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ICC-PIDS-CIS-KEN-01-001/11_Eng

Updated:7April2011

Situation in the Republic o Kenya

The Prosecutor

v.

William Samoei Ruto, HenryKiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang

Case n ICC-01/09-01/11

CaseInformatio

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William Samoei Ruto (Ruto)

Date o birth 21 December 1966

Place o birth Kamagut village, Kenya

Nationality Kenyan

Ocial position Currently a suspended Minister o Higher Education,Science and Technology o the Republic o Kenya

Summons to appear 8 March 2011

Initial appearance hearing 7 April 2011

Conrmation o charges hearing Scheduled or 1 September 2011

Charges

Pre-Trial Chamber II ound reasonable grounds to believe that Ruto, together with Kosgey, is criminallyresponsible as an indirect co-perpetrator pursuant to article 25(3)(a) o the Rome Statute or the crimesagainst humanity o: murder(article7(l)(a)); forcibletransferofpopulation(article7(l)(d));and persecution(article7(l)(h)).

Henry Kiprono Kosgey (Kosgey)

Date o birth 14 July 1947

Place o birth Nandi district, Kenya

Nationality Kenyan

Ocial position Currently Member o Parliament (MP) and Chairmano the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)



Conrmation o charges hearing Scheduled or 1 September 2011

Charges

Pre-Trial Chamber II ound reasonable grounds to believe that Kosgey, together with Ruto, is criminallyresponsible as an indirect co-perpetrator pursuant to article 25(3)(a) o the Rome Statute or the crimesagainst humanity o: murder(article7(l)(a)); forcibletransferofpopulation(article7(l)(d));and persecution(article7(l)(h)).

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Joshua Arap Sang (Sang)

Date o birth 9 September 1975

Place o birth Kitale, Trans-Nzoia District, Kenya

Nationality Kenyan

Ocial position Currently the head o operations at Kass FM in Nairobi, the Republic o Kenya



Conrmation o charges hearing Scheduled on 1 September 2011

Charges

Pre-Trial Chamber II ound that there are not reasonable grounds to believe that Sang is an indirect co-perpetrator, because his contributiontothecommissionofthecrimeswasnotessential.Instead,theChamberwassatisedthattherewerereasonablegroundstobelievethatSang otherwise contributed (within the meaning o article 25(3)(d) o the Rome Statute) to the commission o the ollowing crimes againsthumanity: murder(article7(l)(a)); forcibletransferofpopulation(article7(l)(d));and

persecution(article7(l)(h)).

Alleged crimes (non-exhaustive list)

Pre-Trial Chamber II ound that there are reasonable grounds to believe that:

Immediately ater the announcement o the results o the presidential election and specically rom 30 December 2007 untilthe end o January 2008, an attack was carried out in locations including Turbo town, the greater Eldoret area (encompassingHuruma, Kiambaa, Kimumu, Langas, and Yamumbi), Kapsabet town and Nandi Hills town, in the Uasin Gishu and NandiDistricts,theRepublicofKenya.Theattackallegedlytargetedthecivilianpopulation,namelytheKikuyu,KambaandKisiiethnicgroups,whichwereperceivedasPNUsupporters.

In particular, the violence in the Uasin Gishu District (encompassing Turbo town and the Eldoret area) allegedly resulted in

1,475housesburnedanddestroyed,approximately230peopledead,505peopleinjuredand7,800peopledisplaced.IntheNandi District (encompassing Kapsabet town and Nandi Hills town), the attack allegedly ended in the death o 7 personsandtheinjuryofmorethan500.Anumberofhousesandbusinesspremiseswerealsolootedandburned.Theperpetratorslet three people dead on 8 January 2008 in Kapsabet town and killed others in the vicinity o the roadblocks erected abouttwokilometersfromKapsabettown.About32,000personswereallegedlyforcedtoseekrefugeatNandiHillspolicestationandinthesurroundingareas.

Allegedly, there was a plan to punish PNU supporters in the event that the 2007 presidential elections were rigged, whichallegedlyaimedatexpellingthemfromtheRiftValley,withtheultimategoalofcreatingauniformODMvotingblock.Inorder to implement the plan agreed upon, Ruto, Kosgey and Sang allegedly established a network o perpetrators belongingtotheKalenjincommunity.ThisnetworkcomprisedeminentODMpoliticalrepresentatives,representativesoftheMedia,formermembersoftheKenyanpoliceandthearmy,Kalenjineldersaswellaslocalleaders.Thenetworkwasallegedlyunderresponsible command and had an established hierarchy, with Ruto as leader, Kosgey as deputy leader and treasurer andSangastheoneresponsibleforcommunicativepurposes.Thenetworkpossessedthemeanstocarryoutawidespreadorsystematic attack against the civilian population, as its members had access to and utilised a considerable amount o capital,guns,crudeweaponsandmanpower.

