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Wako a survivor of numerous indictments
Posted Wednesday, February 25 2009 at 22:16
Attorney General Amos Wako has survived immense condemnation over the failure to prosecute cases during most of his 18 years at the helm of the State Law Office.
The report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial killings is the fourth indictment the government’s legal adviser has had to face in the recent past.
It comes from a man whose position Mr Wako held between 1982 and 1992 as the first UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions. During his tenure, Mr Wako visited the former Yugoslavia, Zaire (DRC), Colombia, Surinam and Uganda.
In 1992, he was appointed by UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros Ghali as a special envoy of the secretary-general to East Timor to investigate an incident in which Indonesian troops fired on a peaceful memorial procession.
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Submitted by thecreaturePosted February 26, 2009 12:32 PM
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Submitted by Absentfromkenya
Honestly, 18years in a state law office and have nothing to show for it!! He must be the longest serving AG in the world!!! He must have got tired of the job 5years into it and the only reason why he has never thought of stepping down is all the free cash we pay him!!!
Posted February 26, 2009 07:04 AM -
Submitted by petert
NICE resume abroad but dirty at home, a case of different paymasters determining the work environment. Change begins at the top and politics determine how things are done. AS long as impunity is part of the culture changing the AG is no better solution. But I do blame him for he seems to stand for nothing except his stomach = greed..
Posted February 26, 2009 06:32 AM -
Submitted by charlle
Now, I don't have anything against Amos Wako, but can we have different people as Attorneys-General? I think he needs to go once his current term is up.
Posted February 26, 2009 06:31 AM -
Submitted by SJ502
His credibility is at an all time low now. As long as the AG office exists to cover up for the politicians, replacing him will bring Kenya right back to the same dilemma:- crooked policemen who will continue to assume the roles of the judge, prosecutor and the executioner...with deadly consequences.
Posted February 26, 2009 04:15 AM
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As long as there is a criminal in State House, Mr Amos Wako's services will always be in need. He is the perfect dirty lawyer who will bend any rules to suit the criminal intents of his boss. There can be no change unless we rid ourselves of the Criminal in Chief!