Mr Kenyatta became the first serving
head of state to appear at an ICC
hearing earlier this month. He denies charges of crimes against
humanity, including inciting violence
after Kenya's disputed 2007 polls. But the court says it is concerned over
the Kenyan government's ability to
ensure confidentiality of the case. In a report released on Tuesday, the ICC's Trial Chamber V specifically
referred to the leaking of details of a
confidential request from the ICC
judges to help freeze or seize
President Kenyatta's assets. The request was issued under seal,
however, the Kenyan authorities filed
public documents in 2013 referring to
the request, which Mr Kenyatta's
lawyers later apologised for. Details of the request later resurfaced
in Kenyan media in April and
September this year, in what the court
described as "a pattern of information
contained in confidential filings being
leaked to the media, in some cases even before the filings have been
notified to the chamber". It subsequently issued a "formal
caution" to the Kenyan government,
noting "cumulative inattention to the
taking of appropriate measures to
ensure the confidentiality of
proceedings". Mr Kenyatta is facing five charges
relating to ethnic violence after the
2007 elections that left some 1,200
people dead and 600,000 displaced -
the worst violence in Kenya since
independence in 1963. On 8 October, he was summoned to
appear at an ICC "status conference" -
a pre-trial hearing. But correspondents say the case has
reached deadlock, with the
prosecution accusing the Kenyan
government of withholding vital
evidence and the defence saying that
without evidence, there should be no trial. http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29713161