Uhuru wants ICC trial held in Nairobi or Dar Es Salaam

Updated Monday, August 12th 2013 at 22:07 GMT +3 By Standard Reporter
President Uhuru Kenyatta wants portions of his trial before the International Criminal Court ( ICC) to be held either in Kenya or Tanzania.

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 Mr Kenyatta’s defence said although Article 62 of the Rome Statute provided that the place of the trial shall be the seat of the Court (The Hague), Rule 100(1) confirmed that “where the Court considers that it would be in the interests of justice, it may decide to sit in a State other than the host State.”
 “The defence does not object to the Chamber holding the opening of the trial or another appropriate portion of the trial in Kenya or Tanzania,” Kenyatta’s lawyer Steven Kay submitted in a filing to the ICC yesterday.
 “The defence also notes that on February 7 2013, neither the Registry nor the prosecution objected in principal to the Chamber holding appropriate portions of the trial in Kenya and/or Tanzania,” added the president’s defence.
 The filing was in response to the Trial Chamber’s order for further observations on where the court shall sit for trial.
 Last month, the ICC judges directed parties to President Kenyatta’s case to make submissions on where the court will sit for trial.
Mr Kenyatta’s trial opening is set fo