Worrying the witnesses

The people behind the post-election political violence are threatening witnesses and trying to derail the international investigation

Claims that a senior official in the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has been handing over information to politicians about witnesses to the 2007 post-election violence threaten the viability of local enquiries into the killings as well as the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is due to start formally next month.

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Kofi Annan, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Omar Hassan, Florence Simbiri-Jaoko, Oku Kaunya, Millicent Kaunya, Ken Wafula, Whistle-blowing witnesses, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Bernard Kirinya, Congo-Kinshasa, Sudan, Mutula Kilonzo

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