Kenya, African Union ready for battle with International Criminal Court

Cabinet Secretary for Defence Rachael Omamo (left) with her foreign affairs counterpart Amina Mohammed follow proceedings during the official opening of the fourteenth session of the assembly of state parties to the Rome Statute at the Hague on 18th November, 2015

The battle lines have been drawn as Kenya seeks to ensure recanted evidence is not used in Deputy President William Ruto's case.

The opening remarks on the first day of the 14th Session of the Assembly of State Parties in The Hague, Netherlands proved that Kenya and the African Union (AU) on one side and the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the other, are ready to face off. Kenya's twin agenda-the reversal of the application of Rule 68 on prior recorded testimony, and the audit of ICC prosecution witnesses in the cases against Mr Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang, will be considered tomorrow.