MPs back Africa's court of justice

Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki (centre) with Starehe MP Maina Kamanda (right) and former Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu at St James ACK Church in Dagoretti during the church's consecration service Sunday. [Photo: Tabitha Otwori/standard]

Fourteen MPs and a senator in the Jubilee coalition Sunday said the creation of an African Court of Justice will propel Deputy President William Ruto to State House in 2022 by removing him from the clutches of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Ruto is on trial over alleged crimes against humanity at The Hague-based court, alongside journalist Joshua arap Sang following the 2007-08 post-election violence.