STREET parties are only rarely inspired by international legal judgements. However, Eldoret, the hometown of William Ruto, Kenya’s deputy president, bopped after charges against him and against a local radio journalist were dropped by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 5th. Drunken revellers crowded the cameras as TV anchors tried to explain the news. The party was led by the local MP and the county governor, who apparently asked the police to tolerate the raucousness. But while the decision is a boon to Mr Ruto and his constituents, it is a serious blow to the ICC.
The case against Mr Ruto began in 2010, when allegations against him and Uhuru Kenyatta, now Kenya’s president, were referred to the ICC by Kofi Annan, the UN’s former secretary-general. The two were accused of orchestrating violence which killed at least 1,300 people after disputed elections in 2007. The charges against Mr Kenyatta were dropped in December 2014 but those against Mr Ruto continued, threatening the coalition that brought the pair to power in 2013. Now that the charges have been dropped, it will be much easier to reconstitute that alliance for the...Continue reading
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