William Ruto , in his capacity as the most representative Kalenjin leader and head o the organisation established together with Kosgey, who was Rutos deputy, the ODM Chairman, and the MP or Tinderet constituency providedessential contributions to the implementation o the common plan by way o organising and coordinating the commissiono widespread and systematic attacks that meet the threshold o crimes against humanity, in the absence o which the planwouldhavebeenfrustrated.WilliamRutoallegedly:(i)overallplannedandwasresponsiblefortheimplementationofthecommonplanintheentireRiftValley;(ii)createdanetworkofperpetratorstosupporttheimplementationofthecommonplan;(iii)directlynegotiatedorsupervisedthepurchaseofgunsandcrudeweapons;(iv)gaveinstructionstotheperpetratorsastowhotheyhadtokillanddisplaceandwhosepropertytheyhadtodestroy;and(v)establishedarewardingmechanismwith xed amounts o money to be paid to the perpetrators upon the successul murder o PNU supporters or destructionoftheirproperties.

Henry Kiprono Kosgey,allegedly(i)promoted,togetherwithRuto,thecreationofthenetworkofperpetrators;(ii)actively

organisedthemodalities oftheimplementationofthecommonplan, inhiscapacityasRutosdeputy;andthat(iii)hewas responsible fortheimplementationofthecommonplanin theNandiDistrict.Moreover,Kosgeywasallegedlyinchargeofmanagingthenancialresourcesoftheorganisationforthepurposeofimplementingthecommonplan;and(iv)broadcastingfalsenewsregardingallegedmurder(s)ofKalenjinpeopleinordertoinametheatmosphere.


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Joshua Arap Sang , by virtue o his infuence in his capacity as a Kass FM radio broadcaster, allegedly contributed inimplementationofthecommonplanby:(i)placingKassFMatthedisposaloftheorganisation;(ii)advertisingtheorganisationsmeetings;(iii)fanningviolenceby spreadinghatemessagesandexplicitlyrevealingadesiretoexpeltheKikuyus;and(iv)broadcastingfalsenewsregardingallegedmurder(s)ofKalenjinpeopleinordertoinametheviolentatmosphere.

Key judicial developments

Opening o the investigation

On 5 November 2009, the ICC Prosecutor notied the President o the Court o his intention to submit a request or authorisation

to start an investigation into the situation in Kenya pursuant to article 15(3) o the Rome Statute, in regard to the 2007-2008 post-electionviolenceinKenya,inwhichapproximately1300peoplewereallegedlykilled.

On 6 November 2009, the Presidency o the Court assigned the situation to Pre-Trial Chamber II, composed o Judge Ekaterina

Trendalova(presidingjudge),JudgeHans-PeterKaulandJudgeCunoTarfusser.

On 31 March 2010, Pre-Trial Chamber II granted, by majority, the Prosecutions request to open an investigation into alleged crimes

againsthumanityinKenya.Theinvestigationcoverscrimesagainsthumanitycommittedbetween1June2002(thedateoftheRome

Statutes entry into orce or Kenya) and 26 November 2009 (the date the Prosecutors led the request or authorisation to start theinvestigation).

Summonses to appear and initial appearance hearing

On 15 December 2010, the ICC Prosecutor requested Pre-Trial Chamber II o the ICC to issue summonses to appear or six Kenyans

onthebasisthatthereexistedreasonablegroundstobelievethattheywerecriminallyresponsibleforcrimesagainsthumanity.

On 8 March 2011, Pre-Trial Chamber II, by majority, issued the decisions on the applications submitted by the Prosecutor andsummonedWilliamSamoeiRuto,HenryKipronoKosgeyandJoshuaArapSangtoappearbeforetheCourton7April2011;and

FrancisKirimiMuthaura,UhuruMuigaiKenyattaandMohammedHusseinAli,toappearbeforetheCourton8April2011.

On31March2011,theGovernmentofKenyaledanapplicationchallengingtheadmissibilityofthecasebeforetheICC.

Composition o Pre-Trial Chamber II

Judge Ekaterina Trendalova, Presiding Judge

Judge Hans-Peter Kaul

Judge Cuno Tarusser

Representation o the Ofce o the Prosecutor

Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor

Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor

Deence Counsel or William Ruto Samoei

David Hooper

Kioko Kilukumi Musau

Joseph Kipchumba Kigen-Katwa

Kithure Kindiki

Deence Counsel or Henry Kiprono Kosgey

George Odinga Oraro

Julius Kipkosgei Kemboy

Allan Kibet Kosgey

Deence Counsel or Joshua Arap Sang

Joseph Kipchumba Kigen-Katwa

Joel Kimutai Bosek

Philemon Kiptum Koech-Busienei


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