This is The Hague case, says NASA of police killings

Siaya senator James Orengo and Junet Mohamed addressing the press on the ongoing IEBC demonstrations when they meet at Okoa Kenya on 14/10.2017 (photo:Jenipher Wachie)

National Super Alliance (NASA) has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government of sanctioned genocide against the civilians. Consequently, they warned that they will be seeking justice at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

NASA said Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi and Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet should be held responsible for the crimes against humanity inflicted on their supporters during anti-IEBC protests. They vowed to take action against the two State agents.

Led by Siaya Senator James Orengo, NASA leaders condemned what they termed as excessive force by the security officers.

“Kenya is a signatory to the Rome Statute. What is happening in the country in regards to ethic profiling, especially the Luo community falls in purview of genocide. This is a classic example of crimes against humanity,” said Orengo.

Orengo said Jubilee government appeared to be deliberately persecuting people in Luo Nyanza.

“There is a determination to turn Luo land into the Biafra or Kosovo of Kenya. You do not need to kill more than 100 people to classify the police actions as genocide against civilians. Article 6 and 7 of the International Crimes Act is clear, you cannot kill people advancing different agenda,” said Orengo.

Other NASA leaders also weighed in on the matter.

“There are goons and mercenaries hired by the State to commit various atrocities against the NASA supporters,” said Suna East MP Junet Mohammed.

Mohammed said it was wrong for police to kill innocent Kenyans who are exercising their democratic rights.

“Are these people not Kenyans? This is totally unacceptable,” said Mohammed.

Orengo, who was addressing the press at Okoa Kenya offices ahead of today's rally in Mombasa said the anti-IEBC protests will continue from Monday.

He further warned that they will not sit back and watch their supporters getting killed.

“If the brutality against our people continues, we will not sit back and see our people being butchered. We will take action that will ensure the self-defense of our people against a marauding State,” he stated

Orengo, who gave a status report of the Friday demos, condemned the teargassing of nursery school students in Kisumu County.

“Among the hospitalised were over 20 pupils of the Mount Carmel Academy in Nyalenda, whose school was invaded by police officers who threw teargas canisters at the pupils in the middle of a lesson,” said Orengo.

Kindergarten pupils

He censured the police actions saying the school was not a scene of the protests.

“This is the second time police have attacked kindergarten pupils in Kisumu.”

Orengo also condemned the killing of two people in Bondo, Siaya County saying police was not justified to use excessive force.

“In Bondo town, the police shot dead the three unarmed men at close range completely without justification,” he pointed out.

He dismissed the police justification for the killings.

“One senior officer said the three were shot while trying to invade a police station. Another has said they were looting a shop. Yet another said they attacked a police officer in the course of the protests,” said Orengo.

NASA appealed to the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) and credible human rights organisations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Kenya Human Rights Commission, IMLU and investigate the Bondo incident.