Ocampo six return to The Hague

Written By:Mary Daraja,    Posted: Mon, Aug 29, 2011

Three of the Ocampo six return to the International Criminal Court this week for the confirmation of charges hearing scheduled to kick off on Thursday. Radio Presenter Joshua arap Sang left the country on Sunday while Eldoret North MP is reportedly leaving for The Hague this evening. Suspended Industrialization Minister Henry Kosgey will jet out Tuesday night. And as Sang, Ruto and Kosgey prepare their defence teams to ensure they have no case to answer, the pre-trial chamber II single judge Ekaterina Trendafilova has already released the time table for the proceedings. Their lawyers are already in The Hague. The confirmation hearings for the three where it will be decided if they should be tried and handed over to a different panel of judges  will run between September 1 to 12. The legal officer of the pre - trial Chamber division Mohammed El Zeidy tells about the proceedings. A total of 327 victims have been cleared to participate in the cases facing Sang, Ruto and Kosgey. However, the victims will not be attending the sessions but their lawyers will be present. The Pre-Trial Chamber II will after 60 days either confirm one or more of the charges for trial, or dismiss all of them, for one, two or all the suspects.