[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 146 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.146
                                      Agreed to October 24, 2000        

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Father John Kaiser, a Catholic of the Order of the Mill Hill 
  Missionaries and a native of Minnesota, who for 36 years served as a 
  missionary in the Kisii and Ngong Dioceses in the Republic of Kenya 
  and advocated the rights of all Kenyans, was shot dead on Wednesday, 
  August 23, 2000;
Whereas Father Kaiser was a frequently outspoken advocate on issues of 
  human rights and against the injustice of government corruption in 
  Kenya;
Whereas fellow priests report that Father Kaiser spoke to them of his 
  fear for his life on the night before his assassination;
Whereas the murders of Father Stallone, Father Graife, and Father Luigi 
  Andeni, all of Marsabit Diocese in Kenya, the circumstances of the 
  murder of Brother Larry Timors of Nakaru Diocese in Kenya, the murder 
  of Father Martin Boyle of Eldoret Diocese, and the murders of other 
  local human rights advocates in Kenya have not yet been fully 
  explained, nor have the perpetrators of these murders been brought to 
  justice;
Whereas the report of a Kenyan governmental commission, known as the 
  Akiwumi Commission, on the government's investigation into tribal 
  violence between 1992 and 1997 in Kenya's Great Rift Valley has not 
  yet been released in spite of several requests by numerous church 
  leaders and human rights organizations to have the Commission's 
  findings released to the public;
Whereas, after Father Kaiser's assassination, documents were found on 
  his body that he had intended to present to the Akiwumi Commission;
Whereas the nongovernmental Kenyan Human Rights Commission has 
  expressed fear that the progress achieved in Kenya during the last 
  few years in the struggle for democracy, the rule of law, respect for 
  human rights, and meeting the basic needs of all Kenyans is 
  jeopardized by the current Kenyan Government; and
Whereas the 1999 Country Report on Human Rights released by the Bureau 
  of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State 
  reports that the Kenyan Government's ``overall human rights record 
  was generally poor, and serious problems remained in many areas; 
  while there were some signs of improvement in a few areas, the 
  situation worsened in others.'': Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
        (1) condemns the violent deaths of Father John Kaiser and 
    others who have worked to promote human rights and justice in the 
    Republic of Kenya and expresses its outrage at those deaths;
        (2) calls for a thorough investigation of those deaths that 
    includes other persons in addition to the Kenyan authorities;
        (3) calls on the Secretary of State, acting through the 
    Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
    Labor, to prepare and submit to Congress, by December 15, 2000, a 
    report on the progress made on investigating these killings, 
    including, particularly, a discussion of the actions taken by the 
    Kenyan Government to conduct an investigation as described in 
    paragraph (2);
        (4) calls on the President to support investigation of these 
    killings through all diplomatic means; and
        (5) calls for the final report of such an investigation to be 
    made public.
  Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.

  Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.