INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARRESTED MEMBERS OF PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT

        

It's 11:30AM, approximately 20 hours since the arrest of 56 members of people's parliament from the Jeevanjee Gardens yesterday. The current situation is as follows:

 

Of the 56 arrested members, 32 members are still in custody. The others have been granted bail. Of concern is the condition of 5 members who were injured during the arrest, especially of one of the members who is said to have been badly injured and unconscious for more than 30 minutes and is still in custody.

 

Activists are still camped at the police station waiting to see the people in custody. By the time of this email no person has been seen, although there is presently a heavy presence of police both within and outside Jeevanjee Gardens.

 

Please work as fast as you can. In our experience, the town clerk ordinarily needs only one or two days to do irreversible damage. Action must be taken today if any positive results are to be realized.

 

We urgently need people to do the following:

 

1. Contact the Kenyan Embassy in your country and demand for the immediate release of all members of Bunge la Mwananchi (People's

Parliament) who were arrested at the Jeevanjee Gardens today 10th March 2007, 32 of whom are currently still being  illegally detained at the Central Police Station in Nairobi

 

2. Demand the arrest of the City Council officers who were responsible for beating and injuring 5 members of People's Parliament.

 

3. Demand that the government of Kenya stops, with immediate effect, the concerted effort to harrass members of People's Parliament.

 

4. Contact your own government and demand that your government stops supporting the Kenyan government. Your taxes should not be used to aid in the  harrassment of poor Kenyans by a government that is so afraid to lose the election that it no longer tolerates discussions amongst the citizens!

 

5. Send faxes and email in solidarity to the following offices:

 

HON. Mwai Kibaki, The president of Kenya

Email:  president@statehousekenya.go.ke

 

HON. MUSIKARI KOMBO, Minister, Local government

TEl:+ 254 20 217475

FAX: +254 20 337 960

(Responsible for the City Council officers)

 

BRIGADIER HUSSEIN ALI, Commissioner of Police

Tel: +254 20 341411

 

The Nation Media Group (local media)

Fax: +254 20 213 946

 

The Standard Group(local media)

+254 20 213108

Email: editorial@eastandard.net

 

We thank you all for your continued support! Aluta Continua!

 

For and on Behalf of People's Parliament,

 

WANGUI MBATIA:     

(+254 722 74 75 75), + 254 20 204 0192

tfosa@swiftkenya.com

P. O. Box 22708-00100

NAIROBI, KENYA

HASSAN INDUSA       (+254 723 489 463),

WAMBUGU MWAI        (+254 733 248 301)

TERRENCE NJOROGE    (+254 727 881 926)

 

KENYAN EMBASSY UK

 

Kenyan High Commission

45 Portland Place, London W1N 4AS

TEL: 020 7636 2371/5 FAX: 020 7323 6717

 

KENYAN EMBASSY USA

public.diplomacy@kenyaembassy.com

NewyorkConsulate@KenyaEmbassy.com

Losangeles@KenyaEmbassy.com

Hoc@KenyaEmbassy.com

 

Telephone:

(202) 387-6101

Fax:

(202) 462-3829

Mailing Address:

Embassy of the Republic of Kenya

2249 R Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008 U.S.A.

 

ITALY

Embassy of the Republic of Kenya,

Via Archimede, 164,

00197, Rome. Italy

Tel.: (+39) 06-8082717/8

Fax: (+39) 06-8082707

info@embassyofkenya.it

 

Netherlands

 

Embassy of Kenya in the Hague, Netherlands

21 Nieuwe Parklaan

2597 LA The Hague

The Netherlands

City: the Hague

Phone: (+31)70- 3504215

kenya-net@iwwn.com.na