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Main culprits for the election-related violence in Kenya named

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Published: March 4, 2010 Author: Kenya national tv, via Youtube

The news report listing the names referred to the secret list that followed the Waki report to the ICC, in turn drawing heavily on the report made by the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, at the time lead by Maina Kiai, right.

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