Following the brutal murder of a matatu driver early this week in the hands of the dreaded Mungiki sect and the bloody aftermath in Kiambu, the government has now established a unit to specifically deal with the blood-thirsty sect that seeks to control the transport industry.
For the past five years, the sect has grown monumentally as the government turned a blind eye on their activities not to mention that majority of them belong to the Kikuyu community.
The sect which is said to have originated from Nyandarua has hundreds of thousands of followers including women and children and make money through extortion and running protection rackets in slums. Remember the mafia in the United States during the 40s?
They have also made a fortune by controlling matatu routes where public service vehicles are forced to part with between Sh 100-200 per day failure to which the crew is threatened with violence and even death.
The slain driver whose body was mutilated and beheaded, had refused to pay the extortion money hence the slaying. In a revenge attack, matatu drivers and touts slashed and bludgeoned four suspected Mungiki adherents the following day before police stepped in to patrol the routes.
Mungiki is probably the largest criminal gang in the country involved in organized crime and has a well-disciplined force, mostly consisting of zealots who will not hesitate to kill those perceived to be against the organization even if they happen to be policemen.
With the government forming a special unit to battle the sect it is obvious that their activities have created a security crisis in the country and they have to be stopped at all costs.
The government knows a lot about the sect including its leadership structures but has previously not taken any interest as the sect was not involved in any illegal activities and were simply considered religious zealots.
Now that the sect has reared its ugliest side, the government has chosen to move fast and
stop these butchers who deal in human flesh as thet have wrecked havoc in several towns in the country but seem to have a stranglehold on Nairobi and Nakuru.
It will be interesting to see how the crackdown goes considering that both Mungiki and the ruling elite belong to the same community and now need each other more than ever before since this is an election year.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Narc Kenya Loyalists Threaten To Defect
Cabinet minister Kipruto arap Kirwa and assistant minister Danson Mungatana have threatened to defect from Narc Kenya if the party does not hold its elections within the month.
The two claim that a clique of politicians from one region, read mount Kenya have impressed upon the president to stop the party going to the polls maybe until after the general elections expected in December.
It is easy to understand why mount Kenya politicians do not want the party polls soon and would prefer if they were done after the general elections or never done at all.
Common sense says that every parliamentary aspirant from mount Kenya region will fight for the party nomination since it’s the most popular outfit in the region. It is this potentially very stiff competition that incumbent MPs greatly fear in that they could lose in the nomination stages and in effect end their political careers.
A taste of things to come was witnessed in Kipipiri a few weeks when the incumbent Amos Kimunya who is also finance minister was booed , heckled and almost thrown out of a party consultation meeting and was quick to accuse his rival, Mwangi Githiomi of engineering the entire episode.
Just like any other region in the country, majority of the Mount Kenya legislators will not be re-elected to parliament, even those in the current cabinet, and the only way to survive politically is to have them given direct party nominations ahead of the general elections. This is possible but if the electorate wants nothing to do with you, you will lose to your rival irrespective of his or her party affiliation.
With more than he can handle as far as problems are concerned, President Mwai Kibaki will probably never call for the party elections in a bid to avert a split, which could cost him his re-election.
Chances are that Narc Kenya may never hold elections as long as Kibaki is in charge and chances are there will be a major split in the party as a result of his refusal to hold the those polls.
In fact, the failure of Narc Kenya to hold internal elections may result in its defeat in the general elections but president Kibaki's arrogant and selfish advisers don’t seem to see that or maybe, they are too drunk with power to see beyond their noses.
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The two claim that a clique of politicians from one region, read mount Kenya have impressed upon the president to stop the party going to the polls maybe until after the general elections expected in December.
It is easy to understand why mount Kenya politicians do not want the party polls soon and would prefer if they were done after the general elections or never done at all.
Common sense says that every parliamentary aspirant from mount Kenya region will fight for the party nomination since it’s the most popular outfit in the region. It is this potentially very stiff competition that incumbent MPs greatly fear in that they could lose in the nomination stages and in effect end their political careers.
A taste of things to come was witnessed in Kipipiri a few weeks when the incumbent Amos Kimunya who is also finance minister was booed , heckled and almost thrown out of a party consultation meeting and was quick to accuse his rival, Mwangi Githiomi of engineering the entire episode.
Just like any other region in the country, majority of the Mount Kenya legislators will not be re-elected to parliament, even those in the current cabinet, and the only way to survive politically is to have them given direct party nominations ahead of the general elections. This is possible but if the electorate wants nothing to do with you, you will lose to your rival irrespective of his or her party affiliation.
With more than he can handle as far as problems are concerned, President Mwai Kibaki will probably never call for the party elections in a bid to avert a split, which could cost him his re-election.
Chances are that Narc Kenya may never hold elections as long as Kibaki is in charge and chances are there will be a major split in the party as a result of his refusal to hold the those polls.
In fact, the failure of Narc Kenya to hold internal elections may result in its defeat in the general elections but president Kibaki's arrogant and selfish advisers don’t seem to see that or maybe, they are too drunk with power to see beyond their noses.
A Little creativity made Kenyan man $1,000 in daily profits
This woman has never had sex, the reason will shock you.
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