THE HAGUE: Lawyers representing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to drop charges of crimes against humanity against him.
“We have reached a stage where there is no evidence” to support the charges, Kenyatta’s lawyer Steven Kay told judges in The Hague yesterday.
“It is my submission at this stage to this court to dispose of this matter,” Kay told the ICC, where Kenyatta faces five counts for his role in deadly 2007-08 post-election violence that rocked the east African country.
The court convened yesterday for a so-called status conference to check on the progress of Kenyatta’s trial, now scheduled to start on October 7.
Prosecutors used the occasion to express their frustration with the Kenyan government, accusing it of failing to aid their investigation.
AFP
