In July 2009, the ICC took up an investigation into the 2008 post-election crisis that killed at least 1,200 people, and displaced 600,000 others, after Kenya’s parliament refused on two separate occasions to set up a domestic tribunal. The investigation is based in part on evidence gathered by Kenyan Court of Appeal Judge Philip Waki and included the names of those Kenyan officials deemed to be “most responsible” for the violence. Six Kenyans were named by the ICC prosecutor, and charges against four of those Kenyans – former Higher Education Minister William Ruto, former Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, former civil service chief Francis Muthaura, and radio talk show host Joshua arap Sang – were confirmed on Jan. 23, 2012. Two of these men, Kenyatta and Ruto, have announced plans to run for president and all four are at liberty until a trial begins, likely later this year.
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