Kenyans Responsible for Postelection Violence Revealed by ICC

ICC has identified six prominent Kenyans believed to be behind the violence in Kenya’s postelection turmoil in 2008.

Peris, 92, sits in her makeshift tent that she's lived in for three years at 'Ya-Mumbi' IDP camp in Eldoret town December 15, 2010 as she waits for ICC's announcement of primary suspects of the 2007-08 post-electoral violence that killed more than a thousand Kenyans. Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Six prominent Kenyans who are believed to be behind the violence in Kenya’s postelection turmoil in 2008, have been identified by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Dec. 15.

Aid workers are concerned that revealing the identities of the individuals “could trigger violent reactions in some communities, with humanitarian implications,” according to a report from the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), the news and analysis service of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Among the individuals identified are Kenyan political figures including Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Industrialization Minister Henry Kosgey, Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura and former Education Minister William Ruto.

An estimated 1,133 people died, and another 350,000 were displaced in the postelection violence, stated IRIN, citing a report by a commission of inquiry into the violence. Many of the displaced individuals still have not been fully resettled.

Preparations are being made to deal with eruptions of violence. The Red Cross has food stockpiles prepared in every region of the country, as well as equipment, and thousands of volunteers, according to the report.

The spokesman for the Kenya Red Cross Society, Titus Mung’ou, said that the organization will not be “caught off guard,” according to the IRIN.