The government is set to experience a legal crisis should the court okay a request by two Kenyan lobbies who headed to court on Thursday, demanding that Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor refer the country's cases of abductions and enforced disappearances to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for action.
The two lobby groups, Kituo Cha Sheria and Mathare Social Justice Centre, want the High Court to issue a declaration that the cases constitute crimes against humanity. ''MSJC, together with Kituo cha Sheria, through the firm of Khaminwa and Khaminwa Advocates, have today filed a petition to the High Court praying for a Declaratory order that the Attorney General do refer to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, that the abductions and enforced disappearancesoccurring in the Republic are Crimes Against Humanity and should be investigated,'' the Mathare Social Justice Centre stated in a statement.
The lobbies further state in the petition to the High Court that Kenya police are unable to prevent or investigate the crimes.
File photo of Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
