Re: Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terror

[Guest guest]

I live in Nairobi, and I really wonder where some of these stories are coming

from. I know

there are still displaced people whose houses in the slums have been burned down

and the

story about the occupation of a school is no doubt the truth. But I really

wonder about the

down town gang that hacked people to death save for one. There has been no

fighting in

Nairobi for several days not even in the slums. I would also like to ask where

the 1000 dead

figure came from- I mean the source of information.

Guys out there, the situation has been bad here, in Rift Valley, I have heard

that organised

militia or whatever you want to call them are still attacking and looting. But a

lot of stories that

have been going round, or are written by some special or whatever correspondent

are

definitely exagerated and are a collection of soem of the stories making the

rounds.

Just as an exampleof such stories, yesterday I heard there are several people

stranded in the

western part of the country because they have been told Mungiki has camped

around Limuru

and is stopping every car and selecting people for slaughter- it was even said

they are

walking around carrying heads. However I know several people who have passed

that road in

the last week and nobody stopped them.

Muthoni

kenyainternationalgroup ,

mwananchi ,

From: " Chifu " <chifu2222@...>

Date sent: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:00:05 -0000

Subject: Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state

of terror

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Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terror

Abductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the order of the day

January 13, 2008 Edition 1

Special Correspondent

Principal Gathura was trying to move on Friday about 600

families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope Academy in violence-

torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the open air of the

school grounds.

It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it was in reality a

rather heroic effort to maintain normality in the face of tragic

chaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed to re-open

tomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way for his 250

nursery and primary school pupils.

The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will mark the end of

what could only sardonically be called the festive season in a

country that has been ripped apart by violence that has shocked the

nation.

The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last month's

presidential elections, which the opposition, and most impartial

observers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from opposition

leader Raila Odinga.

The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least 300 000 Kenyans

displaced from their homes by the violence.

" We need food, bedding, tents. This is hectic, " Gathura

said. " People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a village across the

river, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago. The villagers

include Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ... "

Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits of plastic

remain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are nine newly

orphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The severely

overstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to them twice, the

last time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.

Teachers and children - like the rest of the population - across

Kenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in some areas will

not re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and the Kenyan

Psychologists' Association have stepped up calls for voluntary or

trained counsellors.

More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates by the United

Nations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned or separated

from their parents.

Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee camps (which have

sprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports arenas) and on

the streets.

Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place even in central

Nairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably low.

A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on Monday in downtown

Nairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a house, and then

called into a room where one by one they were hacked to death.

The only person to survive was allowed to live because he had a card

showing he was a volunteer with a relief organisation, but the skin

was partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he was badly

beaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked before his eyes, and

had to open his mouth while attackers urinated into it. He, too, is

suicidal.

The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few victims are able

to go to hospitals for help because of erratic public transport in

Nairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas. Military convoys

escort those on roads outside cities.

Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies with thousands

of bookings cancelled are laying off people, which means the wage-

earning economy has been cut dramatically.

In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women were abducted by a

gang and taken to a burnt-out building where they were repeatedly

raped, some with their daughters.

A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and attackers

squeezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of those they raped.

Counsellors and medical workers are exhausted and profoundly

traumatised. Jane Mburu, a social worker, said: " I can't take any

more. I want to leave. I can't bear it. "

The Nairobi Women's Hospital has probably the best rape care on the

continent, considerably better than that in wealthier South Africa,

but from December 27 to last week many staff were marooned in their

homes and those who worked were traumatised by what they were

dealing with.

Some areas are still so dangerous staff have to be collected for

work in an ambulance. Not all staff have been able to return from

rural areas. Public transport is still sporadic and dangerous in

many areas of the country.

There is no government assistance to a massive, but haphazardly co-

ordinated relief effort led by non-governmental organisations.

Minimal foreign donor support is being pledged to stem the tide of

the crisis.

http://www.capeargu s.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4203754

--- End forwarded message ---

Dr. Muthoni A. Mathai

Mörikestr. 5

34125 Kassel

Germany

Tel. +49-561-8704 724

email: mathai@...

