4 thoughts on “Why Raila Odinga’s Name Was Not in The Waki Envelope”
Raila haters like Tony Gachoka and Miguna Miguna have tried all tricks in the bag to have his name at the ICC. Uhuru Kenyatta keeps mentioning that Raila was the main perpetrator of the post-election violence (PEV). Why can’t he prove it? Paul Muite also alluded to the same argument during the first Presidential Debate. However, the former ICC prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo made it clear that Kibaki and Raila were not listed because their differences as presidential contenders at that time were political and not criminal. Meanwhile, Uhuru and Ruto’s charges are criminal.
Raila has mentioned several times that if one has sufficient evidence to challenge his actions during the PEV, then he is ready to face trials. Miguna mentioned during his first book launch that he has enough evidence to pin both Kibaki and Raila, yet he has not formalized the process with the ICC. He is a lawyer who should know better that publishing allegations without following the right channels holds no water. Tony Gachoka wrote to the ICC along similar lines but was never given an audience.
As we head to the 2013 elections, let us remember what the Ocampo Four are charged with:
Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted on 8 March 2011 on five counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. Kenyatta, as a supporter of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, is alleged to have planned, financed, and coordinated the violence perpetrated against the perceived supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement, the political party of the President’s rival, during post-election violence from 27 December 2007 to 29 February 2008. Kenyatta is alleged to have “had control over the Mungiki organization” and directed it to conduct murders, deportations, rapes and other forms of sexual violence, persecutions, and other inhumane acts against civilians in the towns of Kibera, Kisumu, Naivasha, and Nakuru. Kenyatta was summoned to appear before the Court on 8 April 2011 and the confirmation of charges hearing was held from 21 September 2011 to 5 October 2011, in conjunction with the cases against Mohammed Ali and Francis Muthaura. All the charges against Kenyatta were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Francis Muthaura was indicted on 8 March 2011 with five counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. As the Head of the Public Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, and Chairman of the National Security and Advisory Committee of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, he is alleged to have planned, financed, and coordinated the violent response against the perceived supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of the President’s rival, during post-election violence from 27 December 2007 to 29 February 2008. Specifically, Muthaura is alleged to have directed and paid Mungiki forces loyal to the President to attack civilians and instructed Mohammed Ali, the Commissioner of the Kenya Police, not to intervene against Mungiki forces. Muthaura is allegedly criminally responsible for murders, deportations, rapes and other forms of sexual violence, persecutions, and other inhumane acts perpetrated by Mungiki forces against civilians who were perceived to be loyal to the ODM in the towns of Kibera, Kisumu, Naivasha, and Nakuru. Muthaura was summoned to appeared before the Court on 8 April 2011 and the confirmation of charges hearing was held from 21 September 2011 to 5 October 2011, in conjunction with the cases against Mohammed Ali and Uhuru Kenyatta. All the charges against Muthaura were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
William Ruto was indicted on 8 March 2011 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. He is alleged to be the leader of an ad hoc organization created by members of the Kalenjin ethnic group which was created to perpetrate violence on behalf of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, during post-election violence in December 2007 and January 2008. On 1 August 2011, the charges were reduced to three counts. Ruto, as the a top leader in the ad hoc Kalenjin organization, directed Kalenjin youths to target civilians of the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, which were perceived to be supporters of the Party of National Unity, the political party of Odinga’s opponent during the election. Ruto is alleged to be criminally responsible for the murder, deportation, torture, and persecution of civilians in the towns of Kapsabet, Nandi Hills, Turbo, the greater Eldoret area. Ruto first appeared before the Court, voluntarily, on 7 April 2011 and through the confirmation of charges hearing, which was held in conjunction with the cases against Henry Kosgey and Joshua Sang. All the charges against Ruto were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Joshua Sang was indicted on 8 March 2011 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. He is alleged to a top leader of an ad hoc organization created by members of the Kalenjin ethnic group which was created to perpetrate violence on behalf of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, during post-election violence in December 2007 and January 2008. On 1 August 2011, the charges were reduced to three counts. As a broadcaster for the Kass FM radio station, Sang incited Kalenjin youths to target civilians of the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, which were perceived to be supporters of the Party of National Unity, the political party of Odinga’s opponent during the election. He is alleged to be indirectly responsible for indirectly for the murder, deportation, torture, and persecution of civilians in the towns of Kapsabet, Nandi Hills, Turbo, the greater Eldoret area. Sang first appeared before the Court, voluntarily, on 7 April 2011 and through the confirmation of charges hearing, which was held in conjunction with the cases against William Ruto and Joshua Sang. All the charges against Sang were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Outrage over Stockholm cops’ ‘racial profiling’
Police in Stockholm have been accused of racial profiling on the city’s public transit system by targeting “foreign-looking” commuters in an effort to deport illegal immigrants.
