President Kenyatta has hit out at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over plans to revive the 2007/2008 post-election violence cases.
Kenyatta, who spoke on Wednesday during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) signature collection, said the move amounts to reopening old wounds.
“I am not in agreement with those who are trying to resurrect the 2007/8 post-election violence cases. That was dealt with,” said Kenyatta.
He added: “You don’t know what kind of a problem you are starting. You have to think before you talk. You have to think before you act. We don’t want war. Some of us know the benefits of peace and the only way available is to resolve the existing issues through constitutional and legal means.”
On Monday, DCI head George Kinoti announced they had recorded a total of 118 cases related to the post-election chaos that led to the killing of over 1,000 people.
“We have registered around 72 cases from those whose wives, husbands or children were killed…We have recorded cases of some who were driven out of their homes…We have 118 cases in total registered today with complainants and witnesses,” he said during a media briefing at DCI headquarters in Nairobi.
Kinoti’s remarks triggered protest from a section of political leaders led by Deputy President William Ruto, who claimed the move is intended to create tribal divisions.
“The provocative incitement to ethnic hate/division intended by the resurrection of PEV is an evil attempt to resuscitate the tribe project destroyed by the hustler movements’ realization that poverty and unemployment deliberately bred by poor leadership is our problem, not our tribes,” said Ruto.
On Tuesday, Kinoti issued another statement saying he was misquoted and there were no intentions to reopen the cases.
“My address yesterday was in no way intended to mean that we are going to open completed cases which were investigated and closed. It was an acknowledgment of concerns raised by Kenyans, to assure the public of the commitment of the DCI to investigate all reported threats to security and to sensitize the public on the need for peaceful co-existence,” said Kinoti.
Well Mr. President! I…
Well Mr. President! I support the DCI in his quest to open up the 2007/8 cases of human rights abuse in the Rift Valley! Certain tribes are still being harassed in the Rift Valley because of your fall out with Ruto! We cannot keep hiding the truth forever; and this is the right time to reopen the 2007/8 cases! Let the chips fall wherever they may!
Kenyans are mature enough to handle whatever finding the DCI will come up with in his report! We can keep on saying that revisiting the issues of that fateful period of time will divide the country! The country is already divided! And the losers are the victims of what the politicians initiated.
What has divided the country is hiding the truth of who started the skirmishes and for what purposes. Those who killed innocent people should be brought to book and be given the opportunity to clear their names at The Hague! DO Ruto still got a case to answer at the ICC and no one should try to protect him and those others who committed gross crimes!
2007 will never be put to rest while we have DP Ruto running across the country sanctioning the killing of innocent youth as it recently happened in Muranga! No one he is now saying reopening the cases is evil simply because the hiding of the truth benefits Ruto more than anyone else!
Also bear in mind that the families of those who lost the loved ones will never have a closure while the perpetrators re still out there! The perpetrators are still harassing the victims in the Rift Valley as they make every effort to hide the truth.
Those who lost pieces of land and businesses in Eldoret have not been compensated yet! They lost homes, shops, transport operations, etc! Someone is in possession of those businesses! Who is it???
The only beneficiaries are people like your DP Ruto who snatched Mr Muteshi’s farm and later kept on harassing the old man to a point of stress killing him recently! Bear in mind many others died unnecessarily!!
So the criminals who killed others benefited and they are still benefitting because you are telling us to not seek the truth! Kinoti is on the right path and investigations should be reopened!
We want the truth to be revealed so that the victims can have a closure of whatever happened to them! They, the victims, want to have some sort of conclusion to 2007/8 matters! We can’t keep burying our heads in the sand rest the same nonsense will happen again in 2022; with BBI or without BBI.
Let us not protect the politicians who committed crimes by sacrificing innocent ordinary Kenyans! Kenyans are mature to hand raw stuff! So, Mr. President, stopping kinoti from doing his job will put you on the wrong side of history! Kinoti is right and we should all support him!!
Well said. That would will…
Well said. That would will keep festering. There will be no healing without the truth and justice. PEV is a boil that just festers.
