BY LUKA KAPCHANGA DN/BUNGOMA 14/3/2008 MILITIA.
Members of the
Saboat Land defence force(SDLF), arrested in the military operation going in Mt. Elgon , should be charged for crimes against humanity.
Mr.
Job Bwonya the coordinator of the Western Kenya human rights Watch,
proposed that the international legal experts should be involved in
drawing charges against members of SDLF because of the killings and
destruction of property in the past three years.
Speaking in Bungoma town, Mr. Bwonya who gave his express
support to the military operation described the rag tag militia as evil
and destructive.
More
than 607 people so far, he stressed had killed in the mountain since
the clashes started over what looked like differences over the
allocation of Chebyuk farm.
The coordinator, also revealed that 109 people who had been abducted have disappeared without trace.
Another 33, had their ears chopped off, after being classified as traitors or failing to pay taxes for the up keep of militias.
He called on the army to expedite the operation and flush out the criminals, have them arrested and be arraigned in court.
Time
, he said has come for the criminals who have been operating freely
with impunity in the mountain to face the full force of the law .
He also asked the government to consider compensating victims of the SDLF attacks as it took them long to act.
Most of the families he went has lost everything and should be compensated to start life afresh after the operation is over.
Being a planting season, he appealed to the military, to ensure that peace is restored for the region to start planting.
“If residents fail to prepare their farms on time, then after
getting rid of one problem, the government could be creating another of
donating food to the the part of the country which is self sufficient
“,he remarked.
Security personell are said to have rounded up hundreds of men and taken to army bases and questioned.
Those suspected to be members of SDLF, are handed over to police.
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