Confusion at International Criminal Court over push to bar recanted evidence in Ruto, Sang cases

Ambassador Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Kenya makes her presentation during the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) Youth and Women Day in Nairobi on July 24th, 2015. PHOTO: ANDREW KILONZI

The Kenyan delegation in The Hague had a few anxious moments in their lobbying as the Assembly of State Parties drew to a close, yesterday.

The anxiety was largely due to conflicting reports from the meeting. At one point, reports indicated that the Government's bid to fight the use of recanted evidence in the case against Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang by the International Criminal Court had collapsed.