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Kenya agrees to election tribunal | Kenya agrees to election tribunal |
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Kenya's president and prime minister have signed a deal that will pave the way for an election violence tribunal. | Kenya's president and prime minister have signed a deal that will pave the way for an election violence tribunal. |
They agreed to it within hours of a deadline set out in a report into the deadly clashes that erupted after last December's elections. | They agreed to it within hours of a deadline set out in a report into the deadly clashes that erupted after last December's elections. |
The court will seek to try the ringleaders of the violence. | |
Parliament now has 45 days to set it up to begin hearings by March or a sealed list of suspects will be handed over to the International Criminal Court. | Parliament now has 45 days to set it up to begin hearings by March or a sealed list of suspects will be handed over to the International Criminal Court. |
The deadline for Wednesday's agreement was set out by a commission of inquiry into the violence, chaired by Justice Phillip Waki, which reported in October. | |
That commission also handed over a list of suspects, some thought to be prominent politicians, to the mediator of the power-sharing deal, former UN chief Kofi Annan. | |
On Tuesday, Kenya's electoral commission was dissolved by MPs - a key recommendation of another inquiry into the election. | On Tuesday, Kenya's electoral commission was dissolved by MPs - a key recommendation of another inquiry into the election. |
Some 1,500 people died in the post-election clashes and another 300,000 people fled their homes. | |
President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga signed a power-sharing deal in February to bring an end to the violence and formed a coalition government. |
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