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Following the request by AU that UhuRuto should halt going to Hague, Ruto is expected address a press conference on the same at 2:15Pm this afternoon. Read more on Daily Nation
Ruto expected to address International Press Conference at Hague
Ruto expected to address International Press Conference at Hague
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Nyani Ngabu
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Him and his cohort have guilt written all over them.
Ab-Titchaz
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His lawyer needs to tell him not to say nothing out there lest the Courts read his utterances from a different script.
If defiance is the motive these folks might as well bring on their ace card because they will be entering hostile territory.
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is expected to address an international press conference at The Hague over the recent AU resolution that asked him and President Uhuru Kenyatta to skip the ICC trials.
The press conference will take place at Movenpick hotel, a short distance from the ICC building in Voorburg at 13.30 Dutch time (2:15 pm Kenyan time)
The testimony-in-chief of the third witness in the case against the deputy president entered the second day, though most of the morning session has been in private, meaning those in the public gallery can see what is going on inside the courtroom but cannot hear the testimony.
Ruto to address the press on ICC - Politics - nation.co.ke
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[h=1][/h]RUTO SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEND TRIAL
Updated Tuesday, October 15th 2013 at 16:19 GMT +3
By Felix Olick
The Hague, Netherlands: Deputy President William Ruto Tuesday said he will continue attending trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) until UN Security Council decides on AU summit deferral request.
Ruto however said that the deferral will not be necessary if he is excused from continous presence in court.
While addressing a press conference at The Hague, the deputy president said that the Government had formally applied to the United Nations security Council to defer case against him and President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"We want the best possible chance to be able to deal with those allegations and to clear our names," Ruto said at a press conference during lunch break at The Hague.
Ruto accused the court of failure to to adequately investigate the cases.
"It is becoming increasingly clear to us that the prosecution failed miserably in the discharge of their responsibility to investigate the cases and allegations against us and especially the Statute's responsibility put on them to investigate both incriminating and exculpultory evidence," said Ruto.
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Ruto says he will continue to attend trial
Updated Tuesday, October 15th 2013 at 16:19 GMT +3
By Felix Olick
The Hague, Netherlands: Deputy President William Ruto Tuesday said he will continue attending trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) until UN Security Council decides on AU summit deferral request.
Ruto however said that the deferral will not be necessary if he is excused from continous presence in court.
While addressing a press conference at The Hague, the deputy president said that the Government had formally applied to the United Nations security Council to defer case against him and President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"We want the best possible chance to be able to deal with those allegations and to clear our names," Ruto said at a press conference during lunch break at The Hague.
Ruto accused the court of failure to to adequately investigate the cases.
"It is becoming increasingly clear to us that the prosecution failed miserably in the discharge of their responsibility to investigate the cases and allegations against us and especially the Statute's responsibility put on them to investigate both incriminating and exculpultory evidence," said Ruto.
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Ruto says he will continue to attend trial
THE HAGUE, Netherlands Kenya's deputy president says he wants his International Criminal Court trial to continue if judges will allow him to stay in Kenya and carry out his duties.
William Ruto said Tuesday that Kenya has asked the United Nations Security Council to defer the ICC cases against him and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for a year, but that he would rather his trial go ahead if he doesn't have to attend hearings in The Hague.
Ruto says, "we want this case to proceed to its logical conclusion because we are confident that finally we will be ... proven to be innocent."
Kenyatta and Ruto are charged separately with alleged involvement in Kenya's 2007-2008 post-election violence. Ruto's trial already has started, while Kenyatta's begins Nov. 12.
THE EAST AFRICA TIMES
William Ruto said Tuesday that Kenya has asked the United Nations Security Council to defer the ICC cases against him and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for a year, but that he would rather his trial go ahead if he doesn't have to attend hearings in The Hague.
Ruto says, "we want this case to proceed to its logical conclusion because we are confident that finally we will be ... proven to be innocent."
Kenyatta and Ruto are charged separately with alleged involvement in Kenya's 2007-2008 post-election violence. Ruto's trial already has started, while Kenyatta's begins Nov. 12.
THE EAST AFRICA TIMES
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I commend Ruto for understanding the rules of the game and confirm his willingness to continue with the case facing him. However, I fault him for stating prematurely that the prosecution has failed to make proper investigations. Ruto is not the person to decide this. It is the judges. Let him prove in court and not in press conferences that the prosecution did indeed fail to make proper investigations.