ATTORNEY GENERAL                                         

ATTORNEY General Prof. Githu Muigai has termed as baseless sentiments attributed to the International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Loius Moreno Ocampo claiming that the government has been reluctant in cooperating with the court over cases facing the four post election suspects.  Prof. Muigai says such sentiments risk straining the cordial relationship between the country and ICC. He made the remarks earlier today while officiating a stakeholders and policy maker’s sensitization workshop on witness protection. The two day progranmme is meant to sensitize the government officials and all the participants on their roles in the agency and work effectively on its policies implementation .He said that through such programmes the government acknowledges the need for security for witnesses as a basic human right and that his office has been co operating with the court in witness protection issues.

He spoke as Justice Minister Eugene Wamalwa lauded the establishment of the Witness Protection agency which he says will go a long way in dispensing criminal justice in the country. Key among the agency's mandate is to offer protection to witnesses. Wamalwa says that the success of the programme depends on the co operatrion and collaboration of different government agencies, the office of the attorney.