The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has announced plans to pursue those most responsible for the violence that broke out in Kenya in the wake of the 2008 election.

Chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he wanted a three pronged approach: the ICC will prosecute the worst offenders; a special tribunal in Kenya for the other perpetrators and a truth and reconciliation
commission.
 

The violence after the Kenyan presidential election the least 1300 people dead and displaced more than 300,000 people in the East African country. So far, no one has been prosecuted for organising or committing violence. The Kenyan government is divided on how to tackle the suspects; human rights activists say many prominent people, including government ministers, were involved in stoking racial tensions and organising the violence.

An agreement to set up a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators has so far failed to produce any results.