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Tiziana Morosetti [mailto:morosetti_tiziana@hotmail.com] <BR>Sent: 31 January
2005 15:17<BR>Subject: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: important</SPAN><SPAN
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Friends,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: no">As you may
already know, world renowned Kenyan playwright,<BR>novelist and
social critic <B>Ngugi Wa Thiong'o </B>and his wife <?xml:namespace
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:City w:st="on">Njeeri</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">Wa</st1:State> Ngugi<BR>were brutally attacked on August
11, 2004, in an apartment in<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<BR>Ngugi was
severely beaten and burned with cigarettes, and his<BR>wife,Njeeri,
was raped in the ordeal. Subsequently, several people were arrested
in conjunction with the attack, and it is becoming increasingly
clear that this was a politically motivated assault on a leading
international<BR>intellectual and his wife. It was the first time
that Ngugi had returned to<BR>his home country after 22 years of
political exile. <BR>We are writing to ask you to take a few
minutes of your time to<BR>send a letter to the addresses appended
below to encourage the Kenyan<BR>courts and government to take this
attack seriously, and to prosecute<BR>not only the direct attackers,
but all those involved in the attack.<BR>This is not only an issue
of paramount importance for political liberties<BR>and the rights of
intellectuals. It is also a critical test case for<BR>overcoming a
culture of silence and impunity surrounding violence
against<BR>women in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> (and, in many ways,
the world at large). <BR>We have included a letter in the body of
this mail that exemplifies the spirit of the pressure that
we<BR>believe it is necessary to put on the Kenyan government to
insure that<BR>these attacks are treated in the most appropriate and
deliberate<BR>matter. We fear that without this pressure, the
political forces behind<BR>this attack may go unpunished, and the
issue of rape glossed over. A letter<BR>of any length, either in
your own words or borrowing from the language<BR>of theone included
here, would make an immense difference. Please<BR>send your letters
to as many of the appended addresses as you wish and<BR>also forward
our call to others who might want to join our efforts. <BR>If the
Kenyan government in compelled to see the overall importance
of<BR>this trial, we will win an overwhelming victory in our
struggle<BR>against violence against women and for the rights of
public<BR>intellectuals. Thank you for your time.
<BR>Sincerely,<BR>The Ngugi and Njeeri Solidarity
Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: no">Please write to
one or more of the following contacts:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: no"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: no">1. Kiraitu
Murungi<BR>>Ministry of Justice and Constitutional
Affairs<BR>>State Law Office, Harambee Avenue<BR>>P O
Box 40112, Nairobi<BR>>Tel: +254 20 227461Minister:
<BR>>Minister's email: <A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">minister-justice@skyweb.co.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>Permanent Secretary: Dorothy Angote<BR>>PS Justice &
Constitutional Affairs<BR>>Please use fax: 254 20
316317<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">psjustice@africaonline.co.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>2. Attorney General<BR>>State Law
Office<BR>><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O Box
40112-00100</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City></st1:address><BR>>Tel: 254 20
227411<BR>> no email address. Please use fax: 254 20
315105<BR>> <BR>>3. First Lady Lucy Kibaki<BR>>State
House<BR>><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O
Box 40530-00100</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City></st1:address><BR>>Tel: +254 20
227436<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">oafla@statehousekenya.co.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>4. John Githongo<BR>>State House<BR>><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O Box
40530-00100</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City></st1:address><BR>>Tel: +254 20
227436<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">contact@statehousekenya.co.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>5. Office of President <BR>>State
House<BR>><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O
Box 30510-00200</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City></st1:address><BR>>Tel: +254 20
227411<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">pps@statehousekenya.co.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>6. Hon. Ayang Nyong'o <BR>>Minister<BR>>Ministry
of Planning & National Development<BR>><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Treasury</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR>><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O Box
30007-00100</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City></st1:address><BR>>Tel: +254 20
252299<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mopnd@treasury.go.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>>7. Phillip Murgor<BR>>Director of Public
Prosecution<BR>>State Law Office<BR>>P O Box 40112-00100,
Nairobi<BR>>Tel: 254 20 227411<BR>>no email address at DPP but
personal through his law firm<BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">murgor@nbi.ispkenya.com</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>><BR>><B>Please forward a copy of all letters you send to
the following<BR>addresses<BR>>as well</B>:<BR>><BR>>1.
