International Crimes Court Drops Case Againt Francis Muthaura
The International Criminal Court dropped all charges against Kenya's Francis Muthaura, the former Head of the Civil Service accused alongside president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta of crimes against humanity during the 2007-2008 post-election violence.
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\r\n The decision to drop charges against Francis Muthaura was announced on Monday 11 March, 2013 by the court's Chief Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, at The Hague in the Netherlands.
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\r\n Bensouda said the charges were dropped after a key witness in Muthaura‘s case was discredited. The prosecutor also said other witnesses against Muthaura refused to testify or had died. But Bensouda said charges against Kenyatta, who was elected president in the March 4 2013 general election, and William Ruto, his running mate, would not be dropped.
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\r\n Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto and four other Kenyans were singled out by the court in 2010 for their alleged involvement in fomenting the post-election violence of 2007-2008 in which 1,200 people were killed. The trial of Ruto and Kenyatta is due to begin in May and July 2013 respectively.
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Posted 12th, March 2013
