President John Mahama has endorsed the International Criminal Court\u2019s (ICC) withdrawal of charges against Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors at the ICC in The Hague last week dropped charges of crimes-against-humanity leveled against President Kenyatta.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Kenyan President\u00a0had been indicted in connection with the post-election ethnic violence in that country in 2007, in which about 1,200 people died.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Njqohy5NliuU5zSjLd8gSJMFpLyMPtUB”]Uhuru Kenyatta, who was elected President in 2013 denied orchestrating the violence.<\/p>\n In a three-day state visit to Kenya, President Mahama congratulated the Kenyan President for the charges dropped.<\/p>\n \u201cI applaud the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop the charges that had been brought against you my brother,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He said the charges that have been dropped “takes us back to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah saying that we [Africans] prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility and it is in this spirit of daring determination of the African people to be the controllers of their own destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n President Mahama\u2019s remarks also follows a call by the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni that African nations must pull out of the treaty establishing the ICC, amid accusations that it unfairly targets Africans.<\/p>\n Touching again on Ghana’s relationship with Kenya, President Mahama said it was a privilege for him to be given the opportunity to \u201crekindle the lights that led us and our people to freedom as sovereign nations.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, the founding fathers of Kenya and Ghana, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah respectively, shared a brotherhood which \u201cpreceded and ultimately led to the liberation of our continent.\u201d<\/p>\n President Mahama recommended that the ideals and beliefs of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Mzee Kenyatta must not be ignored.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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