Hali tete as ICC tightens Uhuru, Ruto murder charges.

[Ab-Titchaz]

Lakini Uhuru akishinda kesi hii atashinda na Urais

Mkuu kesi haitoamuliwa mwaka huu. Kwa hivyo kura za urais zitapigwa huku kesi inaendelea.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Pssst....look at what your Govt under Kibaki is doing...why shield Kapondi and PC's from this lady. The same was done when Ocamppo was in town. Dont you think that is strange after the President corporation with the ICC and then turn around and stall the process?...alafu nd'o watu kama nyinyi mnasema she is manufacturing evidence. How convinient for the Big fish yet more than 1,000 souls are 6 feet under, their blood crying for justice

My question is where does besnouda collect her evidence, are they extracting evidence from witnesses or are they trying to conduct their trial around manufuctured evidence?

Kenya frustrating justice, says ICC chief prosecutor

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda addressing the press at Serena Hotel, Nairobi on October 22, 2012. Photo/BILLY MUTAI NATION MEDIA GROUP

By BENARD NAMUNANE bnamunane@ke.nationmedia.com
DAVE OPIYO dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, January 10 2013 at 00:29


In Summary

• Court official says she may be compelled to seek other nations' help in forcing Kenya's hand
• Hague prosecutor tells court that she has been denied access to witnesses such as MP Kapondi and PCs who served in clash areas and says she isn't allowed to see suspects' wealth declaration forms or intelligence reports

The Hague chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda may be forced to seek assistance from foreign countries to compel Kenya to give the court access to government officers and security agents.

This would affect those who were in charge of post-election violence hotspots.

Ms Bensouda gave the strongest signal yet on Wednesday night as she submitted her evidence and list of witnesses to the International Criminal Court Judges that she has gathered against four Kenyans who are facing charges of crimes against humanity.

She however concealed the names of witnesses and crucial evidence for the safety of those intended to testify against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Eldoret North MP William Ruto, former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang.

Failure to cooperate

"In her submissions, she accused the government of failing to cooperate with the ICC by not giving access to Provincial Commissioners and Police Chiefs who were in charge of areas which were hit most by the post-election chaos.

Consequently, she indicated to the Trial Judges that she may amend her list of witnesses and evidence against the four suspects in future if the Kenya government agrees to give her access to the officers.

"The prosecution hereby gives notice to the Chamber that in future, it may seek leave to amend the list of witnesses and or the list of evidence pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 35(2) of the Regulations of the Court if it obtains certain materials that it seeks to tender into evidence or succeeds in securing cooperation of certain witnesses that it has identified that it wishes to interview," says the Prosecutor.

"These materials and or persons are the subject of certain governmental and or institutional restrictions for which the Prosecution has requested cooperation from a number of states pursuant to their co-operation obligations under Part 9 of the Statute, but which have not yet been received," she goes on.

Sources said the government has blocked the ICC from accessing wealth declarations of the suspects, freezing their accounts and reports of the National Security Intelligence Service at the time of the post election violence.

Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai is said to have required the ICC team to make formal applications to access the said records with a requirement that it will take a Cabinet approval for The Hague investigation to access NSIS reports.

Ms Bensouda was also said to have requested to interview Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi who chairs the Parliamentary Committee on Security but Prof Muigai reportedly told the ICC Prosecutor that the MP had the last decision on whether he wanted to be interviewed or not.

Faced with such challenges in acase that she is determined to prove that Mr Kenyatta, Mr Ruto, Mr Muthaura and Mr Sang bore the greatest responsibility, the ICC prosecutor appears to be ready to seek the assistance of foreign countries and agencies to gain access to the witnesses and evidence.

Sources from the legal teams of the suspects said Ms Bensouda could approach the US, Britain, the US Agency for International Development, the Danish Development Agency and locally, the Kenya Red Cross who were greatly involved during the post election violence.

"The Prosecution may also address the Chamber, when and if necessary, pursuant to Articles 93(1)(l) and 64(6)(b) of the Rome Statute, to obtain a request to one or more States Parties to provide assistance with respect to facilitating access to the above mentioned persons and materials or requiring witnesses' attendance before the Court," said Ms Bensouda.

