Press Statement By Paul Muite S.C on threats to his life over Extra Judicial
Executions in Kenya issued 8th April 2009
Last Sunday, 5th April 2009, I received specific information from credible
sources that Members of the "Kwekwe squad" responsible for carrying out extra
judicial executions have been given instructions to get rid of me.
The question you will ask and the one that jumped to my mind when I received
the information is, what have I done, why now? This is the question my mind has
been grappling with since Sunday.
My conclusion is that the consistent public stand which I have taken on extra
judicial executions may have something to do with it. Some of you Ladies and
Gentlemen of the media will recall that I was amongst the very first public
figures to condemn extra judicial executions and to point fingers at the
Government. I attended the funeral services of both Kingara and Oulu at which I
spoke strongly on Government involvement in the killings. In so
doing, I was aware that Intelligence Officers would be present wanting to know
who was saying what. It is their work.
Recently, Professor Philip Alston handed over his report on extra judicial
executions in Kenya to the ICC Prosecutor, Moreno Ocampo and requested the ICC
to take action.
Behind the scenes, I have myself been urging Ice through emissaries to take
action since this issue is grave and serious. The documented cases are over 600.
Thousands more are listed as missing. It is possible that the Intelligence
agencies are aware of my behind the scenes efforts for ICC to take action. They
listen to phone conversations and hack emails as we all know.
I have accordingly decided to write formally to the ICC Prosecutor Louis Moreno
Ocampo drawing his attention to the imminent threat to my life and urging him to
open investigations into extra judicial executions in Kenya with a view to
prosecuting those involved. I am making available to you copies of my letter to
Mr. Ocampo. You will see from the contents of my letter to Mr. Ocampo that under
Article 28 of the Rome Statute, I finger criminal responsibility for these extra
judicial executions on the President himself, the Hon. John Michuki who was the
Minister of State in the Office of the President in 2006 when this policy of
extermination through extra judicial executions appears to have been formulated
and implementation commenced, the Commissioner of Police, the Director of
Intelligence, the
Commanders of these squads and at the bottom, those officers who carry out the
executions.
It is possible however that the last straw might well have come from the latest
spat with H.E. the President over the criminal raid on KTN and the Standard and
with his then Minister of State in his office in charge of Internal Security the
Hon. John Michuki. It will be recalled that the President himself issued a coded
threat" or where ever else we might meet. It is the only way." My lawyers'
letter to the President in which this coded threat was taken up is a matter of
public record and I make available to you copies of that letter.
The Hon. John Michuki, too, sent a demand letter which was responded to.The
last paragraph of my lawyers' response reads and I quote:-
"Thirdly and finally, we have been instructed to state that our client will
take the suit your client files as invitation to disclose and adduce evidence of
the meeting at which the decision to carry out the criminal operations was made,
who was present and in particular who presided over that meeting and gave the go
ahead, including the fake articles on an alleged visit by "someone" to Southern
Sudan back in 1997 to visit "someone" there.. Your client will bear
responsibility for disclosure of that evidence including the implication and
consequences. "
This too I suspect might have contributed towards the final straw.
If a government which is supposed to protect the lives of its citizens is the
one taking those lives in extra judicial executions and political
assassinations, there is very little a citizen can do to escape execution.
I have called this press conference to let Kenyans know that if anything does
indeed happen to me, let no one be fooled that it was "ordinary thuggery or car
jacking." It will have been pre-meditated political assassination/extra judicial
execution.
It would pain my soul wherever it might be to hear Erick Kiraithe and Dr.Alfred
Mutua telling the public that the Government/Police are investigating with a
view to bringing to book those who might have been involved.
Equally, it is pointless reporting to the Police. They are the suspects who
should be investigated. To report to them will only give them the opportunity to
probe from where the leak might have occurred so that they deal with the
"msaliti" (traitor) the way they dealt with Kiriinya.
Download signed copy of Press Statement dated 8th April 2009
Download signed letter from Paul Muite to Louis Moreno Ocampo on Extra Judicial
Executions in Kenya dated 8th April 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Paul Muite Press Release
Press Statement By Paul Muite S.C on threats to his life over Extra Judicial
Executions in Kenya issued 8th April 2009
Last Sunday, 5th April 2009, I received specific information from credible
sources that Members of the "Kwekwe squad" responsible for carrying out extra
judicial executions have been given instructions to get rid of me.
The question you will ask and the one that jumped to my mind when I received
the information is, what have I done, why now? This is the question my mind has
been grappling with since Sunday.
My conclusion is that the consistent public stand which I have taken on extra
judicial executions may have something to do with it. Some of you Ladies and
Gentlemen of the media will recall that I was amongst the very first public
figures to condemn extra judicial executions and to point fingers at the
Government. I attended the funeral services of both Kingara and Oulu at which I
spoke strongly on Government involvement in the killings. In so
doing, I was aware that Intelligence Officers would be present wanting to know
who was saying what. It is their work.
