According to the death certificate in possession of the Office of The Prosecutor, the person died on December 31, 2007 at the Moi Referral Hospital, while the witness claimed he took the body to the mortuary a day earlier/FILE
According to the death certificate in possession of the Office of The Prosecutor, the person died on December 31, 2007 at the Moi Referral Hospital, while the witness claimed he took the body to the mortuary a day earlier.
“Are you aware that person died on 31st December? He was admitted at a particular ward for treatment at Moi Referral Hospital but tragically the person did not survive, he died at the hospital, and that is what the prosecution’s document – the certificate of death – shows,” Khan explained.
But the witness insisted that he saw the person’s body lying in a pool of blood on December 30, 2007 and in fact took it to the mortuary.
The witness during his earlier testimony told the ICC judges that the person’s body had machete cuts on the face.
The witness told the court that on December 31, he was at a café near a fundraising event in Ziwa in Eldoret where funds were raised to sponsor the 2007 attacks in the Rift Valley.
According to the witness, during the harambee that lasted for about 20 minutes, Jackson Kibor announced that Ruto had sent a contribution of Sh200, 000.
Khan will continue cross-examining the witness on Thursday afternoon when he is expected to conclude his session ahead of a status conference on Friday.
The status conference will provide a road-map of the next sessions of the trial against Ruto and Sang.
Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji on Wednesday said the prosecution will be required to close its case in early 2015.
This will pave way for the defence teams of Ruto to decide if they will file a motion of no-case-to-answer or prepare a defence case to challenge the prosecution’s evidence.
Meanwhile, the Government of Kenya has been invited to make submissions by December 22 regarding the prosecutor’s leave to appeal the Trial Chamber V (b)’s decision not to refer Kenya to the Assembly of State Parties for non-cooperation.
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wants to be allowed to appeal so that Kenya can be reported to the ASP for failing to cooperate with her office in submission of documents required in the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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