{"id":12374,"date":"2014-02-07T01:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/icc-convenes-another-critical-meeting-over-uhuru\/"},"modified":"2014-02-07T01:05:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T01:05:27","slug":"icc-convenes-another-critical-meeting-over-uhuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/icc-convenes-another-critical-meeting-over-uhuru\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Convenes Another Critical Meeting Over Uhuru"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convened another critical meeting in The Hague to deliberate over the future of the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta.}}<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Attorney General Githu Muigai, who is the Government representative at the ICC, has been invited for the status conference scheduled for Thursday next week. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe parties, the Legal Representative for Victims and a representative of the Kenya Government, are invited to attend. <\/p>\n

The discussion will, in principle, take place in public session,\u201d the three-judge bench said yesterday. <\/p>\n

During the meeting, judges will take oral submissions following complaints by ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that the Government had failed to provide key evidence by clinging on to the financial records of President Kenyatta. <\/p>\n

Bensouda wants the judges to adjourn the case until the Government complies with her request even as Uhuru fights to have the proceedings terminated. <\/p>\n

\u201cWithdrawing the charges now would reward the accused, who heads the Government that has obstructed the court\u2019s work, and who is in a position to ensure that the GoK compiles with its treaty obligations, if he wishes to do so,\u201d Bensouda maintained in one of her filings. <\/p>\n

Prof Muigai wants to be allowed to respond to allegations by the Prosecution by \u2018setting the record straight\u2019 on the provisions of the Kenyan Constitution and the International Crimes Act. <\/p>\n

He also wants to make submissions on the role of the President vis-a-vis other constitutional bodies concerning the issue of co-operation as well as separation of powers and independence of various organs of Government. <\/p>\n

The new meeting comes on the heels of another one held on Wednesday, when Uhuru\u2019s defence team pleaded to terminate the case. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe repeatedly alerted the court and the prosecutor as to the inconsistencies and falsity of the evidence upon which they were seeking to relay. Our warnings were not heeded,\u201d Uhuru\u2019s lawyer Stephen Kay said.<\/p>\n

{Kenya Standard}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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