The office of the prosecutor, OTP, has been given some little time to decide whether the evidence it has against President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya can sustain the case. Secondly, OTP should, beyond reasonable doubt ascertain that indeed, there is the possibility of the case making any inroads in the near future due to previous and present circumstances particularly the aspect of witness credibility. These events unfolded at the International criminal court based at Hague the capital of the Netherlands. Interestingly, the precursors of these events depict a gradually decreasing confidence in the OTP’s projections about the case. This aspect is of-course factored by different scenarios and forces. West Fear Kenyatta has suddenly become too powerful President Kenyatta of Kenya has not only come out strongly against the ICC, rather pulled a fast one on the West funded and controlled court by rallying the entire continent of Africa behind him to back his anti-ICC sentiments. In-fact, President Barrack Obama of the United States noted that event; an event that was followed by instructions that NSA monitor President Kenyatta leading to eavesdropping of hundred of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s phone calls. There is an incredibly beautiful relationship between the African fraternity and Kenya, shortly after Kenyatta became president. There is that Gaddafi-like United States of Africa thing about President Kenyatta and this makes Kenya geopolitically invaluable. East African States, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan besides Somalia have become a military-trading block with Kenya serving as a significantly vital gateway to the rest. Incredible Witnesses ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has earned her record ridicule by insisting she has a case backed up by star witnesses throughout the period she was finalizing the inheritance of the highly hyped case from Moreno Ocampo. Literally, Bensouda has been full of energy and gist to nail Kenyatta. It has not become easy though. All her witnesses after audit by her office were fraudulent and criminal background characters, most notably James Maina Kabutu, the star witness in the case besides dozens of Mungiki adherents involved in murders and extortion in Kenya. The chamber has found it foolhardy to rely on such characters as witnesses in the international court. It not only insults the court, experts say, but also demystifies the political aspects of the prosecutor’s faith. Fatou Bensouda has found it rather ridiculous to continue relying on these witnesses and opted to use the Kenyatta wealth angle to delay and further dig deeper into the ethno-political evidence besides the National Intelligence Service situation reports to re-organize her case. West No longer Confident on Odinga’s Efforts for Change Weary of promises of a grand renaissance, capitalists who trusted Raila Odinga and control the global village politics have grown impatient. West now recognizes Kenyatta as the democratically elected president of Kenya. The world wants a stable Somalia, and Kenya is the main factor in achieving that. There is a growing threat of terror spreading across East Africa. Nairobi has more experience in combating terror than any other African nation, and the West needs Kenya to stymie this threat. The urge to destabilize Kenya is no longer a priority to the West. The Kenyatta effect was felt during the Africa-US Economic forum at Washington DC. This was his career’s peak. He met president Obama, Bill Clinton, and George Bush. Most important was his business meetings with business leaders who have made commitments to invest either directly or indirectly in Kenya. Kenyatta’s Africa Union influence and his reliance on the Chinese to initiate and fiancé big economic projects in the country besides encouraging the rest of Africa to partner with China has made the West o rethink its strategy in Africa, a factor that led to the Washington DC African leaders economic forum. Kenyatta has become so influential that the West finds sense in him as a friend and partner rather than a puppet and sidelined African activist. West funded ICC recognizes this new partnership between its financier and the accused Kenyatta. It also understands comprehensively, the risk of African unity against it besides the neutrality of Russia and China with regard to the United Nations Security Council view of the case that indeed is a threat to Kenya’s national security. These three factors give prosecutor Fatou Bensouda enough reason to rethink pursuing the case. The ‘Check-mate’ scenario complicates the ICC process. Kenyatta has weathered bellicose diplomacy, Western meddling in the 2013 general elections, to economic sabotage, and hostile Western media. The office of the prosecutor has both flimsy evidence and the internal forces at the court to contend with and make a comprehensive conclusion that it is not necessary neither worthy to pursue Kenyatta’s case any further.
