Court: Uhuru's name stays in Kenya chaos report

The High Court has dismissed an application by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta to expunge his name from a report linking him to Kenya's post election violence.

The court ruled Friday that public interest in the matter overrode his interest saying that the report was already in the public domain.

Mr Kenyatta had moved the court to have his name struck out of a Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR) report that had implicated him of complicity in the chaos that rocked the country after a disputed presidential election in 2007.

The violence left 1,133 people dead and a further 650,000 others uprooted from their homes.

Justices Roselyne Wendoh and Abida Ali Aroni said that Mr Kenyatta was not given a fair hearing by the commission, but his rights do not override those of the public.

Defend himself

The Judges said that the Deputy Prime Minister still has options to defend himself if any of the organisations, which were handed the report seek to investigate him.

The KNCHR gave the report to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Waki Commission, the Attorney General and the media.

The court, therefore, dismissed his prayers seeking to expunge his name from the report and any other findings touching on his person.

Mr Kenyatta lawyer's Desterio Oyatsi said he will study the ruling before his client decides the next move.

The commission was represented by Pheroze Nowrojee in the case.

Mr Kenyatta was among high-profile personalities named in the KNCHR report: On the Brink of the Precipice: A Human Rights Account of Kenya's Post 2007 Election that linked 219 persons to the chaos.