Published: 21 Feb 13 14:42 CET
On Wednesday, Gonzalo Munoz, who was born and raised in Sweden by Chilean parents, was approached by a police officer while waiting for a friend inside a Stockholm metro station.
The officer spoke to Munoz in English.
“I’d like to see your passport because you are suspected of being in Sweden illegally,” the officer said, according to an account offered by Munoz to Sveriges Television (SVT).
When Munoz was able to produce his Swedish passport, the officer apologized and let him continue, but the incident nevertheless left him angry.
“It’s discriminatory,” he said.
“And it feels like all of this work going on at Central Station is based on prejudice and racism, more or less.”
Munoz’s story is one of several that have emerged in recent weeks as officers have stepped up their efforts in cooperation with both the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården) and the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) to find and deport illegal immigrants.
The name of the project, Reva, has been trending as a hashtag on the Swedish homepage of Twitter in recent days. Commentators from across the political spectrum have reacted in anger to stories of police engaging in questionable tactics to enforce deportation orders.
“This has turned the metro turnstiles into a life-threatening danger zone for the most vulnerable people in our society,” wrote a furious Maria Ferm, the Green Party’s migration policy spokeswoman, about the police action on the Stockholm metro system.
Centre Party MP Johan Hedin said police should be more careful in deploying ID checks, warning that police’s unwarranted controls “are not only a crime against good taste, but also against the law and should stop immediately”.
Migration policy spokespeople for the Christian Democrats and Left Party also condemned the behaviour of Stockholm police, with the Christian Democrat MP Caroline Szyber calling it a “witch hunt”.
National police spokesman Sören Clerton defended officers’ methods, however, explaining police were simply following the mandate given to them by the government.
Activists, meanwhile, are tweeting to plot where the police are working on any given day. An informant network has also sprung up in other social media.
“Police at Högdalen tube station checking IDs, be warned,” read one tweet last week.
Since 2008, police in Stockholm have doubled the number of forced deportations in recent years, apprehending 2,154 illegal immigrants last year, compared to 1,071 in 2008, according to the police’s own statistics.
Ferm also pointed out that Swedish law allows police check only when there is a “well-grounded suspicion” that a person could be in Sweden illegally, and said a failure to respect the letter of the law would be paramount to racial profiling.
Her party has an at-times fraught relationship with the government, which invited the Greens to cooperate on migration issues to keep the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats out of the decision-making process in parliament.
Without the Greens, the right-of-centre coalition government would not have enough votes to legislate and the latest police actions have prompted her to question the government’s priorities.
The police, meanwhile, have defended themselves by saying they are simply acting on the instruction of lawmakers.
“We’re highly critical of the fact that the government has chosen to prioritize deportations and has given that mandate to police,” Ferm told SVT.
Having sexual relationship with corrupt kenyan leaders many not few hence this woman was very cheap in taking men for a night-stand Ms. Frazer is a private citizen in the United States and an apparent apologist for Jubilee here in Kenya. She would most likely have been comfortable with a PNU regime after the 2007 elections; any winner other than Raila? Ms.Frazer was an exchange student at Univ. of Nairobi during the early 1980s and seems to complete the troika of Americans (Senator Chris Coons and former Amb. Gration) who seem to be running a separate agenda from that of merely acting for US Citizens’ interests relative to the GOK and the people they know? Ms. Frazer’s comments were inappropriate and could easily be construed as critical of the Bush Administration refusal to sign on to the ICC; she apparently does not trust American courts-neither military nor civilian- to bring to trial US Citizens accused of atrocities, violations of the laws of war and crimes against humanity. Ms Frazer should make herself clear particularly on this issue; as a private US Citizen academic/investor she is welcome to join some 20,000 other private US Citizens in Kenya from March 1st; she can enjoy the best advice of the US Embassy and SHELTER IN PLACE ! Here in Nairobi, not there in her safe haven in the States
Raila haters like Tony Gachoka and Miguna Miguna have tried all tricks in the bag to have his name at the ICC. Uhuru Kenyatta keeps mentioning that Raila was the main perpetrator of the post-election violence (PEV). Why can’t he prove it? Paul Muite also alluded to the same argument during the first Presidential Debate. However, the former ICC prosecutor Luis-Moreno Ocampo made it clear that Kibaki and Raila were not listed because their differences as presidential contenders at that time were political and not criminal. Meanwhile, Uhuru and Ruto’s charges are criminal.
