Showing posts with label presidential candidate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidential candidate. Show all posts

Monday, 2 September 2013

Kenyan presidential candidate is a ICC under trial

Uhuru Kenyatta, a candidate for the Kenyan presidency,is really a undertrial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for charges of crimes against humanity. Kenyatta, an old finance minister and the son of his country's founding president, is among four accused at the ICC of orchestrating bloody clashes by which 1,200 people died and thousands were uprooted using their homes after disputed elections in December 2007

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Also accused is Kenyatta's one-time political rival and today running mate, William Ruto, an old higher education minister alongwith Francis Mathaura, Kenya's cabinet secretary, and Joshua Arap Sang, an invisible broadcaster.Kenyatta is running a close second to Pm Raila Odinga in election polls within the run-up to the March 4 presidential election.