Blinkered Justice

Now that one of the most vocal critics of the Waki Report, Hon. William Ruto, has backtracked and acceded to its implementation, the question is: What quo is he getting for his quid?

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Questioning Waki's Structural Conditions

Amidst the myriad complaints against the Waki Report, I have yet to read or hear or see anything that discusses the structural conditions under which the report was written. A few samples taken from the report, my emphases.

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Waki at Safari Park

Just got done with the news and such discussion as ofen succeeds it. The Parliament is at Safari Park, mixing it with diplomats, civil society leaders, etc for what the papers describe as a high level seminar on the Power-Sharing deal and on-going reconciliation efforts. The President spoke about forgiveness and moving on, the Prime Minister spoke about not retreating into ethnic cocoons asking instead that we look out for the longer term interests of Kenya. Would to God.... 

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News: On Waki

The report persists as the talk of the town here, with the media almost hysterical in their condemnation of anyone who dares question the accepted wisdom while a consensus seems clear among the politicians that a local solution, i.e. the tribunal is best placed to serve Kenya's interests.

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Waki at Safari Park

Just got done with the news and such discussion as ofen succeeds it. The Parliament is at Safari Park, mixing it with diplomats, civil society leaders, etc for what the papers describe as a high level seminar on the Power-Sharing deal and on-going reconciliation efforts. The President spoke about forgiveness and moving on, the Prime Minister spoke about not retreating into ethnic cocoons asking instead that we look out for the longer term interests of Kenya. Would to God....

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Kabuye Rwanda and Universal Jurisdiction

This one is for Daktari and Gathara over on the article on Waki.Again from this week's East African.  Three things you did not know,

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Waki-ing up to Reality

Surprise, surprise! It now emerges that the change of mind by principals in ODM and PNU regarding the implementation of the Waki report had nothing to do with the interests of Kenyans at large. 

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Sticks and Stones, words do hurt us

Just got this from Juan Cole’s blog. Well, US security people say that when Sarah Palin went on the attack against Obama, particularly when she suggested he had been ‘palling around with terrorists’, the effect on some of her constituency was to suggest that he(Obama) posed such a great threat to the USA, that he deserved to be killed, hence an upswing in assassination plots.

It is sad that Waki did not think the three year campaign of hate from Raila and the ODM chiefs against the Gikuyu was at all significant, or that it served to whip up passions to such a level that friends saw no evil in hacking their neighbours.When you see people in prominent positions calling for a Lesotho, when you see Ngilu, Orengo and the thug himself frothing against the privilege of the Gikuyu, or telling the people that Kibaki will hand over to Uhuru and the Gikuyu will rule for ever, then you know a storm is coming.

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Waki report into the Post-Election Violence in Kenya

The report appears to have been released earlier today. Highlights of the report published here. Join us in a discussion.