LETTER TO HON.CHARITY KALUKI NGILU

.Fwamba nc Fwamba Box 41046 10th March, 2008. +254721779445 To Hon. Charity ngilu, MP Pentagon member ODM National Chairperson, NARC. Dear Hon.Ngilu REF: THE TRIAL OF PHILO IKONYA AND 9 OTHERS; CASE NO.3315/07( MAKADARA COURT ) I would like to laud your dedication and efforts in advocating for justice and human rights for all. I would like to specifically appreciate your role in fighting against police brutality especially during the month of august last year (2007) when you rescued Ms Ann Njogu from the brutal hands of the police. Despite your tribulations at that time, it’s a historical and significant move you made that will never be erased from the Kenyan history and the memory of right minded Kenyans. Its because of this kind of courage and determination that we went to CID headquarters and together with right minded people demanded that the police should stop harassing you for protecting the democracy that you and others have struggled to build since 1992.we honored you having been the only member of the 9th parliament to come out strongly and speak that the gratuities they were planning to award themselves was immoral. For that reason we mobilized people to come to the CID headquarters’ To give you moral support and even came back to celebrate your freedom after we were bailed out. I was happy to see the kind of support we got from the members of the civil society, the media fraternity and the over 20 lawyers who volunteered to represent us. However its so disheartening that since then, our case has had numerous mentions where we appeared in the dock just like ordinary criminals. Apart from the presence of lawyer Harun Ndubi who has always been present up to the hearing which is going on now, we have only enjoyed solidarity of Ann Njogu, Cyprian Nyamwamu, Sam Ongoro and hardly anyone else. Personally, I took part in that process believing that it was worth it to stand by those people who stand by justice, encourage them and make them stronger during such times. It’s a bad experience that now I find my fellow co-accused and I abandoned. The case has totally lost meaning and relevance since the gratuities were given anyway and the situation has really changed since then and as a group we feel abandoned and lonely, the comradeship is gone. For those people who are witnessing our situation, it will be difficult for them to ever go to the streets to risk being arrested in the name of defending justice. In order to promote discipleship in the quest for justice, solidarity with those standing up for just causes is paramount. Our next hearing is set for 9th may and I hope that you will join us in solidarity to give my colleagues and I moral support. The defendants in this case are: Philo Ikonya Robert Ondari Hassan Indusa Kelly Musyoka Kepta Ombati Patrick Kamotho Wangui Mbatia Abel Onkundi Eddie Mwangi Fwamba nc Fwamba (myself) This is my personal expression to you and I believe that it’s a position held by most of my co-accused. Cc Mars group CREAW NCEC YAA 4Cs RPP CLAWS NCSC 3Cs 5Cs