At Monday's hearing, which ended in the eighth adjournment, lawyers argued that the International crimes division [ICD] of the High court has no jurisdiction to try the 32 persons accused of killing Muslim clerics in 2014.
The court, which follows the template of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was set up to try perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide including commanders of the Joseph Kony-led LRA and other rebel groups. Although it was set up eight years ago, during the three preliminary hearings spanning the last eight months, it became glaringly clear that judges and lawyers are not so conversant with procedural issues of the court.
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