kenya: Gov't Urged to End the Culture of Impunity

Peter Makori knows the smell of a Kenyan prison which has been his home for the past two months. He is being detained in Nyanza province in Western Kenya for alleged implications in the murder of two tribal chiefs. But, Kang'ethe Mungai, a human rights activist and founder of Release Political Prisoners, says Makori has been detained for highlighting human rights abuses. He is an investigative journalist. Makori's case epitomises the extent of human rights abuses in Kenya and the urgent need of a body to monitor such excesses.