This publication is the result of an Ethics Tribunal organized by the Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (Permanent Assembly for Human Rights) in 2007 to determine the ethical, legal and political responsabilities of the United States' government with regards to its continued policy of executing, funding and promoting military interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean with the purpose of subjugating the region to its economic and political designs through violent means. It contains testimony from people committed to defending human rights, some of them members of various human rights advocacy groups.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 94 of November 29, 1976.The leading headline is, "City council housing as messy as ever; After Mr.John Mbogua left his job as chief executive officer in the Nairobi city council, he submitted a confidential report to the city council which has since become a talking point both in and outside city hall.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 91 of November 8, 1976.The leading headline is; All freedom is at stake.There are two separate issues at stake in discussions about the role of the press currently ongoing on at the UNESCO general assembly in Nairobi.One of them is the flow of information across national boundaries."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 90 of November 1, 1976.The leading headline is, "Mwithagi and Mutai lose appeals; Observers in Kenya think the arrests and subsequent jailing of both Mark Mwithaga and Chelgat Mutai was politically motivated."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 89 of October 25, 1976.The leading headline is, "Kenyatta warns against disunity; Political atmosphere had become super charged by the controversy over proposals to amend the provisions of the constitution which deal with the presidential succession."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 88 of October 18, 1976.The leading headline is, "It is Moi"s turn to smile; State by attorney general Mr Charles Njonjo on the controversy over the proposals to amend the constitution was intended to bring the discussion to an end.''
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 86 of October 4, 1976.The leading headline is, "Moi under siege in apparent battle for number two position; MPs and KANU officials met in Nakuru and called for an amendment to the constitution aimed at preventing immediate succession to the presidency by the vice President."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 85 of September 27, 1976.The leading headline is, "Kenya states stand on Arab relations; For a long time Kenyans have been anxious to know Kenya's stand on Israel and relations with Arab states."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 84 of September 20, 1976.The leading headline is, "Amid reportedly planned revenge attack on Kenya.According to intelligence sources in Paris, President Idi Amin of Uganda had planned a revenge attack on Kenya during the middle of September."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 83 of September 13, 1976.The leading headline is, "Good intentions, bad marriage law.Any married person who has sexual intercourse with a person other than his spouse shall be guilty on an offense and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 82 of September 6, 1976.The leading headline is, "Last chance in Southern Africa; This week's meeting in Switzerland between the US Secretary of State Mr Henry Kissinger and the Southern African Prime Minister Mr John Vorster, is probably the last opportunity for the United States to influence events in Southern African."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 80 of August 23.The leading headline is, "Come off it, Mr.Ogutu!Controversy over the state of conversation in Kenya has now turned into a question of the public's right to know what is going on in the newly-formed wildlife management."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 79 of August 16, 1976.The leading headline is, "False start to Nairobi"s Mayoral elections.The race for mayor of Nairobi got off to a false start last week when Minister for Local Government Mr Robert Matano ordered a halt to the civic elections in the capital."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 77 of August 2, 1976.The leading headline is, "After Amin, who and what? He may rule Uganda for many years to come.His followers and probably himself, think he lives a charmed life.But many other observers outside Uganda seem to think the his days are numbered."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 76 of July 26, 1976.The leading headline is, "E.A Community starts to crumble; Tanzania and Kenya are busy setting up their own railways and harbours, indications are that the other two corporations - posts and airways will also break up sooner or later."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 75 of July 19, 1976.The leading headline is, "If war should come; Thinking the unthinkable.There is at the moment no war between Kenya Uganda, President Idi Amin of Uganda has repeatedly said the relation between the two countries is excellent and he has no intention of attacking Kenya."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 74 of July 12, 1976.The leading headline is, "How strong are African Armies; The Israeli commando attack on Entebbe raises many questions on strength and preparedness of African Military forces."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Newspaper Issue no. 47 of January 5, 1976.The leading headline is, "The battle for Kangundo; former Minister for Local Government Mr.Paul Ngei will be facing the electorate for the first time for the Kangundo seat by election in Kenya."
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 238 of September 7, 1979. This fertile in Kenya; one third of Kenyan women aged 40 to 50 had more than ten children in the year 1979.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 237 of August 31, 1979. Book review of 'Mau Mau in Action' by Waruhiu Itote. Communication continues to be a focus of the Kenya government 's attention in its development efforts, after Moi opens Mombasa International Airport
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 236 of August 24, 1979. The child killer; the Central African Empire ruler Jean Bedel Bokassa was personally involved in the massacre of school children in a Bangui prison
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 235 of August 17, 1979. Flashback to August 22, 1978 the day Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, first president of Kenya, died. Time for Kenyans to be counted (Census). Book review of ' Education and Colonialism ' edited by Philip G. Altbach
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 234 of August 10, 1979. Kibaki by then the Vice president, defends milk scheme where controversy was raging the Kenya press over the free milk programme for primary schools where children from various areas were being treated for vomiting and stomach ache after drinking the milk.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 233 of August 3, 1979. Ngugi wa Thiong'o reinstated after a two week campaign by the teaching staff at the University of Nairobi
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 231 of July 20, 1979. KANU Changes Tune on Life Membership. Energy Calamity for Third World Nations. Nyeri Show: Sign of progress and frustration for farmers.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 231 of July 20, 1979. Queen Elizabeth II left for her personal safety when she spends nine days in Zambia, on the fringes of the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia guerilla war.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 230 of July 13, 1979. Lule leaves Dar but problems continue: President Yusuf Lule of Uganda held against his will within the comfortable confines of the State House residence of his former university classmate, President Julius Nyerere
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 229 of July 6, 1979. Review of the poetry book "Pirates have become our Kings" by D.P. Kunene. Britain ready to recognise Abel Muzorewa Zimbabwean bishop and politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia where the new British administration worked towards a recognition of the Salisbury regime.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review Issue 207 of February 2, 1979. Kenya to assemble own computers where it gots to enter into the exclusive world of high-technology computer manufacturers in the year 1979.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper of September 29 1978, issue no. 189: The hidden side of City Hall. Moi urges Kenya firms to export more. Plastic companies doing well in Kenya. Guidelines in highway construction. Building expenditure goes up 31 times.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 150 of December 26, 1977 After three years of grappling with thw issue of where to locate the United Nations Human Settlement and Habitat headquarters, the UN general assembly settled for Nairobi and approved a shs.190 million budget for the construction of the new centre.
