The truth behind the Central Kenya blood bath

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For many people, it was only a matter of time before a blood bath visited Kirinyaga or Nyeri districts. ...more

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1. On Tuesday April 28, 2009, 17:28 PM , julius mwaura ndungu, United Arab Emirates wrote:
  hallo Kenyans really its sad for our leaders not to take care of our youth. this is why they end up joining this groups. recently the president of Philippines was here just to assure the people from Philippines that her government is with them at this time of global economic crisis . there are about 250,000 Filipinos youths in the gulf. does this tells me that i'm supposed to elect a mum next election?

 
2. On Monday April 27, 2009, 10:11 AM , Njeri Ibrahim, United States wrote:
  This Mungiki and killing saga is political. God cannot be mocked, politicians rush to the killing site wearing masks. Kenyans are not fools. Woe unto you Mr politician because your days are numbered. You can hind from people but God is counting ua days.

 
3. On Thursday April 23, 2009, 10:55 AM , stephen muriithi weru, Kenya wrote:
  Too sad for kenyans but if mungiki were people who would come up and perform there activities during the day then no one would say wrong doings about them. However,the govt should come up with new ways win this young men,if the govt can be able to give out good same of money them let the money be used afterall whoever depends in human is cursed.

 
4. On Thursday April 23, 2009, 0:48 AM , ben, United States wrote:
  when will kibaki behave like commander in chife? Uganda is occupying migingo but he cannot even see. Innocent Kenyans are being killed including his own backyard and he is not even concern. It's time for kibaki to resign and give back the presidency to Raila who won the election but had it stolen from him. This is our country and we shall not stop condemning kibaki for failing kenyans.

 
5. On Thursday April 23, 2009, 0:33 AM , george wainaina, United States wrote:
  Mungiki should came clear and tell kenyans what they were promised when they supported a presidential candidate and who promised what to for them. They should leave innocent kenyans alone. Other tribes are celebrating when kikuyus are killing each other. Those 15 mungiki and 24 others killed are also Kenyans. It's time for mungiki leaders to wake up.

 
6. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 23:31 PM , Mans, Kenya wrote:
  May God have mercy on this country where its leaders eat big fish and let children fights for bones. Now they are killing each other.

 
7. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 21:07 PM , john kamau, United States wrote:
  It seems these Mungiki and vigilantes are young pple with nothing better to do. How about taking them to migingo to help out with security?

 
8. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 18:16 PM , Peter Muga, Kenya wrote:
  I just pray that God Help us. Actually to speak the truth, we Kenyans don't have a president. Mwai Kibaki is just a statue in state house and appears not to even think on his own. Just as during the biblical times, if we diligently pray to God, he will react.

 
9. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 13:32 PM , Wamatu, Saudi Arabia wrote:
  Enough is enough. We are all to blame. We elect leaders who give us kitu kidogo. We praise Raila when he want to meet Mungiki leader in prison, praise vigilant groups when they cold blooded butcher suspected Mungiki, Raila insists university students can strike on the streets. Kenyans we all need to respect rule of law and stop interpreting the laws to suit our whims and politics. Come on people.

 
10. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 12:27 PM , Peter sang, Kenya wrote:
  The genesis of this mayhem is frustration. The forefathers of these youths fought for land from the colonialists and once we attained independence the collaborators grabbed all land. The land barons should give it up and this will work miracles. Some even want to be president! How can you be president of destitutes you created? Beware of the Malaysia debacle if by accident you make president!

 
11. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 10:43 AM , jamal yusuf, United States wrote:
  What a Shame! How can Kenyans Expect Security for the whole Nation from Kibaki if he can't provide security in his own backyard and ain't bothered when his own relatives are living in fear and butchering one another? How can he help the RV people/ IDPs or secure Migingo? Didn't they say Charity Begins at Home? Why is it that in Kibaki's and Moi's eras their own home districts have seen bloodbaths?

 
12. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 10:30 AM , wanyoike wanyoike, United States wrote:
  I believe there's political connections and more to these killings than the public knows! Ask yourself anytime there're ODM-PNU political tensions it culminates to mass killings of innocent Kenyans! Duplicate copy of post election violence. ..there exists a shadow evil political army that operates at the whims and command of some evil political plotters...We may be helpless but Kenyans are NOT fools! Your days are numbered!

