The Kisumu High Court will from May this year start listening to a petition seeking to compel the government to admit that if failed to provide its citizens with security and also quell the 2007/2008 post-election violence.
The petition was filed by Citizens Against Violence (CAVI), Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) and a group of individuals in 2014 but it has never been heard before a court to date.
The two Civil Organizations and the other petitioners want the government to compensate the individuals affected by the massive shooting of civilians by police and also make a public apology to the families for failing to provide them with security.
They claimed the government failed to abide by the constitution which directs it to cushion is citizens from unfair treatment, violence, torture and also some of its security agents denied individual their right of life which are all enshrined on both the old and new constitutions.
They have also petitioned the state to institute an international and independent team to investigate the matter and bring those responsible to book.
The first, second and third respondents in the case are the Attorney General (AG) and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Inspector General (IG) of Police respectively.
The applicants are also holding responsible for the violence the Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) and the National Police Commissioner, the DPP, Administration Police Commander and the IG of the National Police Service who served in office at the time the violence played in the country.
In the suite, Kisumu, Akala, Mogogosiek, Eldoret, Ahero, Migori, Litein and Ligega have been listed as the areas hardest hit by civilian shooting by police and loss of property.Justice Esther Maina directed that the case be heard on 7 and 8 May.