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    "id": 287545,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Extra ordinary rendition in whatever form is illegal and it is never done in good faith. America has been the god father of renditions. They are behind the renditions in Kenya and many other countries in the world on the pretext of fighting terrorism, thereby by-passing the judicial system. This is what some former CIA agents had to say on allegations of rendition. This can be found in a book, Barnett of 2008. They said as follows:- “If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prison to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear, never to be seen again, you send him to Egypt”. You can get the whole idea about rendition. The idea is not about judicial system or justice. Terrorists use abductions and kidnappings to instill fear. Then one wonders why the Kenyan Government would pay lip service to the rule of law by resorting to the same tactics employed by the very terrorists they are fighting. Extra ordinary rendition surpasses the rule of law and undermines essential international law enforcement operation. When hon. M. Kilonzo appeared, what did he have to say, when he was the Minister in charge? Hon. M. Kilonzo, who was the then Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs had the following observation; “that the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs was not aware of any policy of the Government of Kenya permitting or allowing extra ordinary renditions”. He went on to say that his Ministry was neither involved nor consulted before the said Kenyans were transferred to Uganda to stand trial. Further on, he recommended that those who facilitated rendition should be arrested for violating the Constitution and the laws of Kenya. I want to repeat what he said, and he is a Minister in the Government. He said that “those who facilitated the rendition should be arrested for violating the Constitution and the laws of Kenya. The Kenyans detained in Uganda should be returned to Kenya to face the due process of the law”. He went on and told us that the matter of rendition was raised in the Cabinet by the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, but the issue was adjourned to await the Attorney-General who was then out of the country. To the surprise of the Minister, he came to learn of the arrest and the deportation of the Kenyans through the media. That is a Minister in the Government. Let us see what the Attorney-General had to say. He was very clear. He said that: “The persons were rendered to Uganda without reference to the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General was never informed prior to the rendition”. You can imagine that this is the Attorney- General. In the same Government serves the Minister known as Prof. George Saitoti who said that:- “The decision to hand over Kenyans suspected of terrorism activities was a Government decision that was taken for the interest of the country”. If the Attorney-General and the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs who sit in the Cabinet are saying that this was never discussed in the cabinet, where was it discussed? Was it in a kitchen Cabinet? Even then, one wonders, even if this was agreed, why was the due process of the law ignored? That is why our Committee felt that apart from taking the necessary action on the culprits, these Kenyans should be brought back and tried in this country. Action should be taken against all those who were involved in by-passing the law. With those few remarks, I wish to second."
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