DP William Ruto Meets Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir

Deputy President William Ruto on Monday met Sudan President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted for crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur.

The DP is on a three-day state tour in Sudan aimed at boosting bilateral and economic relations between the two countries in the areas of agriculture and industrialisation.

DP Ruto will be expected to hold talks with Al-Bashir at the presidential palace in Khartoum was accompanied by Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, his Industrialisation counterpart Adan Mohammed, chairman of the Parliamentary Agricultural Committee Adan Haji Ali and MP Malulu Injendi.

The Kenyan delegation is also expected to visit successful industries in Khartoum, among them the Kenana sugar industry regarded among the world’s largest sugar producer and a currency-printing machine.

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Sudan considers Kenya as an important African country for its great contribution to the conclusion of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in South Sudan.

DP Ruto will also meet First Vice President Lieutenant General Bakri Hassa, National Assembly Speaker Ibrahim Ahmed Omar among other senior government officials.

In February 2018, the Court of Appeal ruled that security officers should arrest Al Bashir if he dares step into the country.

Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a host of alleged crimes against humanity but the predicament is who will arrest him since the ICC does not have its own police and cannot try a suspect unless he is at its seat.

The Court of Appeal judges stated that Kenya was and is bound by its international obligation to cooperate with the ICC to execute the original warrant issued by the ICC for the arrest of Al Bashir when he visited Kenya on August 27, 2010, and in future should he ever return to Kenya.

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Bashir has two arrest warrants which were issued in 2004 and 2010 respectively but he, however, has been roaming freely in different countries since they were issued although recently, he appears to have restricted his movements to specific countries.

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