By NATION REPORTER newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, April 14 2013 at 23:30
Posted Sunday, April 14 2013 at 23:30
In a report to the Trial Chamber V judges handling
the case facing the two, chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seeking
permission to call an expert to analyse satellite images captured during
the post-election violence period in 2007-2008.
Kenyans fought each other over the disputed 2007
presidential election results. The chaos led to the death of 1,133
people and displacement of 650,000 others.
The prosecution has maintained that the violence
was planned, a claim that has been dismissed as untrue by the defence
teams for Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto.
The trial of President Kenyatta begins on July 9,
while that of Mr Ruto commences on May 28. Radio journalist Joshua arap
Sang is the third Kenyan facing trial at The Hague.
Recently, the court withdrew charges against former head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura
after the chief prosecutor said her office had no choice because most
of the witnesses who would have supported the case had died or had been
killed, while others were too afraid to testify.
In addition, Ms Bensouda said a key witness —
referred to as Witness Four — had been dropped after he recanted a
crucial part of his evidence, and admitted that he had accepted bribes.
Lawyers representing President Kenyatta have asked
the court to either drop the charges against him or refer the case back
to the Pre-Trial Chamber since the case against their client’s
co-accused, Mr Muthaura, had been dropped.
The ICC has conceded that the Kenyan case is
unique given the fact that the court will no longer be prosecuting
ordinary men but the country’s most powerful men democratically elected
by Kenyans.
Produce report
Ms Bensouda said the prosecution had instructed Mr
Lars Bromley, a principal analyst and research adviser on human rights
and security, to produce a report on the satellite images of specified
areas in Nairobi and Nakuru.
“Mr Bromley will analyse and explain the satellite
image that was available to describe the type and status of physical
objects and/or activities, if any, that can be discerned in the images,”
says Ms Bensouda in a report.
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