The Prosecutor has
concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe crimes
against humanity were committed, in the first
Prosecution case, by:
1. William Samoei
Ruto - currently: Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Technology (suspended), MP for Eldoret
North and during the PEV, MP for Eldoret North. The
Prosecution considers that he was one of the
principal planners and organizers of crimes against
PNU supporters;
2. Henry Kiprono
Kosgey - currently: Minister of
Industrialization, MP for Tinderet Constituency, ODM
Chairman and during the PEV: MP for Tinderet. The
Prosecution considers that he was one of the
principal planners and organizers of crimes against
PNU supporters; and
3. Joshua Arap Sang
- currently Head of Operations, KASS FM and
during the PEV: Radio broadcaster. The Prosecution
considers that he was one of the principal planners
and organizers of crimes against PNU supporters.
And in the second
Prosecution case, by:
4. Francis Kirimi
Muthaura - during the PEV and to date: Head of
the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet and
Chairman of the National Security Advisory
Committee. The Prosecution considers that he
authorized the Police to use excessive force against
ODM supporters and to facilitate attacks against ODM
supporters.
5. Uhuru Muigai
Kenyatta - currently: Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Finance. The Prosecution considers that
during the PEV he helped to mobilize the Mungiki
criminal organization to attack ODM supporters; and
6. Mohamed Hussein
Ali - currently: Chief Executive of the Postal
Corporation of Kenya and during the PEV he was
Commissioner of the Kenya Police. The Prosecution
considers that during the PEV he authorized the use
of excessive force against ODM supporters and
facilitated attacks against ODM supporters.
The names announced and
their role in both government and the opposition should
send a warning signal to politicians in Sierra Leone
more so the ruling APC party led by President Koroma
whose operatives appear hell-bent on him either winning
a second term in 2012 or ......
Kindly take a look at the
main actors now facing trial
Mohamed Hussein Ali was
the head of the police being the first man to have been
moved from the Air Force to head the Police - an anomaly
still to be explained by President Kibaki because,
according to the ICC, there was cooperation between the
pro-Kibaki and Kikuyu Mungiki and pro-PNU youth and in
their attacks against the ODM supporters, perceived or
otherwise, the head of the police turned a blind eye.
"The Police under Ali did not prevent the attacks or
punish its instigators. Even when middle level
perpetrators were arrested, they were rapidly released
without any charges".
"The
cooperation between the Kenyan Police Forces and the Mungiki and the
pro-PNU youth is confirmed by the lack of police intervention before,
during and after the attacks. Despite knowing the identity and location
of Mungiki perpetrators, the Kenyan Police Forces did not prevent the
attacks or punish its instigators. The few mid-level perpetrators who
were arrested were rapidly released, without any
charges, after the intervention of local civil or political authorities."
Compare police action in
Sierra Leone against the main opposition SLPP and APC
operatives caught red-handed in violent acts against
perceived SLPP supporters.
Go back in time too and
hear former head of the Police Brima Acha Kamara telling
the BBC that SLPP supporters attacked the SLPP offices,
ransacked rooms and carted away any available item.
Brima Acha stated that the
attacks were carried out by SLPP supporters who had not
been paid for work done for the party and that the
attackers were on a "pay yourself" mission.
When one Idrissa Kamara,
aka Leatherboot a one-time bag carrier for former NPRC
Mines minister Reginald Glover and one Soriba who played
a similar role to Tom Nyuma attacked the man at a hotel
in Bo and even though evidence obtained saw the police
bringing charges and court action against them, the
former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Serry
Kamal used his infamous nolle prosequi
card to let them off the hook!!!
Leatherboot is now
President Koroma's Chief Protector and Chief Buddy never
mind photographic and video evidence of him in action as
the police and ruling party activists sacked the offices
of the opposition yet again.
The head of the police,
one Francis Munu has been kicked upstairs ahead of more
senior officers and the recruitment of APC party
loyalists continues unabated both in the Police and the
army - all aimed at intimidating voters come 2012.
The Sierra Herald had in
one edition given a nutshell account of what now passes
for the OSD. This is the paramilitary police unit, a
purely APC party creation whose top echelon are sworn to
and dedicated to keeping the APC in power at all cost.
Members of this force seen openly dancing and singing
when Ernest Bai Koroma was declared the winner of the
2007 run-off polls and dare you ask why?
So how did a radio
journalist get involved to the extent that he now has
his name on the ICC list?
For this we would refer
you to what happened in Rwanda and a particular
publication,
the Kangura.
We would also refer you to
other journalists who used their positions of influence
to turn things upside down in favour of their masters
despite massive human rights abuses committed by their
masters.
In Sierra Leone listeners
in 1997 can recall former BBC broadcaster Hilton Fyle
and his chat show on his "We Believe in God" FM radio in
Freetown.
Despite the massive
crackdown on journalists during AFRC repression, there
were consenting newspaper editors who were allowed to
carry on while others were forced underground. Two of
those who gained the favour of the original AFRC during
those troubled days were -
Expo Times with
editors like Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Gibril Koroma and
yes you guessed it - the Torchlight edited by one Sheka
(Shekito)Tarawallie.
When the rights group
Amnesty International condemned the massive human rights
abuses by the AFRC of Johnny Paul Koroma, the Expo Times
came out with
this article in
support of extra-judicial executions of all those
thought to be critical of the junta.
Here's
the observation of
one colleague when he heard of the ICC charges against
radio journalist Joshua Arap Sang. He too, has a warning
for colleagues in Uganda as that country prepares for
elections.
To end we would like to
add our little warning to those who see no wrong in one
Ernest Bai Koroma and are allowing themselves to become,
willingly too, disciples and propagators of intolerance,
hate and unbridled venom against anyone perceived to be
critical of the actions of their demi-god Ernest Bai
Koroma.