Mpeketoni - who was responsible? Blame game continues even among police

Some of the displaced villagers from Kaiseri, Pangani and Poromoko villages who are now camping at at the Kitale-Mavuno IDP camp where hundreds of villagers have taken refuge in fear of being attacked again. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU]

LAMU, KENYA: Mpeketoni police station and the nearby Administration Police post have a joint strength of 200 police officers, according to estimates by reliable sources. There are also police posts at Mokowe and Witu, north and south of Mpeketoni respectively.

Besides these police stations and AP posts, there are at least four General Service Unit and military bases at Mukowe, at Hindi and Witu and a National Youth Service training institution at Baragoni. After a two-days orgy of violence, only one police officer was killed, apparently cut down by an assailants bullets.