Africa
21 September 2011 Last updated at 04:55 GMT 
Ex-police chief Hussein Ali and the head of the public service Francis Muthaura are also accused.
They deny murder, forcing people from their homes, rape and persecution.
More than 500,000 people fled their homes in 30 days of violence which followed the elections.
The trio - all supporters of President Mwai Kibaki - were named by ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo as being behind the bloodshed, along with three allies of election rival Raila Odinga, now the prime minister.
'Vigilante group' Mr Ocampo alleges that a criminal plan was put in place in the Rift Valley for supporters of President Kibaki to be attacked after the election.
The prosecutor alleges that attacks by a vigilante group were planned during a meeting at State House. For that reason many Kenyans will be keenly following the proceedings to see if the president's name comes up, our correspondent says.
Earlier this month two ex-Kenyan ministers William Ruto and Henry Kosgey, as well as radio executive Joshua Arap Sang, appeared to face pre-trial hearings over their alleged part in the violence.
The men, all supporters of Mr Odinga's opposition Orange Democratic Movement, denied involvement in attacks on members of Mr Kibaki's Party for National Unity in the Rift Valley.
Kenya last month lost an appeal to try the six men in Nairobi, rather than than at the ICC in The Hague.
Mr Kenyatta will be the first person to give pre-trial evidence at the ICC
Kenya's deputy prime minister is to testify at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he and two others are accused of crimes against humanity.
Judges will consider whether to allow Uhuru Kenyatta's prosecution over links to violence which killed 1,200 people after the country's election in 2007.Ex-police chief Hussein Ali and the head of the public service Francis Muthaura are also accused.
They deny murder, forcing people from their homes, rape and persecution.
More than 500,000 people fled their homes in 30 days of violence which followed the elections.
The trio - all supporters of President Mwai Kibaki - were named by ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo as being behind the bloodshed, along with three allies of election rival Raila Odinga, now the prime minister.
'Vigilante group' Mr Ocampo alleges that a criminal plan was put in place in the Rift Valley for supporters of President Kibaki to be attacked after the election.
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Kibaki allies
ICC Suspects
- Uhuru Kenyatta, deputy PM and finance minister
- Francis Kirimi Muthaura, secretary to the cabinet
- Mohammed Hussein Ali, former police chief
- Henry Kosgey, minister for industrialisation
- William Ruto, suspended education minister
- Joshua Arap Sang, radio executive
In retaliation, he says, police were given the green light to use excessive force and a vigilante group was organised to attack civilians.
BBC East Africa Correspondent Will Ross says the decision by Mr Kenyatta, 49 - son of the country's first president Jomo Kenyatta - to testify in person is significant because it would be the first time a suspect has done this at the ICC at the pre-trial stage.The prosecutor alleges that attacks by a vigilante group were planned during a meeting at State House. For that reason many Kenyans will be keenly following the proceedings to see if the president's name comes up, our correspondent says.
Earlier this month two ex-Kenyan ministers William Ruto and Henry Kosgey, as well as radio executive Joshua Arap Sang, appeared to face pre-trial hearings over their alleged part in the violence.
The men, all supporters of Mr Odinga's opposition Orange Democratic Movement, denied involvement in attacks on members of Mr Kibaki's Party for National Unity in the Rift Valley.
Kenya last month lost an appeal to try the six men in Nairobi, rather than than at the ICC in The Hague.
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