Kenyatta Can Run for Presidency After Court Declines Ruling
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Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president who’s due to go on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, was cleared to run for the presidency by the country’s High Court.
The court “lacks jurisdiction” to rule whether Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto are eligible to stand for office next month, Judge Hellen Omondi, reading the ruling of a five-member bench, said today in the capital, Nairobi. It’s the “exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.” Their ICC trials are scheduled to begin in April.