 
13. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 10:30 AM , wanyoike wanyoike, United States wrote:
  I believe there's political connection and more to these killings than the public knows! Ask yourself anytime there're ODM-PNU political tensions it culminates to mass killings of innocent Kenyans! Duplicate copy of post-election violence. ..there exists a shadow evil political army that operates at the whims and command of some evil political plotters...We may be helpless but Kenyans are NOT fools! Your days are numbered!

 
14. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 8:54 AM , Whenslaus, Kenya wrote:
  I refer to this as government's project, in the recent past the government sent military soldiers to mt elgon and peace was restored, why not for this case?

 
15. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 8:48 AM , osborne buhere, Kenya wrote:
  What happened to the police Intelligence that used to be active? All this could have been avoided if this police unit was life. This group has proven to be a menace to society. We all know how it was started under the noses of politicians. It has really grown to a length that is difficult to contain. The police are there to maintain law and protect lives. Someone has really failed us here.

 
16. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 6:09 AM , Sylvia Kariuki, Kenya wrote:
  I think we are naive by thinking that we can finish this 'mungiki menace' by being polite and nice and diplomatic. We forget that Mungiki is not a group of petty thieves and murderers, they are a gang of cold hearted, intelligent, highly organised, complexly structured group of selfish individuals who are out to get what they want regardless of who gets hurt. Deal with them as such!

 
17. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 5:45 AM , anonymous, Kenya wrote:
  I don't think anything can be done to Mungiki, simply because they are a politically run group, the police are actually helpless, the law shall never take them down because the there is the politician who shall make sure the laws shall never work.

 
18. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 5:09 AM , James, Kenya wrote:
  Could the honourable Prime Minister and the Human Rights watch take blame for part of the massacres in the country. The PM though a good man I do think he is sometimes reckless with his words. When he goes bashing the police and taking sides with the terror gang. The PM should take charge and show the same passion with the residents of Mathira. I don't understand his silence at such a time like this.

 
19. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 5:07 AM , mumbi mwangi, Kenya wrote:
  when the police moves to defend the innocent,the human rights commissioners shout very loudly. Why are they not saying something now?

 
20. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 4:20 AM , Njogu, Kenya wrote:
  It is shocking and saddening to see how Kenyans are massacring others. Philip Alston was here and he told the world that when Mungiki are killed it is extrajudicial killings, can he come back and tell us what this is now? The president is not even worried that his kinsmen are butchering each other. Who will save us? I think we need Americans to occupy this country as they did in Iraq & Afghanistan.

 
21. On Wednesday April 22, 2009, 0:56 AM , wairimu, Canada wrote:
  All these Hague mungiki whatever they call themselves are losers with nothing better to do.poor beggars get yourselves to school and get some knowledge you are angry because you can't make ends meet you kill each other for what gain look at the sad faces of innocent women who have lost their husbands,sons,and children who have lost fathers. anyways they don't read they wouldn't get this.

 
22. On Tuesday April 21, 2009, 23:58 PM , isaiah, United Kingdom wrote:
  There is total insecurity in the country and yet our leaders are grumbling on petty issues. The president himself and internal security minister are no even aware of the killings. Why do still behave have outlawed groups like Mungiki. During Moi's error I never had heard such groupings. This regime is a big lead down.

 
23. On Tuesday April 21, 2009, 22:26 PM , Wairimu, United States wrote:
  Is it any surprise that the clear lack of effective policing has let to vigilantism and the death of innocents at the hands of vigilantes? Extrajudicial killings are not the answer to the Mungiki problem. Proper police work i.e. investigation, arrest, trial and if need be (i.e. when clear, imminent danger to the life of the officer), then killing of the suspects would be legally justifiable.

 
24. On Tuesday April 21, 2009, 21:40 PM , John Okumu, United States wrote:
  The NSIS has failed to predict and counteract the mungiki terrorist organisation or provide any useful data.I believe the blame lies in nepotism, tribalism and corruption.I believe that there are very few brilliant people in this organisation. It is useless, only good in the name only. Better yet ban it and redeploy its employees as touts, which I doubt they can even do well. What a laughing shame !

 
25. On Tuesday April 21, 2009, 21:31 PM , John Okumu, United States wrote:
  There is a very useless organisation in Kenya called NSIS. Perhaps it would be a much better roganisation when inteliigence was handled by trained policemen. This organisation that is supposed to protect Kenyans from internal and external threats is useless. They failed during the last elections, failed these dead villages and even have no idea about the Somali piracy menace. Shameful

 

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