Six Kenyan leaders face charges over violent election campaign

SIX Kenyan leaders were yesterday accused of being behind organised violence following the country’s 2007 election that left more than 1,000 people dead.

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo wants them to be charged with crimes against humanity including murder, rape and torture.

The violence began over who would take the presidency and then took on ethnic overtones. But it is the case against former higher education minister William Ruto that could cause the most violent backlash in Kenya.