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One prominent cabinet minister missing from today's Madaraka Day celebrations in Nairobi was Internal Security chief John Michuki. No, he's not out of the country. He was busy and actually has his hands very full just now.
Last night two assistant chiefs were murdered in cold blood in two different constituencies in Central province. The first incident took place in Kangema (Hon Michuki's constituency) and the other murder happened in Othaya (President Kibaki's constituency). What is even more worrying is the fact that initial reports indicated that both incidences were Mungiki-related. It is hard not to imagine that somebody was trying to pass a message, albeit in a rather bloody way.
Assistant Chief Geofrey Mwangi of Kangema and two of his relatives were shot dead at his home last night. The incident is said to have occurred at about 8 pm. The gunmen did not even bother to disguise the murder as a robbery, as they often do these days and did not demand for any cash and nor did they take away anybody's mobile phone.
In the Othaya incident, Assistant chief Richard Maina Chege was waylaid as he arrived home at about 11 pm and shot in the head and chest. He died instantly.
It is interesting to note that the Mungiki killings so far have mainly been in Kiambu and of the two incidents of last night are confirmed, then it will be the first time that Mungiki activities have reached the normally peaceful Othaya (previously under Nyeri District) and Muranga.
Yesterday in this blog I talked about the behind-the-scenes politics in the governments firm decision to deal with the Mungiki affair and it would seem that the murders of last night confirm that there is a very serious war that is now going on in Kenya.
In his Madaraka speech earlier today President Kibaki issued a very firm no-nonsense warning to those who thought that they could go ahead and kill other Kenyans and still expect to continue living in peace. The President even said that such people should expect to be killed without mercy for their actions.
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Friday, June 01, 2007
"You Can’t Kill And Expect To Go Scot Free"
- President Kibaki In His Madaraka Day Address To The Nation Today
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Today is Madaraka day but another Madaraka Day—June 1st 1969 was a very memorable day in the history of Kenya. It was then just 5 years since Kenyans had officially started running their own affairs without recourse to their previous colonial masters.
If you were sitting in Uhuru Park that morning waiting for the celebrations to begin you would not have failed to see the cabinet ministers arrive. One couple and family arriving for the celebrations would have stood out above the rest in your mind. That of the Minister for Economic Planning Hon Tom Mboya. His beautiful wife Pamela spotted dark glasses and they both held on to their young son and daughter. The sort of scene that would bring a smile to anybody's face and aptly captured on black and white film by an alert press cameraman.
If at that time you understood the kind of politics that was going on in Kenya then you would have known that this was no ordinary member of the cabinet. He was envied and feared by most members of the Kenyatta cabinet and already there had been one attempt on his life. Just a few months before a policeman supposed to be guarding his residence had come out of nowhere and opened fire on the back seat of his official Mercedes Benz. Luckily he was not in the car at that moment. Still, if you were able to look into the future you would know that barely a month later, this young intelligent cabinet minister full of life would be dead, felled by an assassin's bullet. He was 39 years old at the time of his brutal assassination in the streets of Nairobi in broad daylight. To date Kenyans have never been told who the "big man" who ordered that hit was.
In today's speech the president was very firm in saying that no Kenyan should expect to kill another Kenyan and continue to live in peace.
It would be a good thing if the Kibaki government proved this statement in actions by starting right at the top. To date the killers of former foreign affairs minister Robert Ouko continue to operate in the country peacefully and more powerful than ever. Some of those involved in the murder of JM Kariuki and Tom Mboya are also still alive and very wealthy today mainly as a result of getting away with murder. That's Kenya for you.
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Today is Madaraka day but another Madaraka Day—June 1st 1969 was a very memorable day in the history of Kenya. It was then just 5 years since Kenyans had officially started running their own affairs without recourse to their previous colonial masters.
If you were sitting in Uhuru Park that morning waiting for the celebrations to begin you would not have failed to see the cabinet ministers arrive. One couple and family arriving for the celebrations would have stood out above the rest in your mind. That of the Minister for Economic Planning Hon Tom Mboya. His beautiful wife Pamela spotted dark glasses and they both held on to their young son and daughter. The sort of scene that would bring a smile to anybody's face and aptly captured on black and white film by an alert press cameraman.
If at that time you understood the kind of politics that was going on in Kenya then you would have known that this was no ordinary member of the cabinet. He was envied and feared by most members of the Kenyatta cabinet and already there had been one attempt on his life. Just a few months before a policeman supposed to be guarding his residence had come out of nowhere and opened fire on the back seat of his official Mercedes Benz. Luckily he was not in the car at that moment. Still, if you were able to look into the future you would know that barely a month later, this young intelligent cabinet minister full of life would be dead, felled by an assassin's bullet. He was 39 years old at the time of his brutal assassination in the streets of Nairobi in broad daylight. To date Kenyans have never been told who the "big man" who ordered that hit was.
In today's speech the president was very firm in saying that no Kenyan should expect to kill another Kenyan and continue to live in peace.
It would be a good thing if the Kibaki government proved this statement in actions by starting right at the top. To date the killers of former foreign affairs minister Robert Ouko continue to operate in the country peacefully and more powerful than ever. Some of those involved in the murder of JM Kariuki and Tom Mboya are also still alive and very wealthy today mainly as a result of getting away with murder. That's Kenya for you.
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