{"id":41,"date":"2016-04-08T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/kenya-icc-ruling-catholic-bishops-speak\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:29","slug":"kenya-icc-ruling-catholic-bishops-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/kenya-icc-ruling-catholic-bishops-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: \u2018ICC ruling,\u2019 The Catholic Bishops speak about the plight of the Victims of Post-Election Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nThe
\nCatholic Bishops of Kenya have said that they see the ICC ruling involving the
\nDeputy President and a Journalist not as an outcome of winners and losers,
\ninstead an opportunity to be more conscious of the plight of the victims of post
\n\u2013election violence, to invest more in building true reconciliation and work
\ntowards a truly united Nation.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn
\ntheir Press statement issued at the end of their Ordinary Plenary Assembly in
\nNairobi on 8th April 2016, the Bishops stated that the outcome of
\nthe ruling does not resolve the cause and pain of the violence. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWe
\nrealize that the trauma of the post-election violence has not been fully
\nhealed. Moreover, many of the displaced persons still have not gotten justice,\u201d
\nthey said adding that \u201cIt must never be forgotten that many people lost their
\nlives; thousands more were displaced and have never gone back to normal life.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe
\nBishops appealed to the National Government and other County Governments, to
\noffer solutions for the victims, through compensations and plans of
\nreconciliation and integration. \u201cThis is an opportunity for Kenya to sincerely
\ndemonstrate its commitment of NEVER again to take the Country back to the dark
\ndays of 2007\/2008,\u201d they said. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nRecently,
\nthe International Criminal Court (ICC) has thrown out the case against Kenyan
\nDeputy President William Ruto and a Journalist Joshua Sang. The two were
\nalleged with murder, deportation and persecution charges during the violence
\nthat followed the 2007 elections in which about 1,200 people were killed.  The court ruled, there was insufficient
\nevidence. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOn
\nthe issue of corruption, the Catholic Bishops said that it is the cancer that
\nis killing the country. \u201cThe fact that the cancer has spread to all arms of
\ngovernment and is going on in both national and County Governments, as well as
\nother sectors of the Kenyan society, tempts one to despair and to give up
\nwithout a fight,\u201d they said adding that \u201cWe can’t give up. Now is the time to
\nrise and face this malignant disease with all the weapons we have.\u201d <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe
\nBishops pointed their finger to the Police and other security agencies saying
\nthat the endemic corruption in their offices has become one of those diseases
\nthat have eaten into the fabric of the Nation, thereby exposing Kenyans to the
\nperennial threats of terrorism, insecurity and violence. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThis
\nis clearly obvious to Kenyans in the bribes exchanged at police check points
\nand stations. Our borders are not secure, our roads are mere collection points,
\nour towns and villages are not safe. Kenyans do not feel safe,\u201d they said. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cKenyans!
\ngive no bribe, receive no bribe!\u201d they stated. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBy AMECEA Online News Reporter<\/i><\/div>\n

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