 2017 General Election fast approaching, the ICC may still be a campaign issue.

We must focus on issues that touch on Wanjiku’s day to day needs in order to become a mature democracy.

Focussing on emotive issues that elicit contempt among communities is not the way to go.

The 2013 elections were widely influenced by the fear of the results of the conviction of President Kenyatta and Ruto. Now that the President is off the hook, it is time to promote the attainment of the political progress of this nation.

Our politicians should focus on real issues in order to lead the people in the right way.

Trials of Kenyans at the ICC is a very emotive and polarising issue. There is nothing else which divides the nation the way The Hague cases do. The cases cloud every other crucial national agenda.

As the country heads to another General Election, no effort should be spared to bring the cases facing the two Kenyans at the ICC to a close.

It will be in our national interest for top leadership across the political divide to join hands to have the cases brought to an end the soonest.

The approach employed by political rivals should minimise the potential for renewed ethnic animosity.

To scratch the festering PEV wounds will be a big disservice to our people. Kenyans want to heal and move on with life.

Therefore, the 2017 election must be contested on important issues affecting ordinary citizens. At the core of the elections should be the national economy.

Wananchi are shouldering a heavy yoke of poverty. Will the leaders devise ways of growing the staggering economy? That is the debate which is useful to us.

The unity of URP and TNA will last as long as the ICC cloud is still hang on. Should the Ruto case collapse, URP is likely to quit.

Uhuru’s case was only withdrawn. It was not acquittal and that’s why he didn’t celebrate.

Should Ruto have no case to answer, he will have a big reason to celebrate than Uhuru. Once acquitted, he will come out stronger than any other politician in Kenya.

UhuRuto came together because of the ICC cases. Should the ICC drop the Ruto case, the unity will flop and political landscape in Kenya will change.