Who will be held accountable?

Question

POLITICAL AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE
IN KENYA

On 29 September 2003 Tom Mshidi the General Director of East African standard and Divid Makali the chief editor of Sunday Standard were arrested by the criminal investigation department officers (CID) in Nairobi according to Nairobi’s Central PPO, the two men published alarming Newspaper article implicating senior Government officials in reference to the planned execution of Dr. Crispin Odhiambo Mbai.

However on 14 October 2003 Tom Mshidi and David Makali were set free on a bond KSh. 500,000 and a surety of a similar amount.


POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Yet in another closely related incident the government was supposedly partially blamed wherby on 26 October 1981 Mr Adan Hassan populaly known as professor Hassan started his own carrier in Nairobi University as a lecturer in economics 8 year latter he was promoted as a professor in political science and economics for his hard working and started participating in political rally meeting with the opposition members

But unfortunately on the 27 of February 2004 professor Hassan was found dead with 3 bullet in his chest.

According to Newspaper articles published on the 19th of May 2004, it was believed that professor Hassan’s death had something to do with the his political life and the people who were involved in his death.

A statement which was made by the journalist who published that article says that they paid an amount of money so that the article can be published and he was too close to the family before his disappearance on the 22 of may 2004.

The question still remains can people who commit heinous crimes and are still working for the Government ever be brought to book?

Answer 1

This is the same as happened in South Africa, but within one race. In time, there will be justice if the people demand it.