[Guest guest]

I live in Nairobi, and I really wonder where some of these stories are coming

from. I know

there are still displaced people whose houses in the slums have been burned down

and the

story about the occupation of a school is no doubt the truth. But I really

wonder about the

down town gang that hacked people to death save for one. There has been no

fighting in

Nairobi for several days not even in the slums. I would also like to ask where

the 1000 dead

figure came from- I mean the source of information.

Guys out there, the situation has been bad here, in Rift Valley, I have heard

that organised

militia or whatever you want to call them are still attacking and looting. But a

lot of stories that

have been going round, or are written by some special or whatever correspondent

are

definitely exagerated and are a collection of soem of the stories making the

rounds.

Just as an exampleof such stories, yesterday I heard there are several people

stranded in the

western part of the country because they have been told Mungiki has camped

around Limuru

and is stopping every car and selecting people for slaughter- it was even said

they are

walking around carrying heads. However I know several people who have passed

that road in

the last week and nobody stopped them.

Muthoni

kenyainternationalgroup ,

mwananchi ,

From: " Chifu " <chifu2222@...>

Date sent: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:00:05 -0000

Subject: Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state

of terror

Send reply to: AIDS treatments

Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terror

Abductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the order of the day

January 13, 2008 Edition 1

Special Correspondent

Principal Gathura was trying to move on Friday about 600

families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope Academy in violence-

torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the open air of the

school grounds.

It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it was in reality a

rather heroic effort to maintain normality in the face of tragic

chaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed to re-open

tomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way for his 250

nursery and primary school pupils.

The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will mark the end of

what could only sardonically be called the festive season in a

country that has been ripped apart by violence that has shocked the

nation.

The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last month's

presidential elections, which the opposition, and most impartial

observers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from opposition

leader Raila Odinga.

The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least 300 000 Kenyans

displaced from their homes by the violence.

" We need food, bedding, tents. This is hectic, " Gathura

said. " People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a village across the

river, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago. The villagers

include Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ... "

Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits of plastic

remain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are nine newly

orphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The severely

overstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to them twice, the

last time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.

Teachers and children - like the rest of the population - across

Kenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in some areas will

not re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and the Kenyan

Psychologists' Association have stepped up calls for voluntary or

trained counsellors.

More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates by the United

Nations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned or separated

from their parents.

Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee camps (which have

sprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports arenas) and on

the streets.

Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place even in central

Nairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably low.

A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on Monday in downtown

Nairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a house, and then

called into a room where one by one they were hacked to death.

The only person to survive was allowed to live because he had a card

showing he was a volunteer with a relief organisation, but the skin

was partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he was badly

beaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked before his eyes, and

had to open his mouth while attackers urinated into it. He, too, is

suicidal.

The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few victims are able

to go to hospitals for help because of erratic public transport in

Nairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas. Military convoys

escort those on roads outside cities.

Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies with thousands

of bookings cancelled are laying off people, which means the wage-

earning economy has been cut dramatically.

In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women were abducted by a

gang and taken to a burnt-out building where they were repeatedly

raped, some with their daughters.

A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and attackers

squeezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of those they raped.

Counsellors and medical workers are exhausted and profoundly

traumatised. Jane Mburu, a social worker, said: " I can't take any

more. I want to leave. I can't bear it. "

The Nairobi Women's Hospital has probably the best rape care on the

continent, considerably better than that in wealthier South Africa,

but from December 27 to last week many staff were marooned in their

homes and those who worked were traumatised by what they were

dealing with.

Some areas are still so dangerous staff have to be collected for

work in an ambulance. Not all staff have been able to return from

rural areas. Public transport is still sporadic and dangerous in

many areas of the country.

There is no government assistance to a massive, but haphazardly co-

ordinated relief effort led by non-governmental organisations.

Minimal foreign donor support is being pledged to stem the tide of

the crisis.

http://www.capeargu s.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4203754

--- End forwarded message ---

Dr. Muthoni A. Mathai

Mörikestr. 5

34125 Kassel

Germany

Tel. +49-561-8704 724

email: mathai@...

[Guest guest]

I believe the number of dead could actually be at 1000 or even more because there areas where decomposed bodies are still lying at the sites of death in eldoret what newspapers report are the figures in the police books.

