A spirited campaign to defer the ICC cases has for the second time yielded no results. Consequently, it now appears President Uhuru Kenyatta would have to settle for a video link trial in the likely event that the ICC approves it, as opposed to having the President physically present at the Hague. This is welcome relief for all sides especially because it would allow the trial to take place without humiliating the president. Uhuru would otherwise be the first sitting president to be physically hauled into an ICC courtroom to face charges of crimes against humanity. Uhuru would have...
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