It concerns me that the self-styled Mungiki sect is killing innocent Kenyans in front of Kenyan security personnel and without government intervention.
These criminals are everywhere in Nairobi. It is very stupid for the Kenyan Government to say that they cannot trace these criminals when I can see them all the way from Sweden. They are at Matatu terminals, market centers and villages. In fact, some of them have agents in the government.
The killings in Kenya in the past two months cannot be justified under any circumstance. With its inability to contain the worsening security situation in Kenya, the government has lost credibility in the eyes of the public. It is very surprising that even the opposition is silent in the middle of killings that have hit our Nation with Nairobi city being the worst affected in the latest attacks.
Kenyans who are being killed are the very citizens who helped the Narc government to kick former dictator Daniel arap Moi out of power. Opposition against the Wako draft constitution had its base and support among those now being killed while it is the same people who helped bring about political pluralism that forced the registration of alternative political parties in Kenya, just to name but a few.
How can any Kenyan in a position to prevent these acts of murder justify the despicable killings going on in our country? Where are the norms relating to our Nation? Are those being killed also citizens in a democratic Kenya in which fundamental human rights and freedoms pre-suppose the centrality of the law of the land? For how long are our people going to be killed like animals in the woods.
Those being murdered are people who are poor and jobless while their lives have been made hopeless. The worst thing in the situation is to take the lives of these Kenyans because that’s the only “property” they own. The Kenyans being killed are supposed to be sharing “common values” our politicians sing about every day claiming that they respect these values. Can the government and its supporters maintain their repressive policies without resistance?
When the cost of maintaining an asset becomes too high, it becomes a liability and the owner disposes of it. The Kibaki government needs to be disposed of. Using various methods, the government has failed to dominate Kenyans and now, the Kibaki regime is watching as armed gangs kill innocent people. The Kibaki government has failed to convince Kenyans on the origin of the on going violence and now they are telling as that 7 people are dead because of control of changaa, an illegal brew. The truth is that the government has a hand in the killings.
The escalating violence and random killing of innocent Kenyans are likely to fool Kenyans that the violence is not targeting one tribe. Yes it is one tribe! The tribe of the poor which has been the most affected by the may hem. Kenyans will definitely see beyond the current killings. The ruling class is condoning the murders because they want to scare people from voting for the opposition in 2007 but this strategy will not work. A person cannot be forced to believe that the random killings in Kenya is accidental. Kibaki and his group have failed to address issues that are of common concerns to poor Kenyans and the fear of losing elections is driving the regime to abet the killing of its own people. This is a shame!
Dancan Munala
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