I did not know power is this sweet and people will stop at nothing to get it. Why dont this legislators want to go to the polls again? I Keep wondering when did it ever come to this that we hate one tribe so much you want to wipe them from the face of the earth?

Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terrorSend reply to: AIDS treatments@gro ups.comOrgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terrorAbductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the order of the dayJanuary 13, 2008 Edition 1Special CorrespondentPrincipal Gathura was trying to move on Friday about 600families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope Academy in violence-torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the

open air of theschool grounds.It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it was in reality arather heroic effort to maintain normality in the face of tragicchaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed to re-opentomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way for his 250nursery and primary school pupils.The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will mark the end ofwhat could only sardonically be called the festive season in acountry that has been ripped apart by violence that has shocked thenation.The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last month'spresidential elections, which the opposition, and most impartialobservers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from oppositionleader Raila Odinga.The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least 300 000 Kenyansdisplaced from their homes by the violence."We need food, bedding, tents. This is

hectic," Gathurasaid. "People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a village across theriver, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago. The villagersinclude Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ..."Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits of plasticremain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are nine newlyorphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The severelyoverstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to them twice, thelast time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.Teachers and children - like the rest of the population - acrossKenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in some areas willnot re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and the KenyanPsychologists' Association have stepped up calls for voluntary ortrained counsellors.More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates by the UnitedNations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned or

separatedfrom their parents.Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee camps (which havesprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports arenas) and onthe streets.Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place even in centralNairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably low.A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on Monday in downtownNairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a house, and thencalled into a room where one by one they were hacked to death.The only person to survive was allowed to live because he had a cardshowing he was a volunteer with a relief organisation, but the skinwas partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he was badlybeaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked before his eyes, andhad to open his mouth while attackers urinated into it. He, too, issuicidal.The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few victims are

ableto go to hospitals for help because of erratic public transport inNairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas. Military convoysescort those on roads outside cities.Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies with thousandsof bookings cancelled are laying off people, which means the wage-earning economy has been cut dramatically.In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women were abducted by agang and taken to a burnt-out building where they were repeatedlyraped, some with their daughters.A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and attackerssqueezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of those they raped.Counsellors and medical workers are exhausted and profoundlytraumatised. Jane Mburu, a social worker, said: "I can't take anymore. I want to leave. I can't bear it."The Nairobi Women's Hospital has probably the best rape care on thecontinent,

considerably better than that in wealthier South Africa,but from December 27 to last week many staff were marooned in theirhomes and those who worked were traumatised by what they weredealing with.Some areas are still so dangerous staff have to be collected forwork in an ambulance. Not all staff have been able to return fromrural areas. Public transport is still sporadic and dangerous inmany areas of the country.There is no government assistance to a massive, but haphazardly co-ordinated relief effort led by non-governmental organisations.Minimal foreign donor support is being pledged to stem the tide ofthe crisis.http://www.capeargu s.co.za/index. php?fArticleId= 4203754--- End forwarded message ---Dr. Muthoni A. MathaiMörikestr. 534125

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I believe the number of dead could actually be at 1000 or even more because there areas where decomposed bodies are still lying at the sites of death in eldoret what newspapers report are the figures in the police books.

I did not know power is this sweet and people will stop at nothing to get it. Why dont this legislators want to go to the polls again? I Keep wondering when did it ever come to this that we hate one tribe so much you want to wipe them from the face of the earth?

Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terrorSend reply to: AIDS treatments@gro ups.comOrgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state of terrorAbductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the order of the dayJanuary 13, 2008 Edition 1Special CorrespondentPrincipal Gathura was trying to move on Friday about 600families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope Academy in violence-torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the

open air of theschool grounds.It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it was in reality arather heroic effort to maintain normality in the face of tragicchaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed to re-opentomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way for his 250nursery and primary school pupils.The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will mark the end ofwhat could only sardonically be called the festive season in acountry that has been ripped apart by violence that has shocked thenation.The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last month'spresidential elections, which the opposition, and most impartialobservers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from oppositionleader Raila Odinga.The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least 300 000 Kenyansdisplaced from their homes by the violence."We need food, bedding, tents. This is

