Is ICC On The Neck Of Another Kenyan Journalist, Oliver Mathenge? Find Out What Baba Selfie Has Done

Many of us had not heard of the International Criminal Court (ICC) until after the 2007/2008 post-election violence that hit this country. Since then, ICC has been a household nam, largely because of the prosecutions going on against President Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang.

Since the cases against the trio commenced, a lot has happened in between. So much has been said about the cases and the ICC.

Walter Baraza, a Kenyan journalist was indicted by the ICC and put under arrest for allegedly leaking classified information to the public; information that was supposed to remain confidential and a top secret that was a preserve of the ICC.

Journalist Walter Baraza

And now the ICC is at it again, this time round on another Kenyan journalist, the Star’s Oliver Mathenge, also known as Baba Selfie.

Mathenge, who is famously remembered for being exclusively identified by president Uhuru Kenyatta when journalists visited State House a year ago, has been accused by the ICC of travelling the same route as his counterpart Walter Baraza.

‘Baba Selfie’

The ICC believes that in his articles on the Star newspaper, Mathenge leaked confidential information that only belonged to the ICC to the public, something that could land him in trouble.

The ICC are reviewing every possibility that indeed confidential information was leaked to the public and this could see Oliver Mathenge indicted by the Hague-based criminal court over the same.

ICC

The ICC early on accused the Kenyan government of leaking confidential information about the indictees’ cases at the Hague, but officials from the Jubilee government strongly came out to refute the claims.

Oliver’s articles that have angered the judges’ bench include those titled AG Githu Muigai accuses Bensouda of dishonesty on Uhuru data and Kenya: I’m Blameless in Uhuru Case, Githu Tells ICC.

Only time will tell the course the new developments will take. But Ghafla Kenya will always be at hand to let you know.