UHURU/ RUTO may be at the ICC for more than 2 YEARS ……. A PRESIDENT and a VICE????
International
Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has told the Trial Chamber V
that her office will need at least two years to present evidence against the
four Kenyans facing charges of crimes against humanity at the court.
Bensouda told the court in an application that she will use 826 hours of
the court’s time to prosecute the case against Eldoret North MP William Ruto
and radio journalist Joshua arap Sang and another 572 hours to produce evidence
against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Head of Civil Service
Francis Muthaura.
The ICC Prosecutor said she will use the time to cross examine 74
prosecution witnesses and another six expert witnesses. She added that the time
she quoted was only an estimate and may turn out to be considerably more;
“The
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
added that it was possible her office would get more evidence from the Kenyan
government;
“Furthermore,
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. Some of these materials are already the
subject of a separate filing before the chamber,” read the application.
“As such, the prosecution submits that the new
availability of access will constitute ‘good cause’ to vary the time
restrictions,” she noted.
What will happen if these two WIN?
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