Emotions ran high as women testified to the TJRC how they watched their husbands being Killed, injured and crippled during the PEV. Chair Tecla Namachanja posed the proceedings and led the women in Christian worship songs to help ease the pain.

The Catholic Church is calling for a national peace policy that will advocate for co-existence among all communities. Bishop Cornelius Korir of Eldoret told a TJRC sitting in the area that tribal politics was to blame for recurrent election-related violence. He therefore calls for the policy to a

Tears flowed freely as survivors of PEV narrated their ordeals to the TJRC sitting in Eldoret. The events of Kiambaa church blaze that killed more than 40 people was the hallmark of the hearings. The victims accused the police of failing to protect them against attacks albeit they had reported th

A TJRC sitting in Eldoret heard that inequitable sharing of natural resources including land and power struggles are the causes of post poll chaos. Political and religious leaders criticised previous and current governments for failing to resolve historical land injustices against indegenous comm

The TJRC was told that children in IDP camps are still traumatised by the PEV as they are yet to come to terms with the terms of the violence. IDP coordinator Daniel Njanga said teenagers who dropped out of school due to the violence are also still bitter and could be a recipe for future chaos.Full Story

The TJRC took views from victims who were sexually molested during the PEV. They told the TJRC sittings in Nakuru of how they were assaulted in front their close relatives. The victims included those who were attacked in previous clashes of 1992 and 1997. Witnesses attending the proceedings expre

Women who were subjected to rape ordeals by security personnel during the PEV of 2007/8 narrated their agony during the TJRC hearings. The commission was told that GSU officers raped and infected women with sexually transmitted diseases. The proceedings were held in camera in the ongoing sittings

The perennial boundary dispute between the Kipsigis and Kisii communities featured during the TJRC sittings in Kericho town. Members of the Kipsigis community claimed the land belonging to the community at the border of Kericho, Bomet and Nyamira counties was transferred to Nyanza province by the