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I delivered my son to his killers
"Sometime last month, my son told me that he feared for his life because a vigilante group accused him of being a member of Mungiki and wanted him killed. He wanted to run away from home, but I urged him not to because he would explain his case. We know the vigilantes well and some are our neighbours, so I believed they would hear us out." READ ON...
The boy, who was to sit his KCSE exam this year, confided that it was true
he had been recruited into Mungiki, says his father.
Wanjohi said: "He told me, Dad, I have been scared all this time. Im sorry for letting you down."
He said sometime back, a boy from a neighbouring village laid a trap and led him and two other schoolmates into a Mungiki oath ceremony.
He was to take them to a homestead to borrow books but as soon as they entered the house, they were kidnapped and forced through the recruitment ritual.
They were threatened with death if they ever leaked the secret.
On April 18, he and the other two boys were asked by the local vigilante group to go and explain how they had joined Mungiki.
They told the boys to go in the company of their parents and would be forgiven if they confessed.
He was scared but I told him Be strong, I know they will forgive you."
Later in the day, I took his hand and led him to the vigilantes meeting. The boys explained how they had been forcibly recruited. But as soon as they confessed, the vigilantes leader said he had no powers to forgive. He said the boys must be taken to "The Hague" where their fate would be known.
("The Hague" is a spot near Kagumo town where several Mungiki suspects have been tried by a kangaroo court and executed.)
We followed the mob to "The Hague" where the overall leader said the boys must be killed.
They were kneeling down, crying out and begging to be spared but the leader said what he had ruled must be done.
I asked him Do you truly want to spill my sons blood? Would you make the same ruling if it was your own son?
"By then, I had lost hope. The hurt I felt in my heart is something that will never go away. I knew that boy had done something wrong, but we are all humans and he had asked for forgiveness."
"When the gang was preparing to hack him, a few people said they did not want him killed at the spot and led him to another place. The other parents were with us too, so we followed them as they took the children away. The boys were crying."
I looked at my son and he told me, Dad, dont worry.
"I could not take it any more. The men were brandishing pangas and axes, so I looked at my son one last time and sneaked away. As I walked off, I heard them start hacking the boys.
"I couldnt take the sound, so I started running in the rain and went home. I found his mother waiting up for me and told her they had killed our son. She cried the whole night." -
Private firms must play role in ensuring peace deal’s reac
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) carried the hopes of many Kenyans when they decided to play an active role in encouraging a deal between the Government and the Opposition, ODM.
What they didn’t realise is that their role was not to be a one off. We had very visible high level meetings and since then, it has been all quiet.
The private sector has always taken a bystander role and viewed politics as too dirty to indulge in. The private sector has even at times insinuated that Kenya’s economy is unaffected by the political happenings in the country. Reality only dawned on us after the disputed election results of December 27, 2007.
Leader after leader has been visiting Kenya, among them the US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice. The likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who are world renowned, left without achieving anything. The then Head of African Union and the President of Ghana was said to have passed by for a cup of tea. Our own Noble laureate (Wangari Maathai) has not been able to achieve much, even though she has been a lone voice of reason
Our current Constitution is indeed the cause of the problem and the Bomas draft would have sorted us out had we adopted it.
In tourism, we talk about our source markets of Europe and North America lifting or reviewing their advisory, but we are not playing our active role to pressure the two parties to agree on something and spare us another round of skirmishes. It will only take half a day of skirmish and killings for fresh advisories to be put in place.
All along, it has been acknowledged that a political solution was the only way forward. However, some PNU hardliners now seem to be moving away from it. At this rate, the peace talks could be at a risk.
Kepsa cannot afford to be silent on the latest development. So what are the probable scenarios:
ODM takes its role as the opposition and waits for Parliament to resume and fight their case there. This would have been the wish of many Kenyans, including tourism players, but it is highly unlikely.
ODM takes its battle back to the streets and the Government ignores them and they tire out? This is also highly unlikely.
ODM goes to the streets and the Government brutally deals with them, resulting in increasing incidents of violence? This is the most probable outcome.
If the third scenario happens where does that leave us? More advisories, more cancellations. We may end up with evacuations by some of the Western nations as they have clearly indicated that it will not be business as usual. I pray hard that does not come to pass.
As the private sector, we need to ask ourselves if indeed we are playing our role as required. It is evident that the current calm we are enjoying has deceived many that all is well and it is indeed back to normalcy.
Kepsa should not wait and wish that a deal will just come on its own. We have to make it happen without any fear or favour.
If we choose to remain silent and we end up with a fresh flare up of chaos, then history will judge us harshly.
The church groups a couple of days ago admitted that they were indeed partisan. How come since then we haven’t seen them come up and give a middle ground approach to compel the two warring groups to agree.
I am not a doomsday proponent but if the current talks fail, then we should brace ourselves for the worst as the power of brutal force will not stop people who yearn for change.
MOHAMMED HERSI
Chairman, Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers
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joke on RAILA< KIBAKI< NGILU< KARUA kenyan politici
Raila, Kibaki, Ngilu and Martha Karua are traveling in a train.
The train suddenly goes thru a tunnel and it gets completely dark. Suddenly there is a kissing sound and then a slap! The train comes out of the tunnel. Ngilu and Raila are sitting there looking perplexed. Kibaki is bent over holding his face, which is red from an apparent slap.
All of them remain diplomatic and nobody says anything.
Ngilu is thinking: "These men are all crazy after Martha Karua. Kibaki must have tried to kiss her in the tunnel. Very proper that she slapped him."
Martha Karua is thinking: "kibaki must have moved to kiss me,and kissed Ngilu instead and got slapped."