I differ with your opinion…
I differ with your opinion Uhuru! Investigations should be reopened by the dci to help reconcile the truth with what happened in 2007.
There is no better time to reopen the cases than now to prevent the recurrence of 2007 in 2022! The only reason Kenya is reasonably at peace is the idea that some politicians still have an open case to answer at The Hague!
Murkomen said earlier you throw kinoti under the bus because he is trying to put his thumb inside your eye! Sudi is busy talking because he knows the role he played at the happenings of the Kiambaa church which is in his constituency. We also need to know exactly what role DP Ruto played in the killings of innocent people (mostly children) and the stealing of land in 2007.
The kalenjin community bear the entire burden of what happened in 2007/8 in the Rift Valley! There will never be peace until 2007 matters have been legally put to rest! The Hague is the only place to solve those crimes!
This is what suppression of…
This is what suppression of justice is all about.
UHURU ;RUTO and RAILA had thousands die because of politics, but now it time mot reopen old wounds….
What are you guys scared of?
The Hague?
It will come you breath your last breath.
it’s not reopening old…
it’s not reopening old wounds. These are wounds that are open. Rule of law.
Uhuru Kenyatta and William…
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto benefitted from financing and orchestrating killings of Kenyans.
This sick joke of awarding murderers with government positions needs to end. That’s why they are stealing. They don’t care.
They are criminals.
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto belong in jail.
They need to go.
Let him Re-OPEN. Shuut!
Let him Re-OPEN. Shuut!
It is about time to reopen…
It is about time to reopen the 2007 election cases! Politicians can’t kill citizens and get by with it! Is MP Sudi listening? Kiambaa church was next to your house in Eldoret! Your house is still standing while the church’s ashes are still fresh! Let the truth be told!
Of course Sudi will be the…
Of course Sudi will be the biggest mouth against reopening the 2007 post election violence cases to protect his nemesis the DP Ruto! They all killed together and also benefited deeply from snatching pieces of property own by those they killed!
Truth, justice and reconciliation cannot happen without reopening the pending cases at the ICC! Let’s get the ball rolling!
Question should not be the…
Question should not be the ethicality of the investigation. It should be the timing of it. Someone is playing games. Trying to incite an emotional reaction of from Kenyans. The 2007/2008 PEV has been known since 2007/2008. I hope people are smarter than letting their emotions get easily stoked.
The way DP Ruto jumps into…
The way DP Ruto jumps into the frail whenever the issues of 2007/8 are mentioned is clearly telling of his evil actions in the murders that took place in Eldoret! Kenya can no longer afford to have a criminal Deputy President! We are no longer at ease!!!!
The wounds of Kiambaa are still very fresh in our lives because no final judgment was ever rendered; it is not about reopening some old wounds! It is all about healing the bleeding wounds that are still freshly red! We need to stop living in denial by hiding the true story about 2007.
Ruto called the dci “evil” for talking about finding a way to heal the red wounds! And why does Ruto think Kinoti is evil? Because he knows that he is the greatest beneficiary when no one revisits the 2007/8 skirmishes!
Sudi said that revisiting 2007 is setting up Ruto. Of course Sudi knows exactly what happened in the Rift Valket under DP Ruto’s instructions.
This makanga boy sudi have red blood in his hands of every life that was lost in 2007! Sudi should be called to go testify at the ICC and tell us his level of responsibility in 2007.
Senator Murkomen is now talking about Uhuru railroading Kinoti because Murkomen was also a participant of that dark history of 2007! Those who maimed, killed, stole property in Eldoret are well known. Why is Uhuru covering up the crimes committed by these known politicians? We are ready for the truth to come out like never before!!
2007 is still fresh in the minds and life of many scarred victims and the entire country! We need to solve this dark puzzle where only a few (Ruto, Sudi, Murkomen, etc) benefitted so that Kenyans at large can benefit too and move on! Let Kinoti do his work without interference or being threatened. That is the only way “old wounds” will be healed! Why are politicians afraid of reopening the wounds that are still bleeding?? Why??
The false narrative that Kenya will go up in flames if justice is delivered is not true! Those who committed crimes are not bigger than the country.
