Opinion & Analysis
Who should pay for Kenya pirate trials?
Marines arrest suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Photo/FILE
Posted Monday, July 5 2010 at 00:00
Why do the involved parties make some things that are so easy so complicated?
There is nothing intricate about this and we absolutely do not need a drawn out fight to remedy it.
If funding for a public defender in the United States were withheld for whatever reason, that would be grounds for a mistrial.
A trial of a single suspect in Nairobi would be peanuts to a US, Germany or Russian budget.
It is either they shoulder the cost or Kenya stops accepting any more pirate suspects.
A nation has total control over its internal and territorial waters, but it certainly doesn’t have control over its neighbour’s waters or crimes that happen under another nation’s jurisdiction.
Karanja is a financial controller based in Los Angeles, USA
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