Recently, Professor Philip Alston handed over his report on extra judicial
executions in Kenya to the ICC Prosecutor, Moreno Ocampo and requested the ICC
to take action.
Behind the scenes, I have myself been urging Ice through emissaries to take
action since this issue is grave and serious. The documented cases are over 600.
Thousands more are listed as missing. It is possible that the Intelligence
agencies are aware of my behind the scenes efforts for ICC to take action. They
listen to phone conversations and hack emails as we all know.
I have accordingly decided to write formally to the ICC Prosecutor Louis Moreno
Ocampo drawing his attention to the imminent threat to my life and urging him to
open investigations into extra judicial executions in Kenya with a view to
prosecuting those involved. I am making available to you copies of my letter to
Mr. Ocampo. You will see from the contents of my letter to Mr. Ocampo that under
Article 28 of the Rome Statute, I finger criminal responsibility for these extra
judicial executions on the President himself, the Hon. John Michuki who was the
Minister of State in the Office of the President in 2006 when this policy of
extermination through extra judicial executions appears to have been formulated
and implementation commenced, the Commissioner of Police, the Director of
Intelligence, the
Commanders of these squads and at the bottom, those officers who carry out the
executions.
It is possible however that the last straw might well have come from the latest
spat with H.E. the President over the criminal raid on KTN and the Standard and
with his then Minister of State in his office in charge of Internal Security the
Hon. John Michuki. It will be recalled that the President himself issued a coded
threat" or where ever else we might meet. It is the only way." My lawyers'
letter to the President in which this coded threat was taken up is a matter of
public record and I make available to you copies of that letter.
The Hon. John Michuki, too, sent a demand letter which was responded to.The
last paragraph of my lawyers' response reads and I quote:-
"Thirdly and finally, we have been instructed to state that our client will
take the suit your client files as invitation to disclose and adduce evidence of
the meeting at which the decision to carry out the criminal operations was made,
who was present and in particular who presided over that meeting and gave the go
ahead, including the fake articles on an alleged visit by "someone" to Southern
Sudan back in 1997 to visit "someone" there.. Your client will bear
responsibility for disclosure of that evidence including the implication and
consequences. "
This too I suspect might have contributed towards the final straw.
If a government which is supposed to protect the lives of its citizens is the
one taking those lives in extra judicial executions and political
assassinations, there is very little a citizen can do to escape execution.
I have called this press conference to let Kenyans know that if anything does
indeed happen to me, let no one be fooled that it was "ordinary thuggery or car
jacking." It will have been pre-meditated political assassination/extra judicial
execution.
It would pain my soul wherever it might be to hear Erick Kiraithe and Dr.Alfred
Mutua telling the public that the Government/Police are investigating with a
view to bringing to book those who might have been involved.
Equally, it is pointless reporting to the Police. They are the suspects who
should be investigated. To report to them will only give them the opportunity to
probe from where the leak might have occurred so that they deal with the
"msaliti" (traitor) the way they dealt with Kiriinya.
Download signed copy of Press Statement dated 8th April 2009
Download signed letter from Paul Muite to Louis Moreno Ocampo on Extra Judicial
Executions in Kenya dated 8th April 2009
Executions in Kenya issued 8th April 2009
Last Sunday, 5th April 2009, I received specific information from credible
sources that Members of the "Kwekwe squad" responsible for carrying out extra
judicial executions have been given instructions to get rid of me.
The question you will ask and the one that jumped to my mind when I received
the information is, what have I done, why now? This is the question my mind has
been grappling with since Sunday.
My conclusion is that the consistent public stand which I have taken on extra
judicial executions may have something to do with it. Some of you Ladies and
Gentlemen of the media will recall that I was amongst the very first public
figures to condemn extra judicial executions and to point fingers at the
Government. I attended the funeral services of both Kingara and Oulu at which I
spoke strongly on Government involvement in the killings. In so
doing, I was aware that Intelligence Officers would be present wanting to know
who was saying what. It is their work.
Recently, Professor Philip Alston handed over his report on extra judicial
executions in Kenya to the ICC Prosecutor, Moreno Ocampo and requested the ICC
to take action.
Behind the scenes, I have myself been urging Ice through emissaries to take
action since this issue is grave and serious. The documented cases are over 600.
Thousands more are listed as missing. It is possible that the Intelligence
agencies are aware of my behind the scenes efforts for ICC to take action. They
listen to phone conversations and hack emails as we all know.
