The following are the names and relationships of immediate and extended family members of Koigi wa Wamwere which could be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB:

Monica Wamwere - mother (The Ottawa Citizen 3 Apr. 1996).

Jane Nduta Koigi - wife, lives in Norway (Inter Press Service 27 Oct. 1995).

James Maigua - brother-in-law (The Washington Times 12 Oct. 1995). Please note that Amnesty International lists James Maigua as a cousin (AI Nov. 1994, 1).

Charles Kuria Wamwere - brother (ibid., 6).

John Njoroge Wamwere - brother (ibid., 10).

Michael Kuria - relative (ibid., 10).

For additional information on family members of Koigi wa Wamwere, please consult the attached documents.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Amnesty International. November 1994. "Kenya: Abusive Use of the Law: Koigi wa Wamwere and Three Other Prisoners of Conscience on Trial for Their Lives (AI Index: AFR 32/15/94).

Inter Press Service. 27 October 1995. Charles Wachira. "Kenya - Politics: Foreign Policy Malaise." (NEXIS)

The Ottawa Citizen. 3 April 1996. Final Edition. Louisa Taylor. "Kenya: Backsliding into Repression: Repressive Legal System that Benefits Dominant Party Stalls Democratic Progress." (NEXIS)

The Washington Times. 12 October 1995. Final Edition. Kirimi Kiberia. "Blocking Democracy: Kenyan Dissident's Prison Sentence Condemns Moi Regime's Intentions." (NEXIS)

BBC Summary. 12 March 1992. "Political Prisoner's Mothers Resume Hunger Strike." (NEXIS)

Inter Press Service. 27 October 1995. Charles Wachira. "Kenya - Politics: Foreign Policy Malaise." (NEXIS)

New African [London]. December 1995. "Koigi wa Wamere Demonstrators Given the Treatment."

The Ottawa Citizen. 3 April 1996. Final Edition. Louisa Taylor. "Kenya: Backsliding into Repression: Repressive Legal System that Benefits Dominant Party Stalls Democratic Progress." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 13 October 1990. "Mother of Kenyan Dissident Says Police Arrested, Intimidated Her." (NEXIS)

The Washington Times. 12 October 1995. Final Edition. Kirimi Kiberia. "Blocking Democracy: Kenyan Dissident's Prison Sentence Condemns Moi Regime's Intentions." (NEXIS)