Raila has mentioned several times that if one has sufficient evidence to challenge his actions during the PEV, then he is ready to face trials. Miguna mentioned during his first book launch that he has enough evidence to pin both Kibaki and Raila, yet he has not formalized the process with the ICC. He is a lawyer who should know better that publishing allegations without following the right channels holds no water. Tony Gachoka wrote to the ICC along similar lines but was never given an audience.
As we head to the 2013 elections, let us remember what the Ocampo Four are charged with:
Uhuru Kenyatta was indicted on 8 March 2011 on five counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. Kenyatta, as a supporter of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, is alleged to have planned, financed, and coordinated the violence perpetrated against the perceived supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement, the political party of the President’s rival, during post-election violence from 27 December 2007 to 29 February 2008. Kenyatta is alleged to have “had control over the Mungiki organization” and directed it to conduct murders, deportations, rapes and other forms of sexual violence, persecutions, and other inhumane acts against civilians in the towns of Kibera, Kisumu, Naivasha, and Nakuru. Kenyatta was summoned to appear before the Court on 8 April 2011 and the confirmation of charges hearing was held from 21 September 2011 to 5 October 2011, in conjunction with the cases against Mohammed Ali and Francis Muthaura. All the charges against Kenyatta were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Francis Muthaura was indicted on 8 March 2011 with five counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. As the Head of the Public Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, and Chairman of the National Security and Advisory Committee of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, he is alleged to have planned, financed, and coordinated the violent response against the perceived supporters of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of the President’s rival, during post-election violence from 27 December 2007 to 29 February 2008. Specifically, Muthaura is alleged to have directed and paid Mungiki forces loyal to the President to attack civilians and instructed Mohammed Ali, the Commissioner of the Kenya Police, not to intervene against Mungiki forces. Muthaura is allegedly criminally responsible for murders, deportations, rapes and other forms of sexual violence, persecutions, and other inhumane acts perpetrated by Mungiki forces against civilians who were perceived to be loyal to the ODM in the towns of Kibera, Kisumu, Naivasha, and Nakuru. Muthaura was summoned to appeared before the Court on 8 April 2011 and the confirmation of charges hearing was held from 21 September 2011 to 5 October 2011, in conjunction with the cases against Mohammed Ali and Uhuru Kenyatta. All the charges against Muthaura were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
William Ruto was indicted on 8 March 2011 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. He is alleged to be the leader of an ad hoc organization created by members of the Kalenjin ethnic group which was created to perpetrate violence on behalf of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, during post-election violence in December 2007 and January 2008. On 1 August 2011, the charges were reduced to three counts. Ruto, as the a top leader in the ad hoc Kalenjin organization, directed Kalenjin youths to target civilians of the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, which were perceived to be supporters of the Party of National Unity, the political party of Odinga’s opponent during the election. Ruto is alleged to be criminally responsible for the murder, deportation, torture, and persecution of civilians in the towns of Kapsabet, Nandi Hills, Turbo, the greater Eldoret area. Ruto first appeared before the Court, voluntarily, on 7 April 2011 and through the confirmation of charges hearing, which was held in conjunction with the cases against Henry Kosgey and Joshua Sang. All the charges against Ruto were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Joshua Sang was indicted on 8 March 2011 on four counts of crimes against humanity with regard to the situation in the Republic of Kenya. He is alleged to a top leader of an ad hoc organization created by members of the Kalenjin ethnic group which was created to perpetrate violence on behalf of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), the political party of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, during post-election violence in December 2007 and January 2008. On 1 August 2011, the charges were reduced to three counts. As a broadcaster for the Kass FM radio station, Sang incited Kalenjin youths to target civilians of the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, which were perceived to be supporters of the Party of National Unity, the political party of Odinga’s opponent during the election. He is alleged to be indirectly responsible for indirectly for the murder, deportation, torture, and persecution of civilians in the towns of Kapsabet, Nandi Hills, Turbo, the greater Eldoret area. Sang first appeared before the Court, voluntarily, on 7 April 2011 and through the confirmation of charges hearing, which was held in conjunction with the cases against William Ruto and Joshua Sang. All the charges against Sang were confirmed by Pre-Trial Chamber II on 23 January 2012.
