Forget al-Shabaab – Mungiki are forerunners of Kenya’s lawlessness

By Makau Mutua

Let me today say what most are whispering. Kenya, once known as an island of tranquility in a sea of chaos, is going to the dogs – almost literally. The country is being “mungikinised” right before our very eyes. Mungiki, the violent cultural-religious political cult, has become a verb. It simply means “criminalisation.” My view is that the “mungikinisation” of Kenya is more dangerous than al-Shabaab’s Islamic radicalisation.