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Victims claim Kiplagat ordered Killings The Standard, Pg 11
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2011

Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat was taken to task in the ongoing TJRC hearing over the wagalla massacre, when one of the victims claimed that he ordered for the killings to carried out. Kiplagat stepped aside of the chairmanship of the commission over his involvement in t

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Truth Team to Grill four Afresh The Standard, Pg 5
Saturday, 04 Jun 2011

The four key witnesses in the Wagalla Masscre may be grilled privately after it emerged that  they may be holding crucial information. The frustration by th TJRC came to the fore yesterday after the commission interrogated former Chief of  General Staff Jose

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Army Denies Role in Wagalla The Daily Nation, Pg 6
Saturday, 04 Jun 2011

General Joseph Kibwana a former army Chief and then the director of Military inteligence during the Wagalla Massacre, has said that the Army was not involved in the operation. Appearing before the TJRC Kibwana said the operation had been hyped to portray the Military

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Victims Express Lack of Confidence in TJRC The Star, Pg 3
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2011

The Lawyer for the victims of the Wagalla Massacre Harun Ndubi has told the TJRC that he had instructions from his clients the Truth be Told Network and other victims of the Wagalla to inform the commission of their growing concern of the process. He said that the tru

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Kiplagat Narrates visit to Wagalla The Star, Pg 3
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2011

The TJRC chair Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat was at pain in explaining to the Commission his involvement in the infamous wagalla massacre. He however accused the five members of the Wajir District Committe led by acting DC Manassek Tiema whom he said met on February 9th

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Wagalla was about Cattle Theft The People, Pg 7
Friday, 03 Jun 2011

Events that led to the infamous Wagalla massacre became clear when a former DC Joshua Matui told the commission that the whole issue was triggered by tension between the the two clans, this was after accusations of stealing each others livestock. He said that the events that led to the massacre w

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I would have Halted Wagalla Massacre. The Standard, Pg 25
Friday, 03 Jun 2011

The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission was told yesterday that the killings should have been averted, giving his testimony at the hearing a former DC mr Joshua Matui, who served in that capacity in 1984 said he had gone on leave and learnt of the attacks from

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Victims seek closure Kenya Today 28
Monday, 30 May 2011

In the pursuit of national healing and reconcialition, the TJRC is hoping to achieve execute the Agenda 4 commissions under the 2008 National Dialogue and Reconciliation Accord. The team was moved to tears by the recounts of the victims who told their stories. The Com

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