Outrage over Stockholm cops’ ‘racial profiling’
Police in Stockholm have been accused of racial profiling on the city’s public transit system by targeting “foreign-looking” commuters in an effort to deport illegal immigrants.
Published: 21 Feb 13 14:42 CET
On Wednesday, Gonzalo Munoz, who was born and raised in Sweden by Chilean parents, was approached by a police officer while waiting for a friend inside a Stockholm metro station.
The officer spoke to Munoz in English.
“I’d like to see your passport because you are suspected of being in Sweden illegally,” the officer said, according to an account offered by Munoz to Sveriges Television (SVT).
When Munoz was able to produce his Swedish passport, the officer apologized and let him continue, but the incident nevertheless left him angry.
“It’s discriminatory,” he said.
“And it feels like all of this work going on at Central Station is based on prejudice and racism, more or less.”
Munoz’s story is one of several that have emerged in recent weeks as officers have stepped up their efforts in cooperation with both the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården) and the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) to find and deport illegal immigrants.
The name of the project, Reva, has been trending as a hashtag on the Swedish homepage of Twitter in recent days. Commentators from across the political spectrum have reacted in anger to stories of police engaging in questionable tactics to enforce deportation orders.
“This has turned the metro turnstiles into a life-threatening danger zone for the most vulnerable people in our society,” wrote a furious Maria Ferm, the Green Party’s migration policy spokeswoman, about the police action on the Stockholm metro system.
Centre Party MP Johan Hedin said police should be more careful in deploying ID checks, warning that police’s unwarranted controls “are not only a crime against good taste, but also against the law and should stop immediately”.
Migration policy spokespeople for the Christian Democrats and Left Party also condemned the behaviour of Stockholm police, with the Christian Democrat MP Caroline Szyber calling it a “witch hunt”.
National police spokesman Sören Clerton defended officers’ methods, however, explaining police were simply following the mandate given to them by the government.
Activists, meanwhile, are tweeting to plot where the police are working on any given day. An informant network has also sprung up in other social media.
“Police at Högdalen tube station checking IDs, be warned,” read one tweet last week.
Since 2008, police in Stockholm have doubled the number of forced deportations in recent years, apprehending 2,154 illegal immigrants last year, compared to 1,071 in 2008, according to the police’s own statistics.
Ferm also pointed out that Swedish law allows police check only when there is a “well-grounded suspicion” that a person could be in Sweden illegally, and said a failure to respect the letter of the law would be paramount to racial profiling.
Her party has an at-times fraught relationship with the government, which invited the Greens to cooperate on migration issues to keep the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats out of the decision-making process in parliament.
Without the Greens, the right-of-centre coalition government would not have enough votes to legislate and the latest police actions have prompted her to question the government’s priorities.
The police, meanwhile, have defended themselves by saying they are simply acting on the instruction of lawmakers.
“We’re highly critical of the fact that the government has chosen to prioritize deportations and has given that mandate to police,” Ferm told SVT.
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Having sexual relationship with corrupt kenyan leaders many not few hence this woman was very cheap in taking men for a night-stand Ms. Frazer is a private citizen in the United States and an apparent apologist for Jubilee here in Kenya. She would most likely have been comfortable with a PNU regime after the 2007 elections; any winner other than Raila? Ms.Frazer was an exchange student at Univ. of Nairobi during the early 1980s and seems to complete the troika of Americans (Senator Chris Coons and former Amb. Gration) who seem to be running a separate agenda from that of merely acting for US Citizens’ interests relative to the GOK and the people they know? Ms. Frazer’s comments were inappropriate and could easily be construed as critical of the Bush Administration refusal to sign on to the ICC; she apparently does not trust American courts-neither military nor civilian- to bring to trial US Citizens accused of atrocities, violations of the laws of war and crimes against humanity. Ms Frazer should make herself clear particularly on this issue; as a private US Citizen academic/investor she is welcome to join some 20,000 other private US Citizens in Kenya from March 1st; she can enjoy the best advice of the US Embassy and SHELTER IN PLACE ! Here in Nairobi, not there in her safe haven in the States