LAWRENCE NZUVE, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta has resigned on Thursday together with the Secretary to the Cabinet and head of the Public Service Ambassador Francis Muthaura. The two alongside Eldoret Member of Parliament William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua Sang were on Monday ordered to stand for trial by the International Criminal Court based at The Hague, Netherlands.
President Kibaki has in the meantime appointed Njeru Githae and Francis Kimemia in acting capacity to the ministry of finance and head of public service respectively.The two top Kenyan officials had been suspected of masterminding the blood bath that was the disputed 2007 general elections in Kenya and where more than 1000 people were killed and thousands displaced.
The ruling by the ICC which also acquitted a former Police Commissioner (Rtd Major General) Hussein Ali and Tinderet member of parliament Henry Kosgey had divided the country sharply with the civil society filing a case in court to compel them to resign from their positions while Uhuru's colleague in the Cabinet and senior lawyer Mutula Kilonzo had openly called for their resignation citing the constitution.
Source: http://www.africanews.com/site/Kenyas_finance_minister_resigns/list_messages/40979
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