KNCHR POSITION ON AMNESTY FOR ALLEGED PERPETRATORS OF POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE
I. Introduction
Recently, a debate in Kenya has raged regarding whether persons arrested in the wake of the post election violence should be prosecuted or granted amnesty. These persons comprise mainly youths from Rift Valley, Nyanza, Coast, Central and Nairobi Provinces who are alleged to have committed [...]
MINUTES OF THE CCP MEETING HELD AT OXFAM OFFICES, SHELTER AFRIQUE HOUSE ON 16/05/08
CORE CORE GROUP MEMBER PRESENT
1. Amb. Bethuel Kiplagat
Matters Arising
Security at Internally Displaced Camps
Mathare
Security is a major threat in Mathare and as it is, there are gangs from both the Kikuyu and Luo communities terrorising residents. The gang leaders are [...]
KENYA: Govt raises funds, resettlement ongoing despite hitches
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) at a camp in Eldoret, Rift Valley Province
NAIROBI, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has raised Ksh1.46 billion (US$22.4 million) of the Ksh30 billion ($462 million) it says it needs to resettle at least 350,000 people displaced [...]
KENYA: IDPs in Central reluctant to return to Rift Valley
Photo: Waweru Mugo/IRIN
Samuel Ngumo Kamau and wife, Teresia Muthoni, and their three-week old baby
RURING’U, 23 May 2008 (IRIN) - Samuel Ngumo Kamau cannot dispel the images of burning houses and Kenyans killing each other from his mind – a key factor in his [...]
KENYA: Concern over increase in illegal arms after post-poll violence
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
A boy plays with mud pistols in Nairobi’s Mathare slum: The post-election violence in January and February led to an increase in illegal guns in circulation across the country
NAIROBI, 26 May 2008 (IRIN) - Very little has been done to check [...]
Date: 07 May 2008
Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #13 (FY 200
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 23, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- According to USAID/OFDA staff, on May 5, the Government of Kenya (GOK) launched an [...]
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE
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CCP REPORT
INTRODUCTION
Following the announcement of the disputed presidential elections and the subsequent violence, there emerged an urgent need to initiate a process that would have national appeal for calm as solutions were being sought. [...]
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: 16 Apr 2008
IDPs in Kenya hesitant to return home despite relative calm
CHOGOCHO, Kenya, April 16 (UNHCR) – Thousands of internally displaced people (IDP) in Kenya are still hesitant to go home despite the return of peace to parts of the country affected by post-election violence at the [...]
Kenya: Too scared to go home
RUMURUTI, 28 March 2008 (IRIN) - A month after clashes erupted in Kenya’s Rift Valley district of Laikipia West, calm has returned but internally displaced persons (IDPs) are yet to return home, with leaders voicing concern over the acquisition of guns by communities living in the area.
“Let us not confuse [...]
KENYA: Urban displaced still looking for [...]
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