PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI PUTS OUTAWED MILITIA TGROUPS ON NOTICE AND CHALLENGED TRADE UNIONIS AND EMPLOYERS ORGANIATION TO FIGHT AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT TREND.
Reports By Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu
Kenya is facing serious security challenges, which include external threats by r
Terror groups and internal disruption of law and order by local militias group and the dreadful Mungiki sect are all posing danger to peace loving, therefore security personnel must remain on high state of alartne3ss in order to deal with these groups precisely.
President Kibaki made these remarks when he addressed a mammoth crowd of people who attended this year’s 46th Madaraka Day anniversary celebrations in Nairobi. This date commemorates the day on which the country attained internal self rule government on June 1st 1963.
The otherwise colorful celebrations had its other side of the coin, when a man was arrested by the Kenyan police for heckling and shouting while the President was reading the English version of his official speech.
Introducing President Kibaki to the crowd the Prime Minister Raila Odinga assured Kenya that the grand coalition government was in hot pursuit of those involved in corruption practices and other economic crimes against the country.
The government Mr..Odinga said would thrive to ensure the tall the Kenyan school going children get free education irrespective of their family grounds, and further assured the audience that the coalition government was on the right track in trying to solve the myriad of problems that are facing the country..
President Kibaki urged his countrymen to remain united behind their government so that they could all tackle myriads of problems and pangs of miseries facing the country.
He told the security agents to fight and win the war against the organized crimes, which have become a real menace to the country’s peaceful development. Telling the police to deal precisely with the outlawed groups and militias..
Kenya today celebrated its 46th Madaraka Day come against the backdrop of disturbing news that Uganda marine policemen operating on Migingo Island have imposed a tax levy of Kshs 5,000 in every two weeks for all the fishermen operating around the disputed island in Lake Victoria.
His is a clear indication that Kampala has no regards to the on going diplomatic overture made by Kenyan authorities aimed at having the matter resolved amicably..
Last week, Parliament in Nairobi passed a symbolic motion urging Presiedent Kibaki to restore th country’s sovereignty over the disputed Migingo Island in Lake Victoria and along the Kenya- Uganda border in Pokot..
Kenya celebrated its 46th Madaraka Day amid newspaper reports that the country is facing serious security problem along its external boundaries and at the same time internal insecurity caused by militia groups and members, of the dreaded Mungiki sect .The militias groups are operating mainly in parts of Central Province districts of Nyandarua,Kirinya and Nyeri, the home turf and backyard of President Mwai Kibaki.
The Mungiki sect so far has massacred close to 50 people who died in cold blooded murder ,mostly in Krinyaga,Nyandaru and Nyerit.districts. In one night the group of Mungiki adherents were reported to have attacked the homes of people they suspected to be collab0orator with the security forces, or working in close contact with the militias and slaughtered 29 villages in one night in a night attack.
The Mungiki, according information were revenging for their mown 15 people killed earlier in Kirinyaga district by the militias vigilantes.
In the Kisii region of Nyanza Province, two vigilante groups existed. On group, which is know as “Sungu “Sungu apparently with the authority of the Provincials Administration has killed close to 100 people mainly elderly men and women under the guise of hunting for the people suspected to be connected with witches and criminal elements.
The killing by the “Sungu Sungu” vigilante groups are just as brutal like the Mungiki sect. The suspesct houses mare torched and turned into ashes, while the victims, at time are beheaded or burnt alive inside their huts, It involved up to 50 or more youths marauding during the we hours of the night.
Two other vigilante groups called ‘Chinkororo and Amachukma” are mainly operating like private armies for the local politicians and inmost cases offers security protections f0r politician, particularly the wealthy MPs. The two groups are rather insignificant because their non involvement n killings.
At first the Sungu Sungu activities were sanctioned by the Provincial Administration and police authorities, which allow them to operate as community policing to supplement the work of the regular police in crime prone Gusii region before they turned executioners..and hired killers.
In Kisumu City, there existed the most dreaded militia group called the Kondele Bagdad Bpys though all The vigilante militia group are banned according to the law, the Kondele Bagdad Boys are still visibly operational and time on hire by politicians to offer security services..
Last year the government was forced to deploy the services of the Kenya Army in the Mt. Elgon district in Western Province to bring down the harrowing spate of killings by the outlawed Sabaot Land Freedom Army in an operation code named or baptized ‘Operation Okoa Maisha..the army only came.ln after the militias groups had killed more than 200 innocent people. .last week despite of the spirited opposition by the government benches Parliament passed a symbolic motion. Urging President Kibaki to restore the country sovereignty.
The Mps obviously had in mind the reported incursion across the country’s national boundaries by agents of the neighboring countries.
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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:41:46 -0700 [06/01/2009 03:41:46 PM CDT]
From: Leo Odera Omolo
Subject: KIBAKI WARNS MILITIAS AND OUTLAWED MUNGIKI TERROR GROUPS NIN KENYA