Politics
Ocampo targets PNU and ODM
Some 1,133 people were killed and more than 650,000 evicted from their homes in the wake of the madness that followed Kenya’s disputed 2007 presidential election. Judge Philip Waki (right) is seen with President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga moments after presenting to them his report in the violence. Photo/FILE
Posted Thursday, March 4 2010 at 22:24
After the first wave of violence, he says, leaders of the “victimised communities” formed a policy of launching revenge attacks. This, he adds, explains the rationale behind the violent attacks by Mungiki in Naivasha, Nakuru and Nairobi.
Mr Moreno-Ocampo accuses politicians of being responsible for the expulsion of people from certain areas in the country, leading to displacement of more than 650,000 people. The submission indicates that incitement started during the electoral campaigns and this corresponds to areas where “large-scale attacks were carried out by thousands of raiders”.
It adds that leaders held “clandestine meetings” in Nairobi and Rift Valley to plan the violence. “Meetings of this kind have been consistently reported by witnesses with first-hand knowledge and both the CIPEV (Waki commission) and the KNCHR assessed as credible and reliable,” says Mr Moreno-Ocampo.
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Submitted by kahnjoPosted March 06, 2010 05:51 AM
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Submitted by WANJIKU_
i feel a lot of pain as anyoneelse who cares to remember they burnt,old children in a church,and they keep on smiling on cameras ,and we most kenyans coz we r doomed, we keep entertaining them,what a country! ,what a shame! but after all justice is catching up.
Posted March 05, 2010 07:38 PM -
Submitted by Isaya Baraza
The first step for the suspects of PEV is to resign from Government positions and await investigations and subsequent prosecution. Influential personalities means Politicians. Kenyans are pointing fingers to them.
Posted March 05, 2010 06:58 PM -
Submitted by Hillaryio
I was particularly interested in this line in this article:He told judges at The Hague on Wednesday that while PNU used State agencies, their opponents in ODM used criminal gangs to execute their politically motivated schemes.
Posted March 05, 2010 05:44 PM -
Submitted by Majicman
The big question is whether Kenyans are ready to stand firm and let those who instigated the violence to face the full force of the law or Kenyans will start burning each other again in the name of "one of our own". This should mark the begining of a new Kenya ellse we are doomed forever.
Posted March 05, 2010 04:06 PM
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Why is it that politicians never own up especially in our country?The perperators of the 2007 violence and even those before are known but they are still holding powerful positions in Gov.Kenyans we should all reject these kind of leaders come 2012 even if they are our brothers or sisters because as they tell us to go and fight they make sure their own are safe but while we are out there fighting,our own are killed.Surely why should we fight with each other because of them?????