People are capable of dealing with the truth if and when it’s told! Politics aside, We need a closure Mr president!
Kinoti is right to seek justice for those who died! Let’s not handle Ruto with kids groves like he is an egg! Mr Teflon Ruto still got to return a lot of stolen pieces of land and a ton load of ill gotten wealth! That is the Kenya we are in today! The people’s country!! People want justice in full throttle!
Uhuru has chided Maraga on…
Uhuru has chided Maraga on several occasions for being the road block in delivering timely justice to Kenyans on various cases!
Mr president, are you saying we should not reopen “old wounds” to impede the course of justice to the people of Kenya?? Or are you saying we should let the sleeping dogs keep on sleeping to protect your deputy and his cable of criminal frens??
Kenyans want the truth to be told and the guilty held accountable for use to have some lasting peace! We support the dci in his quest to bring justice to ordinary Kenyans!
Let DP Ruto carry his own cross all the way to The Hague, in the same manner Gicheru carried his own cross!
Post election violence cases…
Post election violence cases of 2097/8 are yet to be dealt with Mr president! At least we now have the freedom of speech to tell you that chapter is still wide open! There are no old wounds here because the wounds are still oozing with fresh blood right now! Let the cases be reopened so we can all move on toward a closure; some sort of closure!!
Ruto recently referred to…
Ruto recently referred to the ‘old wounds’ of 2007/8 violence evil! Actually he called kinoti evil for wanting to tell the truth! Ruto should have called out the Kiambaa killings evil before he ordered the killing to take place in 2007! Give us a damn break DP Ruto!
DP Ruto – tribal divisions…
DP Ruto – tribal divisions already exist in Kenya because of your evil actions in 2007! You killed our children by burning them in a church (Kiambaa). God is still crying with us over the blood that you shed of our children!
You stole Muteshi’s land, etc! You are the last man standing to lecture Kenyans on the post election violence of 2007! You should keep your mouth shut! We don’t want to see your evil white teeth! You are a murderer and you have not been held accountable fir you crimes!
Ruto has been involved in…
Ruto has been involved in killing Kenyans since 1992 where youth wings of YK92 killed at will in the Rift Valley!
Ruto should stop whining and calling kinoti evil for speaking the truth! Ruto’s dark past is just catching up with him. Kenyans can’t wait any more to get justice!
Ruto will continue to kill innocent Kenyans if he is allowed to be the next president of the Republic of Kenya. Folks do not be deceived by Ruto aligning himself with the church! Hitler used the church as he killed 6 million Jews! Let past history help us to do the right thing.
Let Kinoti and Haji do their…
Let Kinoti and Haji do their work on condition that they charge the main actors in the bloodshed.Investigations should be temporarily stopped if the owner and main beneficator of the massacre,Raila remains covered by impunity.But the SAVAGE must be punished whether he owns Kenya(ns) or not.
The 2007 election violence…
The 2007 election violence cases must be reopened now! The only measured control of Ruto in 2022 is his knowledge of a pending case to answer at The Hague.
That case has also kept Ruto from reclaiming Muteshi’s farm after he harassed him to death after he won a land theft case by Ruto against Ruto!
Ruto is a very uncontrolled type of man because of his excessive greed for material possessions and undesired selfishness! Ruto is one character who must be kept away from the presidency by all means necessary. Ruto will be the worst version of Hitler or Trump should he ever grab the presidency.
Mr kinoti should go ahead and reopen the cases to get those who died in Eldoret and Senator mutula kilonzo sr some justice! Pev justice have been delayed for a long time in order to protect Ruto.
And yes, Kenyans will not fight because the pev cases are back to the ICC! As matter of fact Kenyans will cerebrate to finally get justice that have been died then for so long to protect Ruto and several of his friends in Eldoret! It is the right time for a courageous dci to reopen the 2007 cases!
It is time to speak truth to…
It is time to speak truth to power! It is time to get the delayed justice. We gave you power Uhuru and now you are telling us we can’t handle the truth of who killed our relatives in 2007? Come on, I think you are under estimating Kenyans in this situation!