However, she hastily stated that talks to gain access to the individuals and the evidence with the government of Kenya are at an advanced stage.

"The Prosecution has already approached several State parties, including the government of Kenya, in order to gain access to such individuals and materials. Discussions regarding the terms and conditions of such access are still ongoing," she went on.

Apart from the PC and the PPOs Ms Bensouda will also seek the permission of media houses to use the video recordings in their libraries to prove that the violence was organised by a distinct group targeting civilians.

She also wants to be allowed to gain access to medical records of some of the victims in public hospitals in areas which were hit most by the violence.

Ms Bensouda said in the case involving Mr Ruto and Mr Sang, the prosecution estimates that it will require approximately 826 hours of court time to question 43 witnesses and three experts and expects that the defence will also require the same time.

For the second case, involving Mr Uhuru and Mr Muthaura, she expects to spend 572 hours questioning 31 witnesses and three experts.

"The hours estimated do not however include time that the Chamber may grant to the Office of Public Counsel for Victims or the common legal representative to question prosecution witnesses, or time that the Chamber may use to question witnesses," she said.

Kenya frustrating justice, says ICC chief prosecutor - Politics - nation.co.ke

 

[Kabaridi]

Pssst....look at what your Govt under Kibaki is doing...why shield Kapondi and PC's from this lady. The same was done when Ocamppo was in town. Dont you think that is strange after the President corporation with the ICC and then turn around and stall the process?...alafu nd'o watu kama nyinyi mnasema she is manufacturing evidence. How convinient for the Big fish yet more than 1,000 souls are 6 feet under, their blood crying for justice

eh eh..Ab tichaz those are nuanced hints yakwamba yote yameshindikana and it is bensoudas careful and only chosen way of telling kenyans they are opting out from the mess they have put themselves into.

 

[Kabaridi]

Wewe morio, the evidence at the ICC is overwhelmingly coming from the NSIS...especially the sh!t that will
rope Ruto in....courtesy of the Waki report that was given to Annan and found its way to the OTP.
Acha kujifanya hujui hio kitu!

Then the other day Bensouda came to Kenya herself to go see the Kiambaa church and talk to the victims.
What is shrouded in mystery there?

That Kiambaa thing was pure murder and everybody was shocked at the level of evil exhibited by the
murderers who burnt people in a church!!!!...Ruto hawezi kuepuka "command and control" of the fellows
who carried out the attack. That's why the murder charges were upgraded and tightened.

As for your blue eyed boy, Uhuru Kenyatta those meetings at Statehouse and his dalliance with Mungiki
will nail him. I'm so glad that Maina Njenga is alive and 'untouchable'....coz that morio can spill all the beans
that link Jomo's son to the Mungiki hands down. Now you know why he is walking around free yet he commited
unspeakable evil to his fellow kindred and beyond.

I will not let you get away with falsehoods on this forum maana 'ukimwaga mboga mimi nawaga ugali'...:smile:

I really do not want to get into the nitty-gritty of what happened during the PEV, there will be theories indeed cooked by politicians to to dislodge their oppnents. hi maneno ya odinga's family vs uhuru family is too sophisticated for us ambao tunachuma chini jua ndugu yangu. We have more individual challenges and let the high and mighty square out their beef while we sort ourselves for a peaceful election.

What happened in kiambaa is shocking and abominable.. but the trouble is politicians using the situation of suffering and grief to advance their political agendas. That is being more treacherous than the devil before God!! All I can conclude is that some theories being made out of the ICC are indeed politically motivated. Kiambaa incident was one out of the many incidences that took away life. where the perpatrators should be brought to book before the ICC..While the local reformed judiciary is preparing itself to investigate deeply into the matter from what transpired when mass action was called..

 

[Mwakalinga Bujo]

Kweli hali tete .
Ila hili swala limekaa kimazingaumbwe sana ,aliyegoma na kukataa matokeo na kuwaasa wananchi wafanye uamuzi ni wenyewe ni Odinga .Pia aliyemnyang'anya mwenzie ushindi kwa makusudi na kusababisha fujo ni Kibaki .Mbona hawa hawataji !? Political game as usual .

