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March 10, 2011
18:16
ICC Deferral...The People Get A Voice
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The best thing this world provides us with is the different platforms we can use to voice our opinions and take action on things we feel matter most to us. After the last post put up on Kenya's deferral from the ICC, I was more than elated to learn that there were people out there doing what they could with the platforms available to them to speak up as Kenya's citizens as well! On Tuesday, March 8th 2011, huge strides were taken by the people for the people to make it known that we are ready to step up and give a voice to the voiceless! A peaceful protest was organized outside the UN Headquarters in NY and the message was simple: "to let the UN Secretary General know that following the VP Kalonzo's plea to defer Kenya from the ICC, we the people agree that the Hague is the best option for us right now and that deferment from the ICC was not an option we are in support of. Dj Xpect Peter amongst others organized the protest and the turn out was exceptional considering the biting cold! The protests went seamlessly and below is video footage of the protest as well as some pictures that represent determination and zeal to stand up for what we believe in! As reported by the Standard newspaper on the same day, (March 8th), our efforts have not been in vain! The ICC has issued summons to the Ocampo 6 to appear in person before the ICC pre-trial chamber judges on April 7th, 2011, failure to which the court will issue international warrants for their arrest to secure their co-operation!
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Video Footage retrieved from Nation TV
February 20, 2011
0:14
ICC Deferral
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With the naming of six prominent government officials (in different capacities) as key suspects responsible for the post election violence in 2007/8, the ICC finds itself encapsulated in our government’s idea of justice. Now, the basic breakdown of how a contractual/consultant task works is simple:1. You come in, get familiar with the environment and start working on your allotted task with specific goals in mind.2. You find results and you share these results 3. You follow through on these results 4. You’re evaluated based on your performanceThe reasoning behind this breakdown is to illustrate clearly that the ICC did in fact come in and do their job! It is however very pertinent to mention that whether or not their results (finding the named six suspects) are accurate is quite irrelevant to this particular issue raised in this post. Keeping in mind the above, the World Politics Review quotes 85% of Kenyans as being in support of the ICC process with the reasoning that our country is one with a deep-rooted culture of impunity (definition being “exempt from punishment or loss) which has led many of the citizens to give up on domestic justice to deal with those responsible for the violence. (Now, if this does not scream SHAME, I don’t know what does!) The point I’m trying to make here is simple. Every media outlet is on top of the ICC saga with respect to our president’s wants, the PM’S wants, and the government officials’ wants (and these wants by the way, are to defer Kenya from the ICC because they did their job!) but here this article is clearly stating that 85% of Kenya’s citizens were on board with the process. Are these people really working for us or are we a disposable resource they used and continue to use to get to the top? Are we really a voiceless people?
WPR: [www.worldpoliticsreview.com] BBC: [www.bbc.co.uk]
0:11
Back With A Bang!
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And we're back!!!

It's been too much of a hiatus and after much interaction with followers and readers of the blog, TRUTHSPEAK is back and here to stay!
The analysis of our current state of institutional affairs does tend to wear one down and I did not want to be in the business of giving people a message of disparity and hopelessness...this explains the hiatus. The revival (yes, I did call it a revival) is solely based on a push by readers/followers to not be engulfed in the dark sort of place we find ourselves in but to focus on where we want to go and more so, on formulating a plan on how we will get there and so THANK YOU for all the support and good ideas that I plan on featuring on here. The basis in which Truthspeak came to be is to bring us together to exchange ideas and really focus on building our nation to its full capacity...so let the journey continue!

(Shout out to Biggie! Thank you!)

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