ICC orders Kenya to report on Uhuru wealth................................................................................................. Kenya has two weeks to report to the ICC Trial Chamber the steps it has taken in submitting President Kenyatta‘s financial records. Failure to comply would incur the risk of the country being cited for non-cooperation with the ICC. This could, in turn, influence the conditions under which President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto will be tried during the hearing of their cases at The Hague. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has already written to the government seeking information on Mr Kenyatta’s bank accounts, assets, ownership of companies and financial transactions in the lead-up to the 2007 elections and early 2008. The letter, which will not be made public at any time by the ICC, was delivered in strict confidence following a ruling by the Trial Chamber more than two weeks ago requiring the government to submit the information. In their ruling, Trial Chamber Judges Kuniko Ozaki (Presiding), Robert Fremr and Geoffrey Henderson did not leave any room for the government to wiggle out of the order to submit the information. Kenya stands to be referred to the Assembly of State Parties if it fails to comply. Wednesday, Ms Bensouda’s office confirmed it had written to the government seeking information about the President’s wealth. “The Office of the Prosecutor can confirm that we are in contact with the Government of Kenya pursuant to Trial Chamber V(B)’s 31 March 2014 decision on the Prosecution’s application of non-compliance pursuant to Article 87(7),” the statement from the office said. Attorney General Githu Muigai could not be reached by telephone to confirm receipt of the letter. Following the letter, the government and Ms Bensouda are required to file an update with the Trial Chamber at the end of this month on the progress in the submission of the information sought.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 05:20:56 +0000
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