President Uhuru Kenyatta planned, financed retaliatory attacks, Bensouda says

A man goes past a burning shop with his belongings at the height of the 2007/08 post-election violence. [PHOTO: FILE]

NAIROBI: Details of the case The Hague Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had woven around President Uhuru Kenyatta include names of prominent figures allegedly linked to the 2007 post-election violence.

Bensouda also sensationally claims Uhuru attended meetings to plan punitive attacks and bankrolled Planned Publication Mungiki raiders. The document sketches out the prosecution’s case that never went to trial after Bensouda was forced to withdraw charges for lack of sufficient evidence. However, it may be unsettling to President Kenyatta’s government given the damning claims against some senior officials who were however not brought to trial.