Kenya\u2019s coalition government has lost the confidence of its people and must go, the National Council of Churches of Kenya said on July 31 after the government reneged on its pledge to bring to justice those responsible for the 2007 post-election violence that led to the deaths of 1,500 people and the displacement of 300,000 others.<\/p>\n
In a statement published on its website and distributed to the media by the group\u2019s chairman, the Rev Canon Peter Karanja, the NCCK said the government\u2019s decision to drop a special tribunal to \u201ctry the suspected perpetrators of the post-election violence is the greatest betrayal of the people of Kenya.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga had \u201cfailed to protect justice\u201d\u009d and \u201cin the face of such betrayal, Kenyans must resoundingly put across a strong message that the moral authority of the grand coalition government to govern has been grossly undermined.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n