PART III Extent and Impact of Post Election Violence - Mars Group ...

attributed to the lack of transport and the general level of insecurity in the city.
Here she echoed the statements of other witnesses.
Notwithstanding the abundance of information the Commission received about
the nature, numbers, and manifestations of post election sexual violence from
the above organizations and from other witnesses, the Commissioner of Police,
Major General Hassan Ali 212 had told the Commission the police had not
collected any information or statistics on crimes such as rapes. 213 Given the
evidence adduced by the witnesses above and the victims of sexual violence
against the police, the Commission was concerned over the apparent lack of
interest of the police in sexual violence in general and particularly in not taking
action against their own officers who perpetrated the crimes.
Testimony from Victims
The Commission received testimony from victims of sexual violence in public, in
private, from statements collected by investigators, including those from victims
who did not wish to appear before the Commission but nevertheless wanted their
stories heard. The Commission also obtained records of interviews given to other
organizations including those headed by the specialists above, who testified
before the Commission. This included evidence from women, men, girls and boys
who were raped, sodomized, and had their genitals mutilated. It is noted that
women and girls were the majority of those affected.
The Commission and its investigators collected testimonies and statements from
many different parts of Kenya even though was difficult to access victims in IDP
camps, particularly once the government began its program of to resettle IDPs,
“Operation Rudi Nyumbani” which made it more difficult for the Commission to
trace, reach, or obtain information from victims.
212 CW 1
213 CW 1
249