Copyright @ 2014 Brunel University. This article is available open access through the link below.This article examines the impact of the investigations and prosecutions by the International
Criminal Court (ICC) of Kenya’s serving senior State officials, namely Uhuru Muigai
Kenyatta (President of Kenya) and William Samoei Ruto (Vice President of Kenya). The
focus is limited to the impact the investigations and prosecutions have had, at the time of
writing in December 2013, on the following four aspects only. First, the article considers the
impact investigations and prosecutions have had on domestic legal proceedings in Kenya.
Second, it discusses the impact of the investigations and prosecutions on the ICC
Prosecutor’s approach to investigations. Third, it analyses the impact of the investigations
and prosecutions on the jurisprudence on trial in absentia and amendments to the ICC Rules
of Procedure and Evidence. Finally, it examines the impact the investigations and
prosecutions have had on cooperation with the ICC by Kenya and the African Union
