Our history offers grim hope

Government after government has failed to address the grievances of the insurgency period.

After months of political upheaval amid the pandemic, many people now think they can see the light at the end of the tunnel and that stability has returned. We have just seen the Supreme Court rescuing the country from an abyss, restoring some level of the rule of law and respect for the constitution. This is to be welcomed. We have also seen that one of the first acts of the new government has been to extend the mandates of the two transitional justice bodies, despite appeals from victims and civil society to first amend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. Once again, impunity prevails. We need to look deeper into how government after government has failed to address the grievances of the insurgency period victims despite the promises in the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).