The British government has defended meetings by its officials with President Uhuru Kenyatta despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court. Prime Minister David Cameron told the BBC that he met Uhuru because Kenya was playing a vital role fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia. He said Uhuru had assured him that he was cooperating with the ICC and in Cameron's view, he is "innocent until proved guilty." Before the elections, the UK said it would have only "essential contact" with Uhuru if he was elected president because he is an ICC indictee. The trip to the London conference on Somalia...
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