Former United Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan is scheduled to hold discussions with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki
and Prime Minister Raila Odinga Monday.
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Annan is expected to review the
progress
made in the implementation of the agreement that ended Kenya's post-election
violence.
He was instrumental in bringing about the agreement that led to the
formation of Kenya's unity government.
But the government has so far failed to
implement many of the reforms recommended in the report, prompting intense
local and international criticism.
Koigi Wamwere, a a former Kenyan deputy
information minister said that Kenyans are
expressing confidence the former U.N Secretary General will put more pressure
on the government to fully implement the much needed reforms.
"Most
Kenyans feel that the subject of debate between Kofi Annan and the prime
minister and the president will probably be the question of whatever progress
we may have made in regards to ending impunity in this country and implementing
reform in general,"
Wamwere said.
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He said the subject of the
arrival in Kenya of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor could
be considered during today's discussions.
"They would probably be
talking about the expected arrival of Louis Moreno Ocampo into the country
sometime in the course of this week," he said.
Wamwere said Kenyans want
those behind the post-election violence to be punished.
"Kenyans think that the main
subject for the meeting should be how we are going to handle the perpetrators
of the post-election violence. Whether they are going to be taken to The Hague
and when that would be because Kenyans would rather that they are taken to The
Hague sooner rather than later," Wamwere said.
He said the unity government
seems to be hindering the reforms.
"The fact is that the
coalition government has also been a stumbling block to reforms in the sense
that it is a government of anti-reformers if you ask me," he said.
Wamwere said it would be
"impossible" for the government to implement the reforms stipulated in the
agreement.
"When Kofi Annan asked
anti-reformers to implement reforms then somehow I think he is making a big
error," Wamwere said.
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He praised the former U.N
secretary general for ensuring punishment for the organizers of the
post-election violence.
"As for impunity, Kofi Annan
has worked very hard to give the Kenyan government time to establish a local
tribunal that could (put on trial) the perpetrators," he said.
Wamwere also said that
Ocampo's arrival could further put pressure on the coalition government to
address the issue of impunity.
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