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Why ICC wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to be in Hague courtroom

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda addresses journalists at the Serena Hotel

The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges rejected a petition by President Uhuru Kenyatta to be excused again from personally attending proceedings of the court, raising the possibility that he could next month become the first serving Head of State to grace The Hague courtroom as an accused person.

The President will make his first appearance in the court in The Hague as President on Wednesday next week, in a development that could trigger fresh debate regarding the trial of a sitting Head of State by the court, something that the African Union has agitated against.

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