Federation of Women Lawyers – Kenya <BR>>Amboseli Road off
Gitanga Rd.<BR>>P.O. Box 46324 Nairobi, Kenya<BR>>info
<<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:info@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>>
@fida.co.ke<BR><<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:info@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>>
<BR>> <BR>>Jane Onyango,
Executive Director: <BR>>jonyango <<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:jonyango@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>>
@fida.co.ke<BR>><<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:jonyango@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>>
<BR>>
<BR>>Hellen Kwamboka<BR>>hellen <<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:hellen@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>>
@fida.co.ke<BR><<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:hellen@fida.co.ke</SPAN></A>><BR>><BR>>
<BR>>2. The Ngugi and Njeeri Solidarity
Committee<BR>>ngugisolidarity <<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:ngugisolidarity@gmail.com</SPAN></A>>
@gmail.com<BR>><<A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">mailto:ngugisolidarity@gmail.com</SPAN></A>>
<BR>> <BR>><BR>>3. Kenya Human Rights
Commission<BR>><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O.
Box</st1:Street> 41079-00100</st1:address><BR>><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><BR>><A
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style="COLOR: #000099; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">admin@khrc.or.ke</SPAN></A><BR>>
<BR>><BR>>---Thank You,<BR>>The Ngugi and Njeeri Solidarity
Committee<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <B>Sample
Letter</B>:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: no"><BR>>January
31, 2005<BR>> <BR>>To Whom It May Concern:<BR>> <BR>>We
are writing to appeal to the Kenyan government to
react<BR>appropriately and with all deliberate speed to the brutal
attack on Ngugi Wa<BR>Thiong'o and Njeeri Wa Ngugi and the rape of
Njeeri. We write to stress<BR>the urgency of an appropriate response
that will hold accountable<BR>not only the direct attackers, but all
those responsible for what we see<BR>as a politically motivated
attack by enemies of what Professor Ngugi<BR>Wa Thiong'o stands for
in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and the world. <BR>The world
community continues to watch this case closely, first<BR>and
foremost because we are shocked by the brutality of this
attack<BR>and rape, but also because of the grave implications
impunity for<BR>the perpetrators would have. International
organizations, including<BR>women's groups, civil liberties
organizations, and organizations of<BR>writers and intellectuals are
but a few of the members of the international<BR>community deeply
invested in how the present administration<BR>will respond to
this attack. <BR>It is critical for the Kenyan government to rebuff
this grave<BR>attack against an internationally celebrated public
intellectual whose<BR>commitment to his country and the empowerment
of ordinary<BR>people has been unwavering. If this attack on the
occasion of his first<BR>return to his home country, after 22 years
in forced exile, is not<BR>condemned, and all those responsible
pursued for their crimes, a chilling blow<BR>to intellectual liberty
will have been dealt. Such blows have<BR>impact the world over. This
one, in particular, would send a sad message<BR>regarding
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s capacity to
overcome its political past. This<BR>government must respond firmly
to demonstrate a commitment to the political<BR>future of the
country. It is equally critical to demonstrate a willingness on
the<BR>government's part to respond to the full gravity of the rape
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Njeeri</st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">Wa</st1:State></st1:place><BR>Ngugi. The
culture of silence around violence against women in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region><BR>fosters repeated
and widespread abuses against the human rights of<BR>women. A full
length Amnesty International report on violence against women<BR>in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> (March 8, 2002)
cites several national and international<BR>instruments that hold
governments responsible for failures to prosecute<BR>with "due
diligence" any violence against women. We want to express
our<BR>unconditional solidarity with Njeeri Wa Ngugi in her ongoing
struggle to<BR>stand publicly against the epidemic of violence
against women.<BR>We believe that the government of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> has both the
opportunity<BR>and the responsibility to meet the challenge of
supporting her. This<BR>challenge consists in bringing all those
responsible for this attack on<BR>Njeeri Wa Ngugi and Ngugi Wa
Thiong'o to justice. But steps must also be<BR>taken toend the
conditions that foster this culture of silence. Systems<BR>must be
put in place, as in other countries, for women to
anonymously<BR>identify their attackers. Every form of sexual
violence against women<BR>must be treated as a crime of the gravest
consequence. The victims<BR>cannot be left to fight alone. To that
end, we hope that this<BR>administration will not set the precedent
of allowing Njeeri Wa Ngugi to stand<BR>alone. At a time like this,
when we are seeing political violence<BR>erode so many countries in
Europe, North America, Africa, and indeed on every continent, it is
doubly important for people in positions of<BR>power to stand
against the impunity of perpetrators. We hope that with<BR>your
actions, you will set an example for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region> and the
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>"To celebrate this award, and the work it
recognizes of those around the world, let me recall the words<BR>of Gandhi: My
life is my message. Also, plant a tree."--Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004
Nobel <BR>Peace Prize.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>" . . . and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: <BR>nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."<BR> Isaiah
2.4<BR>___________________<BR>Denis Salter<BR>Professor of Theatre<BR>McGill
University<BR>853 Sherbrooke Street West<BR>Montreal, QC<BR>H3A 2T6<BR>(514) 487
7309<BR><A href="mailto:d.salter@videotron.ca">d.salter@videotron.ca</A><BR><A
href="mailto:denis.salter@mcgill.ca">denis.salter@mcgill.ca</A><BR>__________________</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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