Many died in vain and those who killed them are still free and enjoying what they stole from Kenyans. These issues are not old wounds! They are really new wounds because many Kenyans relive the unfortunate events of 2007 daily.
Why are politicians so afraid when kinoti talks of reopening the 2007 cases? Because those politicians such as DP Ruto are well aware that they are guilty of several crimes related to that dark era! Let’s reopen the case to get the truth that we all deserve!
Mr Uhuru, you do not have to…
Mr Uhuru, you do not have to agreement with any body about the reopening of 2007 post election cases! Kenyans want the cases reopened!
You can stand alone while disagreeing with yourself! You never lost a single member of your family in 2007 but many other Kenyans did!
Those who lost relatives want justice! Utakanyuiriire ndoi Ati Kari Rita. Na ruo ruriaga mwene. Andu a Kenya nio Moii ruo rua 2007. Respect our unsettled feelings Mr President! Let kinoti do his apolitical job to get us justice!
Yes, 99.9999% of Kenyans…
Yes, 99.9999% of Kenyans want the cases reopened and settled! You cannot have politicians killing those who elected them to office to serve them and expect the country to be peaceful. Kinoti is turning out to be a hero! He does not need Uhuru’s permission to reopen the2007 post election violence cases! Let those who committed crimes against the Kenyan humanity pay that evil debt here on earth! It is simply the nature of the beast, and Kenyans are ready to deal with the cases once they are reopened!
Old wounds are still raw…
Old wounds are still raw because DP Ruto’s case is still pending at The Hague! Those who died in 2007 in Eldoret are still turning in the grave as they spiritually hear Ruto talking nonsense. We need justice for the old wounds to completely heal!!
Why is DP Ruto running…
Why is DP Ruto running scared at the mention of reopening the 2007/8 pev cases? I’m surprised to see the reactions from Ruto, Sudi and Murkomen. Why is Mzee Kobia silent??
Are these dirty politicians confirming their guilt in the post election violence involvement; and especially what happened in the Rift Valley? Surely let us hear the pending cases anew!
@ruto – the hustler movement…
@ruto – the hustler movement is guilty of all the crimes committed in your Rift Valley back yard in 2007 post election violence! You sanctioned the killing in Eldoret and now you are calling others evil?? Really??
You Ruto went stealing an old man’s piece of land while the skirmishes were going on! That man is Muteshi who died the other day without ever stepping foot on his land after he won it back from your greedy jaws!
Please Ruto stop including the hustling youth in your evils to protect you this time around! You are the most evil man the world have ever known and witnessed!
We can only forget the ‘old wounds’ if only you can revive all those you killed! Wewe ni bure sana! Shetani wa mandowandowa crook!!
Kinoti should be cerebrated…
Kinoti should be cerebrated for having the courage to do what is truthful and right! Leave Uhuru alone to continue sleeping on the wheel! The train left the station heading back to ICC long time ago! Just accept the facts and join Kinoti in his quest toward administration of justice to the pev of 2007 election violence skirmishes! I support this motion with Kinoti!!
The guilty shall always be…
The guilty shall always be afraid whenever the truth is mentioned! Please, let DP Ruto not be afraid if at all he thinks he is innocent of the 2007 killings and stealing of people’s pieces of land!
Actions have consequences -…
Actions have consequences – either good or bad! Those who killed over 1000 Kenyans in 2007/8 should face the consequences regardless of their status in life.
We can’t continue to hide the truth by calling it “old wounds”. As much as I support Uhuru, I think Kinoti should go ahead and take all the open cases to the ICC so that justice can be done!
The truth shall set all those who are innocent free! And the guilty ones will inadvertently pay the price for their actions!
…… and the truth shall…
…… and the truth shall set all of us free! No fears of revisiting cases if you are innocent! Reopen the cases!! I rest my case!
Before we sign BBI we need…
Before we sign BBI we need to deal with what happened we cannot just wish it away the wound never healed it is still open burying our heads in the sand will not work. Walio vunja sheria lazima washitakiwe halafu sheria itumike. Uhuru is living in a make believe world while Kenyans are living in the real world.