President Uhuru Kenyatta's International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will no longer have access to the United States of America after her visa was revoked.
According to a statement from her office, as reported by US media outlet Reuters, the revocation was as a result of her inquiry into a case in which United States is accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.
"We can confirm that the U.S. authorities have revoked the prosecutor’s visa for entry into the U.S.,” read the statement in part.
This comes roughly a month after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to withdraw U.S. visas of ICC staff that investigated the allegations of the U.S. forces or their allies.
United Nations was, however, not impressed by the superpower country's move terming the reaction as "improper interference” in the work of the court that specialises in international crimes.
Reuters further revealed that the revocation would significantly affect both Bensouda herself and the UN Security Council since she regularly travels to brief the commission on cases referred to The Hague by the UN body.
The U.S., together with Russia and China, are not members of ICC.
Uhuru, together with his deputy William Ruto, had been indicted at the ICC in connection with post-election ethnic violence in 2007-08, in which 1,200 people died.
The case which was prosecuted by Bensouda, however, collapsed after the charges of crimes against humanity were withdrawn.
"My conscience is absolutely clear," stated Uhuru at the time after the case collapsed.
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