By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Posted Sunday, February 5 2012 at 22:30
Posted Sunday, February 5 2012 at 22:30
Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has said that the government will rein in politicians who incite Kenyans to violence.
He said that the move was aimed at ensuring that the political turmoil that was witnessed in 2008 does not recur.
“We want politicians to go on with campaigns in a peaceful way and not to incite Kenyans against one another in order to get power,” he said.
Speaking in Eldoret at the weekend, the Prof Saitoti said that peace and reconciliation committees in North Rift have been revived to ensure that peace prevails in the run-up to the polls.
The minister added that several suspects behind tribal clashes in Moyale and Isiolo had been arrested and would soon be charged in court.
“Normalcy has resumed and we have also intensified patrols in the affected areas in order to restore peace,” he said.
Women rights monitors
Meanwhile the Women Rights Institute for Peace will train and deploy women rights monitors in eight counties of Rift Valley that are prone to violence to monitor, document, and report and confront electoral injustices directed at women.
Executive director Mariam Suleiman said that the monitors would be sent to Uasin Gishu, Trans-Nzoia, Nakuru, Narok, Baringo, West Pokot, Kericho and Elgeyo Marakwet.
“There will be at least 30 monitors in each of the counties and this will ensure that information on women rights violations relating to this year’s election are documented to facilitate action,” Ms Suleiman told journalists in Eldoret on Sunday.
She said they would work closely with security agencies, the national cohesion team and the Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission to ensure that women exercise their political rights freely.
The director also urged the government and development partners to support women victims of post-election violence reconstruct their lives ahead of the General Election.
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