
International Criminal Court
(ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Wednesday claimed that Deputy Prime
Minister Uhuru Kenyatta bribed witness 4 to drop his evidence against him.
In
a special sitting with Pre-Trial Chamber V judges at The Hague, Bensouda said the
controversial witness had confessed to accepting money last May from Uhuru’s alleged
emissaries to withdraw his testimony.
“Witness
4 revealed in May 2o12 interview that he had been offered, and accepted, money
from individuals holding themselves out as representatives of the accused to
withdraw his testimony against Uhuru,” Bensouda said.
“The
witness provided emails and bank records that confirmed the bribery scheme. In
light of these cumulative revelations, the prosecution considers it is not
useful to call him as a witness,” emotional Bensouda added
Bensouda
said she still has witness 11 and 12 whose evidence helped the Pre-Trial
Chamber to confirm charges of crimes against humanity against Uhuru Kenyatta and
Francis Muthaura.
She
also agreed that the case involving Muthaura is so weak and should be returned
to the Pre-Trial Chamber as witness 4 was the only direct witness against him.
However,
Bensouda who is a Gambian national insisted that the case against Uhuru must proceed
to full trial!
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