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Viewing cable 07NAIROBI3675, AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST

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07NAIROBI3675 2007-09-17 13:50 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Nairobi
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DE RUEHNR #3675/01 2601350
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 171350Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2299
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 2314
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 2385
UNCLAS NAIROBI 003675 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/E AND AF/PD FOR C. ANYASO AND G. GARLAND 
 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOVPHUMKPAO KE
SUBJECT:  AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN 
 
 
1.  A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in 
central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a 
pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs.  The 
circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to 
intimidate her from campaigning.  Her leg was broken, a back disk 
was fractured, and she was forced to eat excrement smeared into her 
hair. The gang made clear to her that they were not there to rob 
her.  This incident appears to have been a follow-up to an attack 
one week before during which she was burned with cigarettes. 
 
2.  Tera is competing against David Mwiraria, the former Minister of 
Finance who resigned from that position in February 2006 amid public 
revelations that he was involved in the cover-up of the infamous 
Anglo-Leasing corruption cases.  A close personal friend of 
President Mwai Kibaki, he was brought back into Cabinet as Minister 
for Environment in July 2007.  Tera poses a serious challenge to 
Mwiraria because her family has substantial resources to back her 
campaign.  While it is by no means clear that Mwiraria orchestrated 
this attack, at a minimum it was overzealous action by supporters. 
 
 
3.  Unfortunately, violence against women political candidates is 
widespread in Kenya, and has been so for many years.  The U.S. 
Mission is active in the fight against such violence through an 
array of programs, including through USAID, electoral assistance 
programs, and public outreach. 
 
4.  On September 12, the Ambassador visited Tera in the hospital. 
She welcomed the visit and specifically asked that media accompany 
the Ambassador. She is defiant and has vowed to continue her 
campaign. The bedside visit was extensively covered by the media. 
The Ambassador strongly denounced such violence and made clear that 
there must be zero tolerance for election-related violence.  He 
called on government leaders, including the President, and 
politicians across the spectrum to denounce the violence.  He urged 
rapid action to investigate the incident and to bring the 
perpetrators to justice.  The Ambassador also indicated that he will 
follow up during a previously planned visit to Meru the week of 
September 16. 
 
5.  Interestingly, when he learned of the Ambassador's visit, 
Mwiraria rushed to the hospital, arriving just as the Ambassador was 
leaving Tera's room.  He elbowed his way into the room just as the 
Ambassador was concluding his visit to Tera.  He subsequently 
appeared downstairs just as the Ambassador was finishing his press 
conference. When he sat down next to the Ambassador, the Ambassador 
told the press that Mwiraria's presence provided a timely 
opportunity to denounce the violence.  Literally looking like a deer 
caught in the headlights, Mwiraria made the obligatory statement 
against violence, though not enthusiastically.  Following the 
Ambassador's visit, Tera was visited by a parade of politicians from 
all major parties. 
 
6.   The Ambassador's visit received huge coverage on all local 
radio stations.  Most visibly, the two major, private TV stations 
that evening devoted five minutes of their 30-minute news programs 
to the event, which generated a lot of public censure and demands 
for immediate investigation - to the point that the police 
investigator in Meru was dispatched to take Ms. Tera's statement in 
the hospital. 
 
7.   In a previously arranged program, the Ambassador will be 
visiting Ms. Tera's constituency in Meru during a swing through the 
Central Province, where he will ask further about the investigation 
into this extraordinary - or perhaps all too ordinary - occurrence. 
 
 
8.  Begin text of Ambassador's remarks at the Nairobi Women's 
Hospital on 09/12/2007: 
 
I came here today because I read about what happened to this woman 
candidate for Parliament, Flora Tera.   What happened to her is 
outrageous, it is shameful, it is unacceptable in a democratic 
society.  Period!  I came here to make that clear and to express my 
support for her to be a candidate for office.  I did not come to 
endorse her candidacy; I came to endorse her right to be a 
candidate, and to be free from violence and intimidation.  No one, 
no women, no one at all should be subject to intimidation and 
violence in an electoral campaign.  Now when I spoke on the 
elections in May, I laid out some principles that we thought should 
be followed in order to have free and fair elections.  One of those 
principles was zero, zero tolerance for violence.  That principle 
has been violated, and I indicated that on partial problems I would 
speak out.   I said we would be strictly neutral, not favoring any 
candidate, but we were not neutral on the process and that if there 
were problems in the process, we would speak out, and so I am 
 
speaking out today.  In my view, the leaders of this government, 
from the top down, and politicians of all stripes should be speaking 
out to denounce what happened to this woman; in fact they should 
have already done so.  And if they don't speak out, then the Kenyan 
people ought to be asking questions about why they are not. 
 
The other point I would make, is that this incident must be 
investigated thoroughly, it must be investigated quickly, and the 
perpetrators must be brought to justice to make an example of people 
who tried to intimidate others.  In Kenya, I am still very positive 
about the electoral process.  I do believe it's going to be a 
positive process.  But in order for it to be truly, free and fair 
and open, this kind of violence and intimidation has to be stopped 
immediately and quickly.  This is a point where people can rally; 
they can use this tragic situation to ensure that it does not happen 
again.  Let me just say this is not an isolated case.  I have met 
with women parliamentarians and other women candidates for office 
and I am afraid that this sort of intimidation and violence is not 
isolated.  This happens to be a case that has gotten lot of 
publicity, but it is not the first this sort of thing has happened. 
I have said that I consider the need to promote general equity of 
very important step in building democracy in Kenya.  Women must be 
free to participate fully in the political and economic processes of 
the country, they must be free of intimidation, we have to have the 
rule of law.  You cannot have democracy; you cannot have an open 
electoral process without respect for the rule of law. 
 
I am going to be going out to Meru and Embu on a previously planned 
trip.  This is a trip I planned over a month ago, but I will be 
going up there and when I go up there I am  going to be asking the 
provincial commissioner that I am going to be asking the police 
authorities what is the status of the investigation, have the 
perpetrators been caught, and if so, why not?  If there was ever a 
case for urgent action should be taken it's this one, and any 
reporter who wants to join me in that trip is welcome to join me 
while I ask the questions, and wait for the response. 
 
So, this is an opportunity, I did not invite the minister, but am 
glad that he showed up, this is an opportunity for him to denounce 
this violence in the strongest possible terms.  I am personally 
outraged by this, and on behalf of my government, I am outraged and 
angry about it.  We will be waiting to see what steps to take to 
find the perpetrators.  We will be waiting to see what the top 
levels of this government have to say condemning this kind of 
activity. 
 
Now the other thing I want to add, is that in view of this violence, 
we are going to be finding some extra assistance to provide for the 
electoral process, which will be aimed at combating this sort of 
violence and intimidation.  We are still working out the details of 
that, so I can't tell you precisely how much it will be, but I can 
assure you, that we will be doing that, and we will continue to 
follow the electoral process very, very closely. 
 
Thank you. 
 
End text. 
RANNEBERGER