Maina Kiai
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Maina Kiai
Maina Kiai is a Kenyan lawyer and human rights activist who currently serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. He took up his functions as Special Rapporteur on May 1, 2011, for an initial period of three years; he is currently serving his second three-year term...
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I'm hoping it (sacking) means the president is ready to consult widely and let go some of the ministers who marred his name and his image.
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The tens of billions of shillings stolen from this country would make a dramatic difference to the humanitarian situation facing Kenya today.
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The part that's annoying is that they've come in on a platform of change, but they have shown the same extravagance, the same disrespect of the people as the previous regime.
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Unfortunately this has come after a lot of public pressure. It's a pity it's taken too long to happen.
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The problem we have in Kenya - which is not a new problem - is that of impunity. People are rarely held accountable for their actions, enabling grand corruption to persist.