Post election violence survivors plan to make a date with Ocampo
As the International criminal court chief prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo is expected in the country on Thursday this week, the victims and survivors of the post election violence could get a chance to meet with him.
Speaking during a forum to give the victims legal advice on matters of transitional justice, former Kabete Member of Parliament who is also a renowned lawyer Paul Muite, said it is not enough for Ocampo to only meet with the two principles without hearing the side of the victims too.
Muite said the victims must be given a chance to present their petition immediately Ocampo arrives.
The former Member of Parliament is now asking the two principles to allow Ocampo to formally begin investigations into the post election violence.
Muite stated that justice must be served for the survivors of the post election poll and asked the MPs to support the special tribunal bill currently in parliament saying the bill will be a beneficial to the victims in that it gives allocation to the issue of compensation of the survivors.
Most of the victims and survivors who attended the forum organized by the Eldoret centre for human rights and democracy were either shot by the police or injured by the militia and resolved that the chief suspects be taken to The Hague.
Ends…………………Carolyne Koech