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Survivors oppose mediation
efforts
Written By: Lempaa Suyianka
KBC Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Posted: Mon, Jan 28, 2008
Victims of post election violence were in court on Monday opposing
the ongoing international mediation efforts between the government
and the Orange Democratic Movement.
The survivors of the Kenya Assemblies of God Church in Eldoret
where several people were burnt to death told the court that it is
the only institution with a mandate to resolve election disputes.
The victims through lawyer Kibe Mungai accused the government of
abdicating its responsibility by rewarding people who have
committed serious crimes against humanity.
They told the court that the Kofi Annan led mediation effort has
no legal framework and would only serve to aggravate the matter.
The victims accompanied by the children who escaped the church
inferno told the court that a culture of impunity will be
encouraged by the mediation.
Meanwhile, Garsen Member of Parliament Danson Mungatana on Monday
filed a notice of appointment of a lawyer to fight an election
petition against him.
Mungatana filed the notice of appointment of Cecil Miller as his
advocate in the petition filed against him by ODM loser Hussein
Dado in the December 27 general election.
Moments after filing the notice Mungatana challenged ODM to
withdraw all eighteen petitions it has filed in court accusing the
party of double standards.
He said it was doublespeak for ODM to accuse the judiciary of
being partisan and thus would not be fair if the party filed a
petition against the presidential election and yet move to the
same courts to contest parliamentary and civic elections.
Meanwhile, former internal security minister and Julius Sunkuli
has opposed an application by Kaddu candidate Johana Ngeno who
wants the ECK to be compelled to declare him the MP for the area.
Sunkuli told Justice Joseph Nyamu that Ngeno had indicted him with
criminal offences in the application saying that the court had no
capacity to hear that case. Justice Nyamu fixed the hearing of the
case for February 4.
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