Kenya vote violence data stolen

The computers were taken from the office of a non-governmental organisation working with the International Criminal Court.

NAIROBI, March 16, 2010 (AFP) - Thieves have stolen computers with data linked to an international probe of deadly violence following Kenya's 2007 presidential election, an organisation said Tuesday.

The computers were taken from the office of a non-governmental organisation working with the International Criminal Court.

"We have been doing some work for the ICC ... and we do a lot of engagement around the post-election violence issues..," said Ndung'u Wainaina, director of the International Centre for Policy and Conflict.

"Looking at the things they have stolen, like the computers, our conclusion is that these are people who were looking for data and information in regard to specific things," Wainaina said without elaborating.

Police said they were investigating the theft at the NGO's Nairobi office.

Earlier this month the ICC prosecutor gave judges 20 names of "senior political and business leaders" he claims backed the violence after Kenya's 2007 presidential election that left 1,500 dead.