Hen Roasted in 92, Chick Stewed in 2008

At the height of the 1992 ethnic clashes sweeping through the Rift valley region of Kenya, ripping apart lifelong friends, family, lovers and vast amounts of resources, Atieno; 12 years then also witnessed the raping of her mother by a gang of men, a  replica fate she is also to experienced during the violence following the disputed presidential polls in the year 2008. She exists, among a similar number of women and men living with the scars of gender based violence.

The dismissal of use of recanted evidence, by the ICC judge bench is a fatal blow to the victims of the violence who see their quest for justice grow bleaker, with this new revelation, as with the dismissal of the current president’s case at the ICC about a year ago, the victims of such violence may feel their hopes squashed in the quest so seek justice. The Human Rights Watch increased calls for ICC repatriation fund to be released to cater for the needs of the victims.