President
Uhuru Kenyatta could finally make history as the first Head of State to
physically appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The
Trial Chamber V(b) which is handling Uhuru's case has issued an order requiring
him to attend a status conference on October 8, this year.
Though
the Chamber did not spell out how the President would be expected to appear
before it, he is likely to make his presence via video link from a location in
Nairobi.
Uhuru
made such appearance before the chamber via video link in February last year,
weeks before he was elected president on March 5. Since then, he has not been
required to be present.
But
in a ruling yesterday, the Chamber presided by Judge Kuniko Ozaki ordered that
Uhuru should be present during the second status conference.
"Mr
Kenyatta is required to be present at the second status conference. Both
hearings will be held in the presence of the Prosecution, the Defence and the
Legal Representatives of Victims," the court ruled yesterday.
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