My take:
Hawa jamaa Ruto na Uhuru wana wafuasi wa kutosha Kenya, pindi watakapokutwa na hatia waenguliwe kwenye uchaguzi patachimbika Kenya .
Hii mahakama inabidi itumie busara zaidi ya kuendeshwa kikoloni .Kinachotengenezwa Kenya na hii mahakama ya kisanii tutajionea wenyewe .MUNGU IBARIKI AFRIKA MUNGU.

 

[PSM]

Ngoja tuone watakakoishia maana this country kwa tribalism ni chiboko!sahizi tu Huko wanachinjana Kama kuku tu........sahizi wanavyochinjana watasema nani kawa insight sasa?wangeacha tu longo longo zao na icc wafanye uchaguzi kwa watu kuchagua watu wa Kabila zao ......maana that is the trend kwa Kenya,I thank GOD my beautiful TZ hatujafika Huko na GOD forbid!tusifike Huko kabisa

 

[MkamaP]

Kweli hali tete .
Ila hili swala limekaa kimazingaumbwe sana ,aliyegoma na kukataa matokeo na kuwaasa wananchi wafanye uamuzi ni wenyewe ni Odinga .Pia aliyemnyang'anya mwenzie ushindi kwa makusudi na kusababisha fujo ni Kibaki .Mbona hawa hawataji !? Political game as usual .

My take:
Hawa jamaa Ruto na Uhuru wana wafuasi wa kutosha Kenya, pindi watakapokutwa na hatia waenguliwe kwenye uchaguzi patachimbika Kenya .
Hii mahakama inabidi itumie busara zaidi ya kuendeshwa kikoloni .Kinachotengenezwa Kenya na hii mahakama ya kisanii tutajionea wenyewe .MUNGU IBARIKI AFRIKA MUNGU.

ICC ni wahuni, wanajali masilahi yao mbona Gbabo wa ivory coast walimsaka? Raila naye asiyechekelee hiyo icc ilitakiwa naye ai discourge.
Mkitaka kuona uhuni wa ICC, Raila akishindwa urais, hawa wakoloni watakuwa hawamuhitaji tena na hapo ndo utaona u-turn, mashitaka wanaoshitakiwa leo akina Uhuru/Ruto ndo yatemwelekea Raila. Raila aombe tu naye ashinde urais, akishindwa tu ICC wanabadirisha facts na mashitaka zao na kumuandama Raila. Na wenda ndiyo maana wanasubiri uchaguzi uiishe ili kesi ipate kuendelea na wajue wapi pa kuandama.

 

[Edzeame]

ee eti ICC will be forced to seek for assistance from powerful countries. So what we have been saying all along holds water about the court lacking teeth. The have wasting a huge bulk of time saying prosecutions will start after March 2013 but still lack evidence. I have never seen a court act as though they are a charity organization seeking material support from their Neo colonial paymasters.

 

[Ngaramtoni]

Taarifa iliyotolewa na mshitaki mkuu wa ICC leo inakatisha tamaa kwa mashabiki wa akina Uhuru Kenyatta kuelekea mbio za kuwania urais nchini humo.Mshitaki mkuu amesema ameshakusanya ushahidi wa kutosha juu ya ushiriki wa watuhumiwa kwenye mauaji baada ya uchaguzi wa 2007 ikiwepo ushiriki wa Kenyatta kwenye kikao kilichopanga mauaji.Hii hali si itawaharibia kabisa wahusika mipango yao ya kuingia ikulu?

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

eh eh..Ab tichaz those are nuanced hints yakwamba yote yameshindikana and it is bensoudas careful and only chosen way of telling kenyans they are opting out from the mess they have put themselves into.

Bro,

so u tryna tell me that ICC is pulling out?...that there will be no court cases to adjudicate '07 PEV?

 

[Ngaramtoni]

I see no way Kenyatta nd Ruto pulls themselves out of this,they better just pulls out of the elections campaign first nd try to concetrate on how to defend themselves at the hague

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

KENYA:The ICC Prosecutor now says she has additional incriminating evidence sufficient to sustain murder charges against Mr Uhuru Kenyatta, Mr William Ruto and two other Kenyan suspects.


The enhanced murder charges were contained in updated documents of charges prepared by Gambia-born Fatou Bensouda on the serious crimes against humanity facing the four Kenyans.

