Deputy Prime Minister and Local Government Minister Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed calls by various stakeholders for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to meet victims of the post election polls during his current short visit.

Mudavadi says Ocampo can only meet the victims and perpetrators of the post poll chaos once the prosecution process has commenced.

He says the proposed meetings are likely to jeopardize the outcome of Ocampo's investigations.

Speaking when he officially opened the Kitale ASK Show, Mudavadi said the enactment of a new constitution was the only way to protect fundamental human rights of all Kenyans.

He urged politicians to shun situations that could trigger tensions that fueled the post election skirmishes.

Meanwhile, Justice and Constitutional affairs minister Mutula Kilonzo has come to the defence of the government over its position not to refer the post election cases to The Hague, instead opting for the international Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo to request the trial chambers at The Hague to commence investigations in December.  

Addressing the press in his office Thursday evening, Mutula said   referring   the cases to the ICC  will greatly affect the realization of the reform agenda since most senior government officials vital to such reforms  might be extradited.

He however reiterated his stand that he prefers that the Imanyara's bill be strengthened to meet the international standards so that the suspects are tried through a local tribunal.

Elsewhere, German ambassador to Kenya Margit Hellwigg-Boette says the ultimate decision on where perpetrators of the post election violence should be tried lies with the Kenyan people.

Ms Helwigg-Boette told the press in Nakuru that peaceful elections in 2012 could only be ensured if the culture of impunity is dealt with once and for all.

She noted that peaceful elections would be pegged on reforms within the country's electoral systems adding that there was an important need to hasten the process.

She expressed concern that time was running out fast and appealed to the government to hasten the reform process to ensure that adequate reforms are enforced before the next general elections.

The ambassador encouraged the formation of a local tribunal to allow ownership by the Kenyan people noting that the involvement of the international prosecutor Louis Ocampo would ensure that the process meets international standards.