The court is due to announce its decision on Monday whether to prosecute six influential leaders, including two men planning to run for the presidency this year, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Education Minister William Ruto.
The trial at the criminal court is referred in Kenya as the Ocampo 6.
Today, January 23rd, the ICC suspects ruling will be made in The Hague.
It remains unclear whether the case could block their ambitions, since government officials have issued conflicting statements on whether they will remain eligible to run.
Two recent opinion polls show that the majority of Kenyans back the ICC process. Most citizens have little faith in their own judiciary, widely perceived as corrupt and choking on a backlog of cases.
The ICC 6 suspects include head of the civil service, Francis Muthaura, the nerve center of Kenya’s public industry. He has held several senior positions in government before finally rising to the pinnacle of the public service.
Muthaura was born in 1946 and is a Meru.
Other suspects are Henry Kosgey, Joshua Sang and Hussein Ali, the former police chief. The ruling is highly anticipated in Kenya because of the high profile of politicians involved.
