Oscar Kamau Kingara

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Oscar Kamau Kingara
The Oscar Foundation
Personal details
Born14 June 1971
Kiambu, Kenya
DiedFriday, March 5, 2009 (aged 38)
University Way, Nairobi
Spouse
Nancy Wangeci Munene
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(m. 1997)​
ChildrenNatalie, Naima
OccupationLawyer, politician, human rights activist
Websiteoscarfound.org

Oscar Kamau Kingara (July 14, 1971 - March 5, 2009) was a Kenyan

founder and director of the Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic, a human rights organization based in Nairobi.[1] His 2009 assassination is widely attributed[1][2] to his work in documenting police killings.[1][3]

Early life

Kingara was brought up in both Kiambu and Nairobi in modest and average upbringing. After graduating and acquiring a law degree, Kamau Kingara opted to venture into the family business that involved manufacturing Industries, meat and fish processing, real estate, import/ export and dealership of building materials in Kenya.

Human rights work

Kingara was director of the Keny's Oscar legal aid Foundation.

criminal organization.[1] Another report to which Kingara made major contributions, The Cry of Blood — Report on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearances[3] was widely publicised by WikiLeaks
.

Assassination

On March 5, 2009, Kingara and his assistant,

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga condemned the killings saying, "We are hurtling towards failure as a state."[1]

United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Prof Philip Alston has urged the Kenyan Government to establish independent investigations into the killing of the two prominent human rights activists. Alston said the way the two men were killed was likely to cast suspicions on police.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i McConnell, Tristan (2009-03-07). "Rights activist Oscar Kamau Kingara shot dead in central Nairobi". The Times. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  2. ^ a b "Wikileaks writers killed in Kenya". Hawai`i Free Press/WikiLeaks. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  3. ^ a b "'The Cry of Blood' — Report on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearances" (PDF). Kenya National Commission on Human Rights/Enforced Disappearances Information Exchange Center. 2008-09-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  4. ^ Murder in Nairobi: Wikileaks related human rights lawyers assassinated
  5. ^ WikiLeaks (2009-06-02). "WikiLeaks wins Amnesty International 2009 Media Award". WikiLeaks. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  6. ^ Wikileaks Report https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Murder_in_Nairobi:_Wikileaks_related_human_rights_lawyers_assassinated "Murder in Nairobi: Wikileaks related human rights lawyers assassinated"], "WikiLeaks", Canberra, 8 March 2009. Retrieved on 6 October 2013.
  7. The Daily Nation", Nairobi
    , 6 March 2009. Retrieved on 6 October 2013.
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