Kibaki is thinking: "Damn it, Raila must have tried to kiss Martha Karua, she thought it was me and slapped me."
Raila is thinking: "If this train goes through another tunnel, I could make another kissing sound and slap Kibaki again."
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KIBAKI, RAILA, NGILU, KARUA: joke about kenyan politics
Raila, Kibaki, Ngilu and Martha Karua are traveling in a train.
The train suddenly goes thru a tunnel and it gets completely dark. Suddenly there is a kissing sound and then a slap! The train comes out of the tunnel. Ngilu and Raila are sitting there looking perplexed. Kibaki is bent over holding his face, which is red from an apparent slap.
All of them remain diplomatic and nobody says anything.
Ngilu is thinking: "These men are all crazy after Martha Karua. Kibaki must have tried to kiss her in the tunnel. Very proper that she slapped him."
Martha Karua is thinking: "kibaki must have moved to kiss me,and kissed Ngilu instead and got slapped."
Kibaki is thinking: "Damn it, Raila must have tried to kiss Martha Karua, she thought it was me and slapped me."
Raila is thinking: "If this train goes through another tunnel, I could make another kissing sound and slap Kibaki again." laughing matter -
KENYAN KILLER SECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE
IT IS LAUGHABLE THAT THE GOOD FOR NOTHING Mungiki as they are popularly known for commiting murders and robbing innocent people in Kenya, have launched a website in which they will be able to propagate their infamous views...
The site EVEN makes ridicule of Kenya's BRILLIANT unity slogan: Najivunia kuwa mkenya (iam proud to be a kenyan). Even going to the extent of interrogating the validity of such a slogan by using question symbols ??????
I will continue to disseminate more info on the development of this useless abuse of important technology as soon as i come across more details.
Meanwhile you can visit there site through this link http://mungikinews.com/disclaimer.php
The first kenyan blogger to break the news was http://mkenya.kenyanblogger.com/blogger.php?op...
here is how the bogus story was first told
A new website, Mungikinews.com has been launched. I came across it as i was Googling for the latest information on Mungiki. The website looks cool and seem like it is intent on supplying the latest news about the Mungiki sect in Kenya. Infact the header and graphics are well thought of.
At first i thought the site had anything to do with either the government or the Mungiki. But it looks like the site is an indipendent site. According to the site, The information within the Mungikinews.com archives has been collected to offer the public a resource concerning the Mungiki group.
It looks interesting and i will be keen to watch the progress of the site as it seems like it is still in progress. Lets see what happens next......
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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
THIS IS WHAT I CALL CITIZEN JOURNALISM---WHEN KENYANS HAVE THEIR SAY ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR LEADERS...THIS ONE FROM A PAL OF MINE IT STUDENT AT JKUAT ANTHONY MOGALLES (neither Spaniad, nor Italian)
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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
* KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: To get to the other side.
* PLATO: For the greater good.
* ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.
* KARL MARX: It was a historical inevitability.
* SADDAM HUSSEIN: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.
* RONALD REAGAN: I forget.
* CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.
* MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR: ... I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives being called into question.
* MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.
* JERRY SEINFELD: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place, anyway?"
* FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.
* GEORGE W. BUSH (2): We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here.
* OLIVER STONE: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Rather, it is, "Who was crossing the road at the same time, whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"
* DARWIN: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed to cross roads.
* EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.
* BUDDHA: Asking this question denies your own chicken nature.
* ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain.
* RAY MACAULEY: Because the chicken was gay! Isn't it obvious? Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's what "they" call it, "the other side. "Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And, if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that.
* NELSON MANDELA: Never again, will the chicken be questioned for crossing the road. This is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
* THABO MBEKI: We need to establish if really there is a connection between the chicken and the road.
* ROBERT MUGABE: For all of these years the road has been owned by the white farmers, the poor underprivileged chicken has waited too long for that road to be given to him and now he is crossing it in force with his fellow war veteran chickens. We intend taking over this road and giving it to the roadless chickens so that they can cross it without fear of retribution from Britain who promised money to institute road reform.
We will not stop until all roadless chickens have roads to cross and the freedom to cross them.
* ISAAC NEWTON: Any chicken in the universe shall always cross a road perpendicularly to the side of the road, and in an infinitely long straight line at uniform speed, unless the chicken stops due to an unbalanced reactive force in the opposite direction of the chicken's motion
* MOHAMMED ALDOURI: ( Iraq Ambassador): The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication. We don't even have a chicken.
* RAILA ODINGA: Had the chicken signed an MOU not to cross the road?
*MWAI EMILIO KIBAKI: Kuku ilivuka pale ikienda pale pale!
i thot that was funny bana, and quite creative, i had never known that such a simple idea could generate real intriguing article!!! -
kenyan MEDIA IS GUILTY FOR ONCE
although i believe in press freedom and right of
media to self regulate itself.... i also belive that
the public should have right to question media on
its excesses or even media excerise restraint for public good.
in light of WWF wrestling a program which media research has
rated as one of most popular shows on KBC and now STV as well.
being a show that attracts children mostly,
the media should show
some form of responsibility by banning such violent content on its
programming or EVEN GIVING US THE TRUE SIDE OF WRESTLING
not just the glamourous part of the game...
By merely saying DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME to a 6year old boy is not
convincing enough...OF COURSE THEY WILL TRY IT what else can they do anyway???
personally i can confess that WHILE IN CLASS4 i kicked another child so hard
on the stomach at the place he had been operated on --- it was almost
a police case only that i was just a child at the time but that made
me guilty for long...
WHAT IF HE WOULD HAVE DIED WOULD I NOW BE
A MURDERER???
let's save our children from this brain wash!!
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Dead wrestler's Web page was altered - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070629/ap_on_re_u...
