The Government has stood its ground and maintained that it would not hand over three Kenyan suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite being warned.
Attorney-General Githu Muigai on Thursday stated that Kenya would institute procedures to retrieve files of the three so that they are tried locally for witness interference.
Addressing a press conference, Muigai stated that local courts were capable of dealing with the case insiting that Kenyan suspects should first be tried in the country.
"Suspects should first be tried in their domestic courts; there is precedent in other countries as far as this is concerned," said Muigai.
The government attorney further urged that the court should cooperate with the country in handing over evidence implicating the suspects in the mentioned offences.
"We demand complementarity; the ICC should cooperate with Kenya just as we have cooperated," he added.
On the issue of whether the State would pull out of the Rome Statute which set up the ICC, Muigai clarified that the country would wait on the determination of the African Union before contemplating on its final decision.
This is despite an earlier caution that the country could be reported to the Assembly of State Parties for failing to expedite Walter Baraza, Paul Gicheru and Philip Bett accused of witness fixing.
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