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Last post: October 8th, 2020 at the International Criminal Court Subscribe to this trial Search this trial: About This Trial The post-election violence that occurred in Kenya in 2007 and 2008 has been subject to prosecution before the International Criminal Court and in litigation against Kenyan officials before domestic courts. Developments on several fronts are still ongoing after a decade with little to no accountability.
I was late. I was fumbling with the keys on my laptop as I rushed to connect to the virtual court session. Courts in Kenya were now holding online sessions because of restrictions put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which do not allow litigants nor their counsel to be physically present in court. However, this did not dampen my excitement. It was going to be the final hearing in the case for sexual violence victims of the 2007-08 post-election violence in Kenya.
Sexual violence remains a scourge in Kenya, with its most prevalent form being defilement. In 2014 alone, there were 6,101 defilement cases, while the number of sexual offences nationally was 13,828. One such case came before Judge Said Chitembwe in Malindi, in an appeal that overturned the conviction of a 24-year-old man alleged to have defiled a girl aged 13.
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