{"id":346283,"date":"2011-03-29T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T03:17:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:17:18","slug":"kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"57.738709677419\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>28 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday defended himself against accusations that he was wasting public funds on his shuttle diplomacy mission to have the case against the Ocampo Six deferred.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Musyoka said the barrage of attacks from his critics were unwarranted, insisting his diplomatic trips were for a just cause.<\/p>\n<p>The VP vowed to continue with the mission of ensuring the six suspects were tried in the country even if it will jeopardise his presidential ambitions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The country&#8217;s respect and dignity are more important than personal gains. I will therefore stick to the government&#8217;s bid to try the suspects locally even if it means affecting my presidential chances,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Musyoka noted that he could not have embarked on the mission without the government&#8217;s blessings.<\/p>\n<p>He said Kenya was not a failed state like Somalia and that was why he had to venture out to seek support from global leaders on the quest for deferral of the trial of six Kenyans at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.<\/p>\n<p><strong>International intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The local judicial system, he said, had the capacity to try the suspects. He was saddened by some political leaders &#8220;who had lost faith in the country&#8217;s public service and were calling for international interventions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My foreign ventures were for the good of this country. Not at one time have I wasted public funds,&#8221; Mr Musyoka said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was prudent for me and the government to seek support from leaders worldwide on the deferral of the trial in The Hague to save the country&#8217;s image,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He said once a new Attorney-General is appointed and positions of Chief Justice and Director of Prosecutions are filled, the country will be capable of trying the six suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The VP was speaking at Port Reitz in Mombasa on the sidelines of the launch of Mombasa Container Terminal, which was established by Bollore Africa Logistics at a cost of Sh700 million.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103290097.html\" title=\"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 28 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday defended himself against accusations that he was wasting public funds on his shuttle diplomacy mission to have the case against the Ocampo Six deferred. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"28 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday defended himself against accusations that he was wasting public funds on his shuttle diplomacy mission to have the case against the Ocampo Six deferred.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-29T03:17:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\"},\"wordCount\":359,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\",\"name\":\"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-29T03:17:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"28 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Monday defended himself against accusations that he was wasting public funds on his shuttle diplomacy mission to have the case against the Ocampo Six deferred.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy","datePublished":"2011-03-29T03:17:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/"},"wordCount":359,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/","name":"Kenya: Vice President Vows to Press on With Shuttle Diplomacy - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-29T03:17:18+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-vice-president-vows-to-press-on-with-shuttle-diplomacy\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}