The KNCHR says the list includes cabinet ministers and parliamentarians, senior police officers and businessmen though some of those mentioned in the report have since died.

The Commission intends to publish the report in recognition of the existence of the culture of impunity in Kenya and the need to remove protection of the culprits. However, on Tuesday when the report was presented to the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-election Violence chaired by Judge Philip Waki, the Judge prohibited its publication.

The report titled "On the Brink of the Precipice: A Human Rights Account of Kenya's Post-2007 Election Violence" recommends criminal investigations by the Attorney General or the Police Commissioner. However, following the Judge's order, the Commission cannot publish the findings of the investigation.

Among other things, the report strongly quashes claims by some politicians that the violence was spontaneous, claiming that the violence was organised and executed methodically. And that the attacks and counter-attacks were carried out with military discipline. For example, attackers in the Rift Valley participated in ceremonies to administer oaths and wore some kind of uniform during he rituals.

The report notes further that violence was financed and sustained mainly by local politicians and businesspeople who met costs like transporting the attackers, purchase of weapons and other logistics. "The violence was largely instigated by politicians throughout the campaign period and during the violence itself via the use of incitement to hatred," the Report insists.

According to the report, the media, especially local language media, promoted inter-ethnic hate. Radio stations broadcasting in Kalenjin languages as well as in the Kikuyu language were culpable in this respect. It further describes the partisanship of the Church as "shocking and disillusioning" to Kenyans. Instead of the expected unifying voice, some churches and church leaders preached hatred against other communities in total disregard to biblical teaching.

"It became increasingly predictable which church or church leader would support which political stand depending on which politician was advancing it and invariably the underlying reason was ethnic loyalty," the report adds.
Following the ban imposed by the Judge the names of the culprits shall continue to remain a secret.