Ruto’s ICC defence team delays decision on witnesses

Deputy President William Ruto and his co-accused Joshua arap Sang yesterday deferred a decision on whether they will call defence witnesses if the case proceeds.

Counsels Katwa Kigen for Sang and Karim Khan for Ruto told Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji that they will only make the decision once a ruling on their no-case-to-answer motion is determined. The judge had earlier on advised them to think about whether it was necessary for them to call witnesses in light of their submissions that the standard of proof of the prosecution evidence in the motion be weighed on the basis of “beyond reasonable doubt.”