His landmark sentence on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity was the first handed down by an international court against a former head of state since the Nazi trials at Nuremberg in 1946.
Wako aliyekuwa kwenye mkutano wa hadhara pamoja na Mbunge wa Budalangi, Ababu Namwumba, alisema wakati jumuiya ya awali ilipovunjika mwaka 1977, Wakenya wengi waliokuwa wakifanyakazi nje ya nchi ndio walioathirika zaidi.