Katwa kigen biography of alberta

The defense of former radio journalist Joshua arap Sang has said that it is not Sang who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) but the Kalenjin community.

Joseph Kipchumba Kigen-Katwa said in his opening statement Wednesday that his client carried out his professional responsibilities as a radio journalist and did not, as the prosecution alleges, play a role in the violence that nearly tore apart Kenya after the disputed December 2007 election.

Kigen-Katwa said that Sang, while working for the Kalenjin language station KASS FM, addressed issues of interest to his listeners such as farming, business and the law.

Kigen-Katwa said his client used Kalenjin proverbs and idioms to put across a point during the popular breakfast show he hosted called Lenee Emet, which directly translated from Kalenjin means “what the country is talking about.” He denied Sang used Kalenjin proverbs and idioms as a code to incite people to violence as has been alleged by a number of prosecu