Contrary to tradition ICC Prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo request to ICC judges in March 2010 to open investigations in Kenya, was the first instance in which ICC judges authorized an investigation based on a recommendation from the Prosecutor, as opposed to a state referral or U.N. Security Council directive. It is this fact that opens a floodgate of questions about what motivated the prosecutor to open the investigations rather than the State or UN seek the investigations and why his quick success in these cases.
According to a congressional research report published by FAS, a US think tank, the prosecutions, which have targeted the upper echelons of political power, are an extremely sensitive issue in Kenya with potential implications for the country