ENGLISH: The Wekly Review newspaper issue 149 of December 19, 1977 The announcement on Jamhuri Day by President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta baning all manner of trade in game trophies and game skins will go a long way in sealing all the possible loop-holes which for a long time provided an outlet for the poachers in the country to dispose of their illegal loot.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 148 of December 12, 1977 Since Kenya attained political independence, the question of equality of income distribution in the country has occupied the attention of decision makers. The preoccupation is natural since inequality was one of the evils of colonialism in Kenya against which freedom fighters fought.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 147 of December 5, 1977 Within a little over six months since losing its former editor in chief, Mr. George Githii, the Nation group of newspapers have ungergone yet another crisis, this time an industrial problem which shut down its plant for five days and led to the dismissal of more than 450 employees at Nation House.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 146 of November 28, 1977 Kenya's Attorney general Mr. Charles Njonjo has mananged to get across his strongly held view that only hard work, experience and commitment to high standards in the legal professions are going to enable African lawyers to perform as well as their Asian and European counterparts in the profession.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 145 of November 21, 1977 Is Tribalism in Kenya on the way out? Are we being misled iff we mistake revolutionary changes in tribal customs for decay? And iss there potency of resurgent tribalism , and if so, can its dynamic power be harnessed to the task of nation building?
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 144 of November 14, 1977 The ruling party Kanu , has an enormous stake in the history of Kenya's protracted struggle for independence. It took over the liberation war initiated by Kenya African Union when it was formed in 1960, mobilized the Kenyan masses and defield the oppression and tyranny of the colonial administration to lead this country into political and economic emancipation.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 143 of November 7, 1977 The government of Kenya blames the economy for not being able to accomplish its development plan for the year 1974-78 which states that "all non-citizens will have been replaced by citizens in 1982". The permanent secretary in the ministry of labour , Mr. James Otieno said that plan projections are not always watertight and in the case of Kenya, the tempo of economic development in recent years outstripped various targets in many sectors of economic activity.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 142 of October 31, 1977 The Kenya Court of Appeal, which replaces the defunct court of appaeal in East Africa established. The necessary constitutional amendment enabling the setting up of the court has been passed by parliament before the members went on a month's recess in the middle of the month.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 141 of October 24, 1977 Despite Mogadishu's protestations of friendship towards Kenya, the Kenya government remains very scheptical of Somali territorial intentions. The government of president Jomo Kenyatta has good reasons to be sceptical , for if history is anything to go by what the authorities in Mogadishu say about friendly relations with neighbouring countries and what they actually do are two entirely different things.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 140 of October 17, 1977 Opening the 15th triennal conference of the Associated Country Women of the world, currently being held in Nairobi Kenyatta Conference Centre, Kenya's vice-president Daniel Arap Moi noted that the organisation aims at improving the lot of women in the rural areas and said the conference's theme "Building for Tomorrow" serves to remind all the participants of the need to strive to achieve the best out of the combination for the ideas and prosperity of women and mankind as a whole.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 139 of October 10, 1977The military government of Uganda banned all vehicles weighing more than 35 tons from Ugandan roads. That country's minister for transport and communications directed the police to implement then ban immediately.
ENGLISH: TheWeekly Review newspaper issue 138 of October 3, 1977 When the bill seeking to amend the Kenya constitution in order to set a court of appealcame up for final debate in parliament , MPs seemed unclear about the import of the bill and its practical effect upon the judicial process in the country. The bill was necessitated by the collapse of the East Africa Community and with it the former court of appeal of Eastern Africa which was the highest appelate court in East Africa.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 137 of September 26, 1977 Ever since the Kenya Government adopted a public security act by which Kenyans can be detained without trial, there have been occasions when calls have been madde for its appeal or for release of those who have been detained for one reason or another. The attention has often focussed on both the wisdom of having detention laws in a democratic country as well as on the state of health of the detainees.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 136 of September 19, 1977 The military regime of Uganda's President Idi Amin went ahead with the plans to publicly execute by firing squard 15 Ugandans convicted of having conspired last February to overthrow the government. The public shooting took place at the Clock Tower in Nakivubo, one of Kampala's busiest districts, at the peak "viewing" time of 5 oçlock, in the afternoon of September 9. Thousands of spectators reportedly attended the execution.
ENGLISH: The Weekly Review newspaper issue 135 of September 12, 1977 The ballot box has become the decisive factor in the selection of Kenya's political leaders, and the recent exercise to update the voters' roll showed that both the politicians and the people of Kenya have a healthy respect for the vote. The registration exercise was, however, not entirely clean. A variety of offences were reported from many parts of the country.