The new document reasserts alleged meetings held at State House, Nairobi, with Uhuru playing the central role in planning the revenge attacks witnessed in Naivasha.

As for Ruto who the prosecutor saddles with the Kiambaa church killings in Eldoret, the Prosecutor introduces a new list of alleged accomplices he was supposed to have worked with in mobilising, coordinating and commanding the killings in the Rift Valley.

‘Ruto accomplices' exonerate themselves from ICC claim


[h=1]Kapondi denies claims that he was Ruto accomplice[/h]
hao mashahidi wanaowategemea dhidi ya Ruto sasa wamekanusha hadharani kuwa hawajui lolote................

na hiyo ya Uhuru ndiyo kabisa haina hata shahidi hata mmoja ambaye alihudhuria kikao husika akamtaja Uhuru au Muthaura kama walikuwepo kwenye vikao husika........................hizi NGO za Kenya ndiyo wamezusha haya na hawako tayari kwenda Hague kutetea uongo wao............

huyu ICC prosecutor siyo wa kumwamini hata kidogo......huku anatamba ana ushaidi wa kutosha huku anadai hapewi ushirikiano..................ushirikiano upi na yeye tayari ana ushahidi wa kutosha.........................ama kwa uhakika debe tupu haliachi kutika..........
Bensouda: State officials reluctant to release important evidence

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

I see no way Kenyatta nd Ruto pulls themselves out of this,they better just pulls out of the elections campaign first nd try to concetrate on how to defend themselves at the hague

...bearing in mind kua kesi itaendelea hadi 2015!


UHURU, RUTO TO REMAIN AT ICC UNTIL 2015


Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY OLIVER MATHENGE


THE trials of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto at the Hague are likely to stretch into 2015, judging by the pre-trial brief of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda filed on Wednesday.

The trial of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Civil Service boss Francis Muthaura for crimes related to post-election violence is due to start on April 11 while the trial of Eldoret North MP William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua arap Sang will start on April 10.

The second round of the presidential election where Uhuru and Ruto are standing on the Jubilee ticket is scheduled for April 10. In her pre-trial brief filed on Wednesday, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the trial judges that she will need an estimated 826 hours to present her case against William Ruto and Sang and 572 hours to present evidence against Uhuru and Muthaura.

The court hours at the ICC run from 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 4pm, a total of five hours a day or 25 hours a week. In addition, defence lawyers will probably take the some amount of time to present their own witnesses.

That will come to at least 2,800 hours of time in court, that will take 112 weeks to dispose of, not counting public holidays or delays caused by sickness or legal challenges.

The cases are due to run concurrently so Uhuru and Ruto are likely to be tied up almost continuously in the Hague from April until late 2015, Bensouda told Trial Chamber V judges that she needs the time to present evidence, present witness testimonies and allow for possible cross-examination from the defence.

"The (time) estimate does not include time that the Chamber may grant to the Office of Public Counsel for Victims or the common legal representative to question Prosecution witnesses, or time that the Chamber may use to question witnesses," Bensouda said.

According to the ICC calendar for 2013, the trials of the four Kenyans are scheduled for every day other than weekends, public holidays, and recess breaks of six weeks.

If Uhuru wins the March 4 election, he will become an absentee president, as the Rome Statute requires that suspects be present in court at all times.

Bensouda said that she will question 31 witnesses and three experts in her case against Uhuru and Muthaura. The prosecutor says that her team has projected that Uhuru and Muthaura will need some approximate 286 hours, which can be translated into 11 weeks, to cross-examine the prosecution witnesses.

Bensouda also says that she estimates that she will need a total of 24 hours or an approximate five days to question some three proposed experts. She also says that the three experts will need an estimated 30 hours in the case against Ruto and Sang'.

She will question 43 witnesses in the case against Ruto and Sang. Bensouda also presented a list with 945 items that her team will present as evidence against Uhuru and Muthaura which she has divided into two parts.

The first part contains witness statements and related material such as annexes to witness statements and contains 604 items. The second part contains all other documentary evidence and audio/video material and comprises 341 items.

