The High court in Kisumu will this Monday start hearing a petition filed by two civil organizations that seek to compel the government to admit that it failed to protect the citizens during the 2007/2008 post-election violence.
The two groups, Citizens Against Violence (CAVI), Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) and another had filed the case in 2014 but it has never been heard since then.
The petitioners seek to compel the government to admit that it failed to uphold the constitution by allowing citizens to lose lives and property in very gruesome ways and thus trampled upon their right of life and prevention from torture.
They also seek that the affected families be rightfully compensated by the government and at the same time the state should apologise to them and the nation at-large.
They have also petitioned the state to institute an international and independent team to investigate the matter and bring to book those who orchestrated the killings.
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 during that time when 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.
The case was mentioned at the court two months ago before Justice Esther Maina who ordered that it will be heard in two consecutive days; 7 and 8 May.