Kenyan president to go to Hague court in personal capacity

By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president said on Monday he would attend a hearing at the International Criminal Court this week, the first sitting world leader to appear in The Hague-based court, although he said he would be going in a personal capacity. Uhuru Kenyatta told parliament he would appoint his deputy, William Ruto, as acting president in his absence to avoid putting the "sovereignty of more than 40 million Kenyans on trial" and would not attend in his position as head of state. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1uQTDAe