"The prosecution has also requested the transcription and translation of 41 audio/video materials it seeks to rely upon, which are not available in any of the official languages of the Court," Bensouda said.

In the Ruto and Sang' case, Bensouda presented a list of 1,529 items including 1,115 witness statements and related material such as annexes. The second part contains all other documentary evidence and audio/video material and comprises 414 items.

The prosecution has also told the Trial Chamber V judges that it may seek leave to amend the list of witnesses and/or the list of evidence "if it is able to obtain certain materials that it has not yet had access to, or if it successfully secures the cooperation of witnesses it has not yet been permitted to interview."

"These materials and/or persons are the subjects of pending or only very recently granted Prosecutorial requests for cooperation directed at institutions and also certain States, invoking their assistance obligations under Part 9 of the Statute," Bensouda told the judges.

The prosecutor also told the judges that she has not been able to access some Kenyans including government officials. The Prosecution also wants to submit video material from some journalists but is waiting for the approval of their employers.

Bensouda said that she had not been able to access documents including medical, financial, and official records, repeatedly requested from the Kenyan government.

Bensouda explained that she had not included all the evidence in the 75-page narrative brief. She said that the prosecution had attempted to draft the pre-trial brief in such a way as to minimise the need for redactions and to ensure that the defence is provided with maximum notice regarding the nature of the prosecution's case.

"As the brief identifies individuals whom the defence may wish to call as witnesses, the prosecution will consult with the defence regarding the appropriate redactions before filing a public redacted version," Bensouda said.

UHURU, RUTO TO REMAIN AT ICC UNTIL 2015 | The Star

 

[Zogwale]

Mbona hii ICC haiji Tanzania jamani? Mauji kwa kutumia vyombo vya dola yamekithiri sana!! Ila hii itakula kwao hawa wanaogombea urais wa March!!! Kesi itakuwa bado hukumu ila hebu wakenya waseme kama mtu akiwa katika criminal case ikiwa bado hukumu anaruhusiwa gombea uongozi wa juu wa nchi yenu?

 

[tetere]

The game is mainly in the hand of KIBAKI - who is too closely/personally related to Uhuru. He can not at the moment let Uhuru go.He is highly involved in protecting Uhuru.

*Kikuyu's are supporting Uhuru - as they were all told that Uhuru had to do this to protect them.

In the end of all this:

*Uhuru is a killer and mass murderer
*They have been able spin the whole issue : That Kikuyu should not fail to support them at any cost because if they dont - Luos will laugh at them.
*Nobody is talking about the Victims - All are talking about Uhuru and Rutto's political existence. Shame!

 

[Tata]

Wanasiasa bwana wanachekesha sana. Wakati ule Martha Karua akiwa Waziri wa Sheria alipeleka mswaada bungeni wa kuunda Special Court, lakini wakamzomea. Kila mwanasiasa akisimama alikuwa akisema mambo yote Hague. Sasa hivi wanalalamika. Nadhani ni Mungu tu anayeweza kuwaelewa wanasiasa

Inawezekana pia ilikuwa ni mipango ya Mungu ule mswaada wa Martha Karua upingwe na watu washabikie the Hague kwani ikiwa ungepita sidhani kama kesi hii ingeendelea na kufikia ilipo sasa.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

ICC flies out witnesses with crucial evidence

By Standard Investigation Team

KENYA: Seven new witnesses have been flown out of the country by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is seeking to strengthen evidence in the post-election violence cases.

ICC investigators have found what they term as new and incriminating evidence from the witnesses, which they will be seeking to include in the evidence already filed before the judges against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Eldoret North MP William Ruto, former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura, and radio presenter Joshua arap Sang.


Yesterday, The Standard established that the seven new witnesses were interrogated before they were taken to Tanzania and flown out to Europe, last week. The witnesses add to ten the number ICC has flown out since December. In December, they flew out three witnesses.

Sources indicate that two separate groups of investigators have been operating from Uganda and Tanzania crossing into the country regularly to interrogate the witnesses.

Under protection

"They were subjected to intense interrogations by several investigators who established that the witnesses have consistent and reliable information concerning the post-election violence," said a source close to the investigators.

The source said three Kenyan investigators had been crucial in helping the ICC get the new witnesses and convinced them to testify if called upon to do so.

