A group of former torture victims led by former detainees Koigi Wa Wamwere, Otieno Mak'Onyango and Njeru Kathangu who moved to court earlier this month with an application to bar Bethuel Kiplagat from chairing the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission has formally filed its main suit.
The group claims that Kiplagat served under retired president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and may not be neutral enough to guarantee truth and justice.
They claim that the Kiplagat-led team was not gazetted before it was sworn in as required by law.
The group further claims that Kiplagat was made an ambassador by Moi on tribal grounds and that while acting as an ambassador in the United Kingdom he defended torture, abuse of judicial process and ideals of one party dictatorship.
They further say they do not have confidence in Kiplagat who they claim is not legible to serve either as the chairman or a commissioner of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission.
The group says as former victims of torture they will not be appearing before Kiplagat claiming that he should be a crucial witness for the commission.
The case will be heard on the 11 of September after all the parties in the suit are served with the suit papers.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a tribally laced case against Bethuel because he never and has never abetted torture or crimes against humanity. Bethuel is an upright diplomat who is above the petty attacks by people like Koigi who are failures when it comes to the defense of human rights safe for the kikuyu interests.
ReplyDeleteLeave Bethuel to reconcile Kenyans koigi cannot.
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