{"id":49428,"date":"2014-09-20T07:10:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T07:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49428"},"modified":"2014-09-20T07:10:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T07:10:41","slug":"icc-summons-kenya-leader-to-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/icc-summons-kenya-leader-to-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC summons Kenya leader to hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">The International Criminal Court (ICC) has summoned Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to appear before the tribunal on 8 October.<\/p>\n<p>Judges want to question him over claims that his government has withheld documents requested by prosecutors preparing his crimes against humanity trial.<\/p>\n<p>The trial has already been delayed several times.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kenyatta denies organising ethnic massacres after elections in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Some 1,200 people were killed and 600,000 driven from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, prosecutors asked for the case against him to be adjourned indefinitely, saying they did not have enough evidence because of obstruction by the Kenyan government.<\/p>\n<p>President Kenyatta has repeatedly argued he needs to remain in Kenya to fight militants from the al-Shabab group and take care of state affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the ICC said discussions with Mr Kenyatta would focus on &#8220;the status of co-operation between the prosecution and the Kenyan government&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A Kenyan woman cries before a mass funeral for victims of clashes on January 23, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/77405000\/jpg\/_77405213_5512b08b-8706-4ce6-8421-f2fa9a435583.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Kenya has not prosecuted anyone for the violence which wracked the country in 2007-8<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Opposition party supporters chant their grievances near to a burning barricade, in Kisumu, western Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008,\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/77405000\/jpg\/_77405215_0444c114-a039-4e4d-92f8-f1846cad78b2.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The political dispute soon descended into ethnic killings<\/div>\n<p>African leaders have lobbied for the case to be dropped, accusing the ICC of only investigating alleged atrocities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kenyatta&#8217;s lawyers have repeatedly said the whole case should be dropped because of a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kenyatta was elected in 2013, despite facing the charges. Analysts said he turned the prosecution to his advantage, portraying it as foreign intervention in Kenya&#8217;s domestic affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Mr Kenyatta was a close ally of President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the election winner despite claims of fraud from his rival Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>The disputes soon turned violent, with targeted killings along ethnic lines, pitting members of the Kikuyu ethnic group of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Kibaki against other communities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kenyatta is accused of organising an ethnic Kikuyu gang, the Mungiki sect, to attack rival groups.<\/p>\n<p>His Vice-President, William Ruto, faces similar charges, although he was on Mr Odinga&#8217;s side during the violence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) has summoned Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to appear before the tribunal on 8 October. 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