Tuesday February 26, 2013 – News just in indicates that the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution now wants the cases connected to Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to be pushed to August this year so that the prosecution can prepare their evidence well.
In a filling she made to Pre-Trial Chamber V judges on Tuesday, the ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda requested the court to give her more time to prepare the evidence to nail the four suspects.
She said she needed an extra four months from the date of trial (April) so that the defense of the suspects and the prosecution can smoothen their evidence.
This is good news to Uhuru and Ruto since they had earlier requested a postponement of the cases due to introduction of new witnesses and evidence.
Uhuru, Ruto, former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and radio presenter Joshua Sang have been indicted by the ICC court and their trials are supposed to begin in April.
The four are accused of committing heinous crimes during the 2007-08 post election violence where 1133 people died and over 650,000 displaced.
Uhuru and Ruto also are running for top seats in the coming election and this may give them a new lease of life in their journey to State House on March 4th.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
