The International Criminal Court has said, Kenya is frustrating its Investigations against 4 Kenyans who are facing charges of crimes against humanity.
Hague chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in her submissions, she accused Kenya of failing to cooperate with the ICC by not giving access to Provincial Commissioners and Police Chiefs who were in charge of areas which were hit most by the post-election chaos.
She said, ICC could be forced to seek assistance from foreign countries to compel Kenya to give the court access to government officers and security agents.
she indicated to the Trial Judges that she may amend her list of witnesses and evidence against the four suspects in future if the Kenya government agrees to give her access to the officers.
“The prosecution hereby gives notice to the Chamber that in future, it may seek leave to amend the list of witnesses and or the list of evidence pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 35(2) of the Regulations of the Court if it obtains certain materials that it seeks to tender into evidence or succeeds in securing cooperation of certain witnesses that it has identified that it wishes to interview,” says the Prosecutor.
“These materials and or persons are the subject of certain governmental and or institutional restrictions for which the Prosecution has requested cooperation from a number of states pursuant to their co-operation obligations under Part 9 of the Statute, but which have not yet been received,” she goes on.
Sources said the government has blocked the ICC from accessing wealth declarations of the suspects, freezing their accounts and reports of the National Security Intelligence Service at the time of the post election violence.
NMG
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