Tennille Duffy

That citizens of Kenya were subjected to torture is readily acknowledged at the highest levels. No less a person than the Prime Minister was a torture victim under a previous government. The High Court has regularly compensated numerous individuals who suffered at the hands of the police.

Months of diplomatic wrangling ended last month with the decision that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will now open an investigation into the post-election violence that rocked Kenya in 2007-08.