[Kamale]

>"we pay for putting these people in power!"
>
>Are you saying that Moi's government had a legitimate mandate
>from Kenyan's to govern the nation? How and when was that
>mandate acquired?
>

Moi was legitimately in power, as no law was ever "broken" when kenyans "elected" him. Is the law an *****? This probably shows it best, for Moi's rule was only illegitimate in our minds!


>"Do we then surcharge the people that followed the orders?"
>
>Nazi criminals tried at Nuremburg and other war crimes
>tribunals were also held to account even though they claimed
>that they "were only following orders." Man's laws and justice
>are not neccessarily compatible, but justice must prevail.

At the risk of belabouring the point, as much as I would like whoever was involved punished, I do not think there are available laws in our books to convict the culprits. Remember, it was invariably wished away as a necessary security operation. I do not think the Wagalla people ever asked for compensation, but they have asked for an apology which has not been forthcoming from this or the previous government, and I think the reasons are pretty clear why.