hectic," Gathurasaid. "People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a village across theriver, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago. The villagersinclude Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ..."Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits of plasticremain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are nine newlyorphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The severelyoverstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to them twice, thelast time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.Teachers and children - like the rest of the population - acrossKenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in some areas willnot re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and the KenyanPsychologists' Association have stepped up calls for voluntary ortrained counsellors.More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates by the UnitedNations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned or

separatedfrom their parents.Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee camps (which havesprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports arenas) and onthe streets.Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place even in centralNairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably low.A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on Monday in downtownNairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a house, and thencalled into a room where one by one they were hacked to death.The only person to survive was allowed to live because he had a cardshowing he was a volunteer with a relief organisation, but the skinwas partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he was badlybeaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked before his eyes, andhad to open his mouth while attackers urinated into it. He, too, issuicidal.The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few victims are

ableto go to hospitals for help because of erratic public transport inNairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas. Military convoysescort those on roads outside cities.Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies with thousandsof bookings cancelled are laying off people, which means the wage-earning economy has been cut dramatically.In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women were abducted by agang and taken to a burnt-out building where they were repeatedlyraped, some with their daughters.A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and attackerssqueezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of those they raped.Counsellors and medical workers are exhausted and profoundlytraumatised. Jane Mburu, a social worker, said: "I can't take anymore. I want to leave. I can't bear it."The Nairobi Women's Hospital has probably the best rape care on thecontinent,

considerably better than that in wealthier South Africa,but from December 27 to last week many staff were marooned in theirhomes and those who worked were traumatised by what they weredealing with.Some areas are still so dangerous staff have to be collected forwork in an ambulance. Not all staff have been able to return fromrural areas. Public transport is still sporadic and dangerous inmany areas of the country.There is no government assistance to a massive, but haphazardly co-ordinated relief effort led by non-governmental organisations.Minimal foreign donor support is being pledged to stem the tide ofthe crisis.http://www.capeargu s.co.za/index. php?fArticleId= 4203754--- End forwarded message ---Dr. Muthoni A. MathaiMörikestr. 534125

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[Guest guest]

I am writing from Kiambu, and I can assure you there

is no revenge killings/lootings taking place here! The

tea and coffee plantations have many Kenyans from luo

and luyia land, and nobody has threatened them at all.

It is very sad however, to keep seeing wave after wave

of displaced kikuyus coming in from Rift Valley. They

have horrendous stories of planned mass murders, and

are thankful to God to have survived thus far.

We continue to plead with the Kikuyu community NOT to

degrade itself through retaliation, but at the same

time I urge the Government to firmly, yes firmly,

enforce peace! Kibaki had 4 million+ voters in his

favour....so did Raila, who it is said lost narrowly.

Kibaki is accused of 'stealing votes' in his

strong-holds......so is Raila, who, for example, got

an impossible 95%+ vote count in Mbita alone!!! Whos'

fooling who??? I dont know, but I do know this;

* I have a right to vote and live in Kenya peacefully,

and transcend the entire country without feeling like

a hunted species.

* I have a right to be fully protected by my

government, on a 24/7 basis, from bands of killers

murdering people and looting on grounds of 'mass

action'. If you have the time read the story in todays

Nation of a young man called , celebrating in

Kibera for having 'found' an empty house to live in

for free. He feels entirely justified because, as he

says, 'the lady owner lived there all by herself with

three bedrooms to spare'. I rest my case.

Learn to differentiate the truth from sick rumours and

lies. Why lie about bands of Mungiki at Limuru?? It is

only 20 minutes from Nairobi, so kindly take time,

come see for yourself how nonsensical that claim is.

What of the Ugandan Army in parts of Kenya?? This lie

not only insults Kenyans intelligence, but also

insults Uganda, by accusing them of invading Kenya.

What of the many buses shown on KTN transporting

security officers at night before the elections, do

you recall that one?? Alfred Mutua, Government

spokesman, dismissed it and tore that 'big story' to

shreds in less than 5 minutes!

God bless Kenya.

Henry.

--- MILLICENT NJUGUNA <myl_njuguna@...> wrote:

> I believe the number of dead could actually be at

> 1000 or even more because there areas where

> decomposed bodies are still lying at the sites of

> death in eldoret what newspapers report are the

> figures in the police books.