I have accordingly decided to write formally to the ICC Prosecutor Louis Moreno
Ocampo drawing his attention to the imminent threat to my life and urging him to
open investigations into extra judicial executions in Kenya with a view to
prosecuting those involved. I am making available to you copies of my letter to
Mr. Ocampo. You will see from the contents of my letter to Mr. Ocampo that under
Article 28 of the Rome Statute, I finger criminal responsibility for these extra
judicial executions on the President himself, the Hon. John Michuki who was the
Minister of State in the Office of the President in 2006 when this policy of
extermination through extra judicial executions appears to have been formulated
and implementation commenced, the Commissioner of Police, the Director of
Intelligence, the
Commanders of these squads and at the bottom, those officers who carry out the
executions.
It is possible however that the last straw might well have come from the latest
spat with H.E. the President over the criminal raid on KTN and the Standard and
with his then Minister of State in his office in charge of Internal Security the
Hon. John Michuki. It will be recalled that the President himself issued a coded
threat" or where ever else we might meet. It is the only way." My lawyers'
letter to the President in which this coded threat was taken up is a matter of
public record and I make available to you copies of that letter.
The Hon. John Michuki, too, sent a demand letter which was responded to.The
last paragraph of my lawyers' response reads and I quote:-
"Thirdly and finally, we have been instructed to state that our client will
take the suit your client files as invitation to disclose and adduce evidence of
the meeting at which the decision to carry out the criminal operations was made,
who was present and in particular who presided over that meeting and gave the go
ahead, including the fake articles on an alleged visit by "someone" to Southern
Sudan back in 1997 to visit "someone" there.. Your client will bear
responsibility for disclosure of that evidence including the implication and
consequences. "
This too I suspect might have contributed towards the final straw.
If a government which is supposed to protect the lives of its citizens is the
one taking those lives in extra judicial executions and political
assassinations, there is very little a citizen can do to escape execution.
I have called this press conference to let Kenyans know that if anything does
indeed happen to me, let no one be fooled that it was "ordinary thuggery or car
jacking." It will have been pre-meditated political assassination/extra judicial
execution.
It would pain my soul wherever it might be to hear Erick Kiraithe and Dr.Alfred
Mutua telling the public that the Government/Police are investigating with a
view to bringing to book those who might have been involved.
Equally, it is pointless reporting to the Police. They are the suspects who
should be investigated. To report to them will only give them the opportunity to
probe from where the leak might have occurred so that they deal with the
"msaliti" (traitor) the way they dealt with Kiriinya.
Download signed copy of Press Statement dated 8th April 2009
Download signed letter from Paul Muite to Louis Moreno Ocampo on Extra Judicial
Executions in Kenya dated 8th April 2009
CRUMBLING KENYAN LEADERSHIP
I am indeed amazed and at the same time disappointed with what is happening in the Kenyan political arena. Apparently our two most senior leaders are competing for attention behaving like two brothers fighting for their mothers attention, the worst part is that this two leaders the President Kibaki and PM Odinga cant agree on how to run this country despite Kenyans outwards and outspoken demands. Kenyans are a people that are crying for nothing more than some semblence of change, political order, end to corruption , end to impunity and mainly a sign from its leadership that there are doing all they can to uplift our already dehumanizing standards of living. Despite this cries without even the tiniest bit of consideration from our leaders they continue doing what they do best ranting, chanting and crying on how their positions of power are not being respected, on how they cant pay taxes, on who should talk first in the name of protocol , on who has more power than who...this to me is total crap and bullshit showing just how much our leadership has lost its grip on Kenya, this just displays the disconnect between the subjects and the rulers and most importantly this just shows that our leaders are but only watching out for their well being, scratching each others backs, focused only at crowning themselves Lords and Kings over a multrutioned Kingdom.. Its about time our leaders looked beyond their stomachs, they should realise that you cant rule over a starving and crying nation, they need to realise that we dont care who earns what and who controls what, we do no longer care whether it is ODM or PNU the fact is that their are both in goverment and Kenyans will judge them as one, they should realise that they have positions and responsibilities capable of driving the change and reforms we so desire, that one is held responsible with the little that one has and if you cant use the little power that you have to give us the Kenya we want then who would trust to give you even more power.. they should realise that we are fed up and tired of this politics of power and positions and we need to start hearing the politics of results, peace, economic growth, unity and good riddance. You dont need godly power to drive change all you need is an opportunity, the chance, a position to express this change and the belief of the masses in you and I believe our leaders have this . May God give Kenya a new hope and begining.....
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Welcoming maself....
Today is in deed a day to remember starting my blog has proved to be a fun experience after all my wish and ultimate desire is to make it a tool for driving change and tackling issues derailing our advancement as the youth.. i hope to make fun, funny, awesome and indeed a pleasurable experience...My wish is that God continues to give me life and the vigor to ensure this success...May the journey begin....
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