Is Muthaura, Uhuru, and Ali's defenses panicking?

[subsaharanite]

It seems like the defense team of Ocampo six seem to be changing their strategies from time to time with no tangible or pragmatic approach in their respective cases. Remember after Ruto's witnesses testified, Kosgei changed tune, he withdrew his witnesses and decided to let his counsel defend him. Now Uhuru's request for more time seems to be borne out of the need to establish whether charges brought against Ruto, Kosgei and Sang will be confirmed. Notice, he has cleverly but obviously selected his case to be pushed forward well after the pre-trial chamber makes a ruling on the formers' cases. It is not necessarily due to the fact that Ocampo has increased his charge list, its purely a matter of waiting and seeing what will happen to his three colleagues.

Muthaura's counsels on the other hand having listened carefully to the proceedings of his three colleagues have decided that it could be prudent to present his own defense from his own point of view given that Ocampo's charge sheet has separate charges on each of the accused persons. If Muthaura's group feel that they have a chance to convince the pre-trial chamber otherwise, they should go it alone.

One thing however that may result from this disjointed approach is a possibility of cross- incrimination amongst the accused persons. If this happens, hell will be let lose as each will struggle to exonerate themselves by nailing others. Unlike the former case where more or less one solid and similar story was repeated by Ruto, Kosgei and Sang's defense, Uhuru, Muthaura and Ali's disjointed approach may result in more beans being spilled, a phenomena that could either lead to more individuals being enjoined in the case or the 'real truth' of what conspired in those days coming out. Non-the less, at this point, its seems everyone is for themselves and God for us all.- Good lucky fellows, Maybe you will be subjected to real justice, unlike what we see in Kenyan theatrical courtrooms. Read more at subsaharan.wordpress.com

[shifta]

Actually they should especially after what we just witnessed at the Hague. For one, I belive thet of the two groups this is the easier group to nail. For there should be a paper trail, who knows maybe even phone (remember the Muthaura tapes) and secondly there is no love lost between the 3 and Mungiki after they went on a witness clearance campaign. So I can see Mungiki witnesses who have not forgotten the extrajudicial campaign by Ali and Michuki.
Then there is unpredictable process of the ICC. AFter the first day I thought the defence was cooked, then they seemed to tear the proseciution case apart, last day arrives and prosecution reminds them this is about making a case for charges and not a trial which is what teh defense seemed to have spent the time doing. What seems frighteing for the accused is that the threshold for charges does not seem to be that high.
Meanwhile, I am just glad that for once impunity is put on notice.