"The new witnesses accepted to give the evidence and that is why they have been placed under protection just like the others already taken out of the country for safety," said the source. The ICC had last December flown two other new witnesses out of the country. The witnesses are linked to the Kiambaa Church incident where people, among them women and children, were burnt to death.

More details

Uhuru, Ruto, Muthaura and Sang are facing charges at the ICC in connection with the violence that left more than 1,300 people dead and another half a million displaced.

The cases will come up for hearing from April 11, soon after the General Election in which Uhuru and Ruto are contesting for President and Deputy respectively through the Jubilee Alliance.

In the new evidence from the witnesses are further details on the Kiambaa KAG Church fire on January 1, 2008 where more than 35 people were killed.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : ICC flies out witnesses with crucial evidence

 

[Ngongo]

Duh Ab-Titchaz hii Kabaridi ameiona ?.

 

[sokoinei]

Hawa niwafungwa watarajiwa iweje wapewe ruksa ya kugombea?

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Hawa niwafungwa watarajiwa iweje wapewe ruksa ya kugombea?

Kujibu swali lako, ishu yenyewe ishawasilishwa mahakamani na uamuzi wa Jaji Mkuu unasubiriwa.
Shida ni kwamba its taking too long huku jamaa wanaendelea na kampeni ao.

Soma hapa:

Court approves new integrity case against Uhuru, Ruto

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North William Ruto during a joint TNA-URP rally at Nakuru's Afraha Stadium on December 2, 2012. Photo / Suleiman Mbatiah


By PAUL OGEMBA pogemba@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Monday, December 3 2012 at 15:10

A fresh petition challenging the integrity of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto has been certified as urgent.

Justice David Majanja on Monday ruled that the petition by the International Centre for Peace and Conflict (ICPC) raised weighty constitutional issues which need to be determined urgently.

He directed the lobby group to serve Mr Kenyatta, Mr Ruto, the Attorney General and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission with the application before it is mentioned on Wednesday for further directions.

This is the second time a petition questioning the integrity of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto has been lodged.

In the new development, the ICPC, through lawyer Eliud Senteu, submitted that the petition is of great public interest and should be heard on a priority basis given that the two have entered into a coalition to run for the presidency and deputy presidency.

"Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto have been committed to trial at the International Criminal Court and there are all indication they will run for state offices therefore the issue of integrity as outlined in Chapter Six of the constitution need to be determined before nominations of candidates," said Mr Senteu.

Apart from Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto, the ICPC also wants the electoral commission barred from accepting the candidature of any person seeking to be president, governor, senator or MP if such a person is subject to a criminal case whose sentence is at least six months.

They want a court declaration that the candidature of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto is a threat to the constitution and a perpetuation of a culture of impunity.

ICPC argued that according to the constitution, a leader is contemplated to be someone who carries dignity, legitimacy and has the people's trust and confidence.

"A person committed to trial at the Hague would not be able to discharge his duties since he would be required to attend the hearings which would seriously erode the honour and integrity required of any public officer," said the lobby in their application.

They submitted that electing any person committed to trial will bring dishonour to the office and seriously affect the person's ability to discharge his duties.

They added that the trial of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto at the Hague court may lead to issuance of warrants of arrests and erode the country's sovereignty and cause embarrassment.

The group is seeking an interpretation of whether the presumption of innocence of a person committed to trial overrides the public interest of ensuring the protection of the values of the Constitution.

"We also want a determination of whether Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto or any other person charged on similar crimes can hold a public office and whether that would be a recipe for anarchy and perpetuate the culture of impunity," said the lobby group.

The ICPC wants the court to find Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto unfit to contest the presidency, the deputy presidency or any other position due to their cases at the ICC.

Last week, civil activists Charles Omanga and Patrick Njuguna withdrew their petition against the duo and promised to lodge a fresh one that will encompass all the presidential aspirants. (READ: Petitioners withdraw Uhuru, Ruto integrity case)

Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are facing charges of crimes against humanity arising from 2008 post-election violence which left over 1,000 people dead and over 650,000 displaced from their homes. They are due to stand trial at the ICC from April 2013.

Court approves new integrity case against Uhuru, Ruto - Politics - nation.co.ke