16th February 2021 Prepared for Free Article on 28/03/2021 at 05:48. Authorized users may download, save, and print articles for their own use, but may not further disseminate these articles in their electronic form without express written permission from Africa Confidential / Asempa Limited. Contact subscriptions@africa-confidential.com. PREVIEW Defence lawyer for Kenya's Deputy President Ruto in the aborted political killings trial gets top post at the ICC The appointment of Karim Khan as new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on 12 February has been commended by the British and Kenyan governments but condemned by African activists who accuse him of bias against civil society.