{{Lawyers for Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta have urged the International Criminal Court to drop charges against him.}}<\/p>\n
He denies accusations of instigating violence after the disputed 2007 poll.<\/p>\n
The special hearing came a week after charges against his co-accused, Francis Muthaura, were dramatically dropped.<\/p>\n
Mr Kenyatta’s lawyers argue charges against him are now compromised but the ICC prosecutor has said she has additional evidence against him.<\/p>\n
The trial of Mr Kenyatta, who narrowly passed the 50% threshold to win elections earlier this month, is scheduled to start in July.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of the election in December 2007 – when Raila Odinga narrowly lost to incumbent President Mwai Kibaki – more than 1,000 people were killed and about 600,000 were left homeless.<\/p>\n
Mr Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, is accused of organising attacks on members of ethnic groups seen as supporting Mr Odinga following the 2007 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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