>

> I did not know power is this sweet and people will

> stop at nothing to get it. Why dont this legislators

> want to go to the polls again? I Keep wondering when

> did it ever come to this that we hate one tribe so

> much you want to wipe them from the face of the

> earth?

>

>

>

> Orgy of brutality after voting

> has Kenyans in state

> of terror

> Send reply to: AIDS treatments@gro ups.com

>

>

>

> Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state

> of terror

> Abductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the

> order of the day

>

> January 13, 2008 Edition 1

>

> Special Correspondent

>

> Principal Gathura was trying to move on Friday

> about 600

> families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope

> Academy in violence-

> torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the

> open air of the

> school grounds.

>

> It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it

> was in reality a

> rather heroic effort to maintain normality in the

> face of tragic

> chaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed

> to re-open

> tomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way

> for his 250

> nursery and primary school pupils.

>

> The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will

> mark the end of

> what could only sardonically be called the festive

> season in a

> country that has been ripped apart by violence that

> has shocked the

> nation.

>

> The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last

> month's

> presidential elections, which the opposition, and

> most impartial

> observers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from

> opposition

> leader Raila Odinga.

>

> The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least

> 300 000 Kenyans

> displaced from their homes by the violence.

>

> " We need food, bedding, tents. This is hectic, "

> Gathura

> said. " People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a

> village across the

> river, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago.

> The villagers

> include Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ... "

>

> Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits

> of plastic

> remain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are

> nine newly

> orphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The

> severely

> overstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to

> them twice, the

> last time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.

>

> Teachers and children - like the rest of the

> population - across

> Kenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in

> some areas will

> not re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and

> the Kenyan

> Psychologists' Association have stepped up calls for

> voluntary or

> trained counsellors.

>

> More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates

> by the United

> Nations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned

> or separated

> from their parents.

>

> Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee

> camps (which have

> sprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports

> arenas) and on

> the streets.

>

> Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place

> even in central

> Nairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably

> low.

>

> A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on

> Monday in downtown

> Nairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a

> house, and then

> called into a room where one by one they were hacked

> to death.

>

> The only person to survive was allowed to live

> because he had a card

> showing he was a volunteer with a relief

> organisation, but the skin

> was partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he

> was badly

> beaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked

> before his eyes, and

> had to open his mouth while attackers urinated into

> it. He, too, is

> suicidal.

>

> The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few

> victims are able

> to go to hospitals for help because of erratic

> public transport in

> Nairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas.

> Military convoys

> escort those on roads outside cities.

>

> Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies

> with thousands

> of bookings cancelled are laying off people, which

> means the wage-

> earning economy has been cut dramatically.

>

> In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women

> were abducted by a

> gang and taken to a burnt-out building where they

> were repeatedly

> raped, some with their daughters.

>

> A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and

> attackers

> squeezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of

> those they raped.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I am writing from Kiambu, and I can assure you there

is no revenge killings/lootings taking place here! The

tea and coffee plantations have many Kenyans from luo

and luyia land, and nobody has threatened them at all.

It is very sad however, to keep seeing wave after wave

of displaced kikuyus coming in from Rift Valley. They

have horrendous stories of planned mass murders, and

are thankful to God to have survived thus far.

We continue to plead with the Kikuyu community NOT to

degrade itself through retaliation, but at the same

time I urge the Government to firmly, yes firmly,

enforce peace! Kibaki had 4 million+ voters in his

favour....so did Raila, who it is said lost narrowly.

Kibaki is accused of 'stealing votes' in his

strong-holds......so is Raila, who, for example, got

an impossible 95%+ vote count in Mbita alone!!! Whos'

fooling who??? I dont know, but I do know this;

* I have a right to vote and live in Kenya peacefully,

and transcend the entire country without feeling like

a hunted species.

* I have a right to be fully protected by my

government, on a 24/7 basis, from bands of killers

murdering people and looting on grounds of 'mass

action'. If you have the time read the story in todays

Nation of a young man called , celebrating in

Kibera for having 'found' an empty house to live in

for free. He feels entirely justified because, as he

says, 'the lady owner lived there all by herself with

three bedrooms to spare'. I rest my case.

