Public Campaign in Support of ICC

There are a number of events scheduled in the next few days to display Kenyans' disgust with the impunity of our politicians.  See below for details:

1. A Peaceful Procession from Freedom Corner to Parliament WHEN: Thursday February 3, 2011 from 12:00 pm WHO:  Kenyans from all occupations are called upon to participate MEETING POINT: Freedom Corner.  This is to protest the continued and blatant acts of impunity by our leaders. This has been clearly demonstrated by the ongoing political actions to scuttle the ICC process through a motion passed in parliament to withdraw from the Rome Statute; misuse of public funds in lobbying African states to support the postponement of the ICC process and undertaking to pay legal fees for the Hague suspects; disregard to the rule of law and the Constitution.

2. MOMBASA KATIBA YETU, MAISHA YETU PUBLIC FORUM ON SATURDAY, FEB 5th Muhuri, CJPC Mombasa and Haki Yetu have planned a Katiba Yetu, Maisha Yetu public forum to be held on Saturday February 5 in Mombasa. Prof Ghai, Catholic Archbishop Boniface Lele, ACK Bishop KALU, Father Dolan, members of the Council of IMAMs and CICC & other coastal clerics will be signing up for the YES to ICC Now, No Deferral' campaign on the day. They will also follow up with region-wide door to door visits, as they work towards their target of at least 50,000 signatures.

3. NAKURU, NAIROBI AND NYERI DISCUSSION FORUMS

Stakeholder discussion forums will be held in Nakuru (February 8 - 9), Nairobi (February11 - 12) and Nyeri (February 18). Candid conversations will be held on the effects of ICC, as well as the importance of this campaign. Signatures will be collected, and signature collection booklets handed out to volunteers to collect additional signatures around where they are. Another 4-6 forums are being arranged for other locations, and we will keep you updated

4. Diaspora:  BONIFACE MWANGI (PICHA MTAANI) 'NEVER AGAIN' PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION IN USA

• Boniface Mwangi will be taking the 'Never Again' collection of his work to Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) at the Center for African Studies (CAS) from February 14-28, 2011. 'Never Again' has already been exhibited in eight towns in Kenya, and been viewed by over 500,000 people in the country. The collection of photographs captures tragic moments of the PEV.
• He will also be engaging with scholars, students and the American public about the subject of the exhibition, as well as have to speakers on the topic of 'violence & healing'. (I.e Ngugi Wa Thiongo & Gabrielle Swab-Chancellor of Comparative Literature at University of California).
• He will be collecting signatures for the 'YES to ICC Now, No Deferral' campaign. His exhibition is geared at educating Kenyans in the diaspora about what the PEV was like, as well as sensitizing them to be vigilant/concerned about how every dollar they contribute towards political causes in Kenya, is used.
• The exhibition might move on to New York, DC & Chicago after Rutgers, but he will keep us updated.

5. COLLECTION STRUCTURE: Starting Monday  February 7,  2011 Nobel Laurette Wangari Mathai's Green Belt Movement will set up a Peace Tent at Kencom Bus Stop in Nairobi's CBD, where people can sign up in support of the campaign, and also collect material on the ICC. This tent will over the next 3 weeks move between Kencom and Railway Bus-stop, and maybe even all the way to Machakos Bus-stop. GBM will also have additional tents moving into various estates in Nairobi. GBM also has 36 EOs who work for the across the country, and they will distribute bound signature collection booklets to them in batches of 2,000. They also have a presence in one way or another in 174 constituencies, and they will mobilize this network as well, to sign up on this campaign

Posted by Mzalendo Editor on Feb. 2, 2011

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