ICC should temporarily withdraw charges against Kenya’s President

Once again, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s lawyers have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw the charges against him. “It is my submission at this stage to this court to dispose of this matter,” said Stephen Kay, Kenyatta’s lead counsel, in hearings at The Hague on 10 July. “We have reached a stage where there is no evidence.”

This is not the first time Kenyatta’s team have demanded that the ICC gets off their client’s back. In February they made a similar argument, claiming the prosecution case had “collapsed”. But the court didn’t buy it, and gave the prosecution a few more months to gather evidence, in particular all-important financial records.