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Download: The KNCHR Position On Waki Report

As the debate on the Waki report rages, the position of the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights can now be download here at KSB.

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Okoth Osewe.

November 13, 2008 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | Leave a Comment

Kip: “Waki Report Should Be Flushed Down The Drain”

Kenyans of goodwill lets not rush to embracing what is masquerading as an independent commission report aka Waki report. To me this is nothing but a poorly done highly hyped piece of malice wrapped up in libel . When the report itself acknowledges the fact that Kenya is a tribalized nation, it went ahead and hired staff exclusively from the Kikuyu community. The two ladies who were hired to assist the expatriate judges were all from Kikuyu ethnic group.

The methodology they used in their investigation was bogus. The report acknowledges that they only interviewed 15 people in Eldoret and non of whom was a Kalenjin. And all those interviewed were selected and propped up by lawyers on what to say and how to testify. The Commission had an extensive report on Kericho but they did not conduct any interviews there.

They acknowledge lifting excerpts verbatim from the highly tribalized Kenya Human Rights Commission. They also sourced their report from the Akiwumi report and, as I read it, I found myself wondering whether I was reading Akiwumi report or Waki’s. I found the tired old line that has been replicated over and over again from one commission to another saying, ”A politician in Rift Valley told residents around Eldoret that they should get rid of Madoadoa” This is a tired line that found a home in Akiwumi report and was later adopted by the KHRC.

Now it is finding a new home in Waki. This quote, by the way, was attributed to President Moi in the run up to the 1992 elections. They also say that they were aided and abetted by the Catholic diocese of Nakuru and, as all of us may remember, the Catholic church was so partisan and pro-Kikuyu in the run up to the elections and after. Does the name Cardinal Njue and Ndingi Mwana Nzeki ring a bell? They also said that they worked hand in hand with NGO’s based in R. Valley.

As all of us know, most of the NGO’s in Rift Valley are headed and run by the Kikuyu and those that are run by the Kalenjin are not aggressive. The report also said that they relied on security briefing from the nation’s security apparatus but the same report did not consider the fact that the said briefing may have been partisan owing to the well known tribalized nature of Kenya’s security apparatus.

It is sad to note that Raila is rushing to embrace this piece of junk. Though I understand that he is in a hurry to reposition himself for 2012 and beyond, it is wrong for this guy to throw our people under the bus. I am afraid that Raila will smile all the way to the bank when Ruto and other prominent Rift politicians are hauled to The Hague. According to Raila’s evil scheme, the sooner he ditches the evil Rift Valley politicians the sooner he gets the anticipated kiss from the Central elites.

Raila is only playing the game he has always played, bait and switch. Raila’s bait and switch political career reads like Machiaveli’s “The Prince”. From the beginning of his political career, he has always done that. He baited and switched from his colleagues who engineered the deadly 1982 coup. His friends faced the hangman’s noose while he remained intact. He baited and switched from his friends from the Original FORD and Raila lived to fight another day. He betrayed the guy who handed him the NDP, Oludhe.

He baited and switched from Kibaki to form alliance with Moi. He jumped ship to betray Moi to join hands with Kibaki in the run up to 2002 elections. He later betrayed the cause to form an alliance with us led by Ruto and Kalonzo. He betrayed Kalonzo and later paid the price when Kalonzo betrayed him back.

He found a friend in the name of ODM founder Imanyara and betrayed him in a blink of an eye. After the guy salvaged Raila by handing him his party, Raila refused to honor his end of the deal, to nominate him to parliament. When the guy tried to seek some answers from Raila, he was met with security personnel who told him to ran as fast as he could for his life depended on it.

I am worried that Raila will bait and switch again. By the time 2012 comes around Raila will be hanging out with Martha Karua and some sellouts from Rift Valley including Henry Kosgei while Ruto and others are languishing in some dirty jail somewhere. Raila will be dangling some other carrot to the electorate this time round. The Kalenjin having been intimidated and taught a good lesson will sing along. The Majimbo song will be an old version folksong and Moi will be saying, “I told you so!”

Kipngetuny arap Lembus

November 13, 2008 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | 6 Comments