Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop the case against him, claiming lack of evidence.  He is trying to avoid becoming the first sitting head of state to go on trial at the ICC , in his case for alleged crimes against humanity.

The court at The Hague is unlikely to make a decision on Wednesday. 

Prosecutors admit that they don't have enough evidence linking Kenyatta to violence after Kenya’s 2007 presidential elections that left more than 1,200 people dead.  But they claim that Kenyan authorities are blocking their investigation.  Kenyatta denies the charges, and says ICC investigators got bad information from a rival politician.

Kenyatta left Vice President William Ruto in charge during the week that he is in The Hague.  Ruto is also facing charges at the Hague because of the 2007 street battles, although on the other side of the violence from Kenyatta.  The two men now lead a unity government.