Kenya was on Monday accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of refusing to hand over President Uhuru Kenyatta`s records.
Kenyatta is facing charges of crimes committed against humanity between 2007 and 2008 resulting in the death of 1700 people.
“The Office of the Prosecutor requests the Chamber to find that the Government of Kenya has failed to comply with the April 2012 request to provide financial and other records of the accused,” Fatou Bensouda said in papers filed before the Hague-based court.
“All of its previous attempts to secure the records have been exhausted,” she added.
February 5 is the date set for Kenyatta`s trial while his deputy Ruto`s trial began on September 10.
Prosecutors believed the documents “may shed light on the scope of the accused’s conduct, including the allegation that he financed the crimes with which he is charged.”
“For 19 months the OTP’s repeated requests have been met with obfuscation and intransigence,” Bensouda added, asking judges to now refer the matter to the court’s oversight and legislative body, the Assembly of States Parties.
Kenyatta and Ruto have complained that their trials being held in the Netherlands are disturbing the running of their nation as they have to keep on travelling up and down.
The UN Security Council recently rejected a draft resolution by African countries to suspend Kenyatta and Ruto’s trials for a year.
African leaders have raised concerns on the way the African leaders are being treated by the ICC who they have accused of discrimination.
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