On April 16, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will host a "thanksgiving service" at a Nakuru stadium to express his gratitude that the International Criminal Court (ICC) dropped charges of crimes against humanity against his deputy president, William Ruto, and a co-defendant, Joshua arap Sang, last week.
Kenyatta called the case's closure the end of "what has been a nightmare for my nation." The case was the last pending before the ICC directly related to the deadly violence that rocked Kenya in the wake of the 2007 elections; charges against Kenyatta himself were formally dropped last year. Supporters of Kenyatta and Ruto may celebrate this Saturday, but the nightmare for victims of that violence goes on.
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