In Kenya 4 Police Officers charged with the murders of Human Rights lawyers: Willie Kimani,Josphat Mwenda & joseph Muiruri (18.07.2016)

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Kenya: Rising Cases of Extra-Judicial Killings by Police Officers (13.07.2016)

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Kenya: Statement on the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) – (01.07.2016)

KTN 30.06.2016

We have noted media speculation about the reported disbandment of the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU).

Whereas the Unit has faced some challenges in the execution of its mandate, it is working to resolve them.

The Unit and its Staff team remain intact and fully committed to their duties.

The Unit will continue to improve on the coherency and consistency of messaging in order to keep the public informed of the President’s transformative development agenda.

Nzioka Waita
Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Head of Public Service.

1 July 2016

Wetangula warns Jubilee administration over ‘auctioning’ Kenya (Youtube-Clip)

“Cord co-principal Senator Moses has warned Jubilee Government against auctioning Kenya. He says no one has a certificate of ownership of this country and that they will not accept theft of public properties” (Daily Nation, 2016).

Samuel Kimeu, the director of Transparency International Kenya, tells us how fraud can be beaten (Youtube-Clip)

“For Samuel Kimeu, director of Transparency International Kenya, dialogue between development banks and civil society is a crucial element in the fight against fraud and corruption” (France 24 English, 2016)

“DP William Ruto ordered the arrest of Cord MPs,” says Senator (Yotube-Clip)

Footage: Jubilee political advisor Joshua Kuttuny says Raila is using the IEBC for political mileage.

Cord suspends anti-IEBC demonstrations until further notice (Youtube-Clip)

“The opposition cord has called off all Anti-IEBC demonstrations indefinitely, announcing that key issues have been agreed on and a motion establishing a join committee to spearhead dialogue will be ready before the end of the week.
The announcement brings relief after nearly two months that have been marked by on and off street protests to demand the disbandment of IEBC” (Kenya Citizen TV, 2016)

CORD Statement on Suspension of Thursday Anti-IEBC Protests (15.06.2016)

Cord Presser 06.06.2016

Last weekend, we announced the suspension of anti-IEBC protests that were scheduled for last Monday because we were convinced that there were positive and fruitful engagements with the Jubilee administration that seemed to be heading in the right direction and that a peaceful and speedy resolution of the IEBC stand -off was in the horizon. We however did indicate that our programmes for demonstrations would resume on Thursday in the event that no serious progress was witnessed before then.

Since then, much more progress has been made and a lot of ground covered on the sticking issues. We see political will and rays of good faith being exhibited by all parties and a conducive and enabling environment created, although we are yet to conclude discussions on a few but equally important issues.

We therefore wish to inform all our supporters and the country at large that CORD has once again agreed to call off Thursday protests to create a conducive environment for the conclusion of talks on the two or three issues that remain outstanding.

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We reiterate once more that as CORD, we hold no cards under the table and our commitment and objective is limited to resolving the IEBC crisis and ensuring that the people of Kenya can have, as of right, free, fair, transparent, credible, verifiable, peaceful and accountable elections in 2017 and beyond.

However, we are deeply concerned about developments in the last few days where our MPs have been detained without trial or charges being proffered against them. The MPs are also being held incommunicado.

We think this environment cannot be sustained to make progress in the dialogue. In the circumstances, Jubilee should conclude expeditiously their response to the issues we have raised and the persecution of our members and leadership must cease. All these unless resolved will see us resume our demonstrations on Monday 20th and Thursday 23rd, 2016.

SEN. JAMES ORENGO

HON. DR. SIMIYU ESELI

Arrested CORD and Jubilee legislators file an appeal against decision to detain them (Youtube-Clip)

“8 legislators from both CORD and Jubilee this morning through their lawyers have filed an appeal against a decision to have them detained until Friday over alleged hate remarks. The legislators are arguing that their arrest goes against the right to post bail, a claim that the office of the director of public prosecution refutes claiming that the legilators will interefere with police investigations. The 8, Moses Kuria, Ferdinand Waititu, Aisha Jumwa, Florence Mutua, Johnstone Muthama, Junet Mohammed, Timothy Bosire And Kimaani Ngunjiri were arrested yesterday following public outcry over alleged remarks made in public believed to amount to incitement and hate speech” (KTN News, 2016).