Learn to differentiate the truth from sick rumours and

lies. Why lie about bands of Mungiki at Limuru?? It is

only 20 minutes from Nairobi, so kindly take time,

come see for yourself how nonsensical that claim is.

What of the Ugandan Army in parts of Kenya?? This lie

not only insults Kenyans intelligence, but also

insults Uganda, by accusing them of invading Kenya.

What of the many buses shown on KTN transporting

security officers at night before the elections, do

you recall that one?? Alfred Mutua, Government

spokesman, dismissed it and tore that 'big story' to

shreds in less than 5 minutes!

God bless Kenya.

Henry.

--- MILLICENT NJUGUNA <myl_njuguna@...> wrote:

> I believe the number of dead could actually be at

> 1000 or even more because there areas where

> decomposed bodies are still lying at the sites of

> death in eldoret what newspapers report are the

> figures in the police books.

>

> I did not know power is this sweet and people will

> stop at nothing to get it. Why dont this legislators

> want to go to the polls again? I Keep wondering when

> did it ever come to this that we hate one tribe so

> much you want to wipe them from the face of the

> earth?

>

>

>

> Orgy of brutality after voting

> has Kenyans in state

> of terror

> Send reply to: AIDS treatments@gro ups.com

>

>

>

> Orgy of brutality after voting has Kenyans in state

> of terror

> Abductions, torture, slaughter and rape are the

> order of the day

>

> January 13, 2008 Edition 1

>

> Special Correspondent

>

> Principal Gathura was trying to move on Friday

> about 600

> families from the classrooms of the Star of Hope

> Academy in violence-

> torn Muthare North, a suburb of Nairobi, into the

> open air of the

> school grounds.

>

> It might have seemed an uncharitable gesture but it

> was in reality a

> rather heroic effort to maintain normality in the

> face of tragic

> chaos. Kenyan schools and universities are supposed

> to re-open

> tomorrow and Gathura wanted the refugees to make way

> for his 250

> nursery and primary school pupils.

>

> The re-opening of schools, where it happens, will

> mark the end of

> what could only sardonically be called the festive

> season in a

> country that has been ripped apart by violence that

> has shocked the

> nation.

>

> The orgy of killing and raping was sparked by last

> month's

> presidential elections, which the opposition, and

> most impartial

> observers, believe President Mwai Kibaki stole from

> opposition

> leader Raila Odinga.

>

> The 600 families at Star of Hope are among at least

> 300 000 Kenyans

> displaced from their homes by the violence.

>

> " We need food, bedding, tents. This is hectic, "

> Gathura

> said. " People fled here from Kijiji-Chachewa, a

> village across the

> river, when it was attacked by Luos two weeks ago.

> The villagers

> include Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Taita ... "

>

> Where the village once stood, now only soil and bits

> of plastic

> remain. In that small refugee camp alone, there are

> nine newly

> orphaned children ranging in age from two to 15. The

> severely

> overstretched Red Cross has only delivered food to

> them twice, the

> last time seven days ago. Starvation is setting in.

>

> Teachers and children - like the rest of the

> population - across

> Kenya have been profoundly traumatised. Schools in

> some areas will

> not re-open. The Kenyan Counselling Association and

> the Kenyan

> Psychologists' Association have stepped up calls for

> voluntary or

> trained counsellors.

>

> More than 1 000 children (at conservative estimates

> by the United

> Nations Children's Fund, Unicef) have been orphaned

> or separated

> from their parents.

>

> Some are now being subjected to rape in refugee

> camps (which have

> sprung up in churches, schools, mosques and sports

> arenas) and on

> the streets.

>

> Horrific ongoing revenge killings are taking place

> even in central

> Nairobi. The estimate of 1 000 killed is probably

> low.

>

> A group of young men was abducted at 6.30pm on

> Monday in downtown

> Nairobi, by a Kikuyu gang. They were taken to a

> house, and then

> called into a room where one by one they were hacked

> to death.

>

> The only person to survive was allowed to live

> because he had a card

> showing he was a volunteer with a relief

> organisation, but the skin

> was partly removed from one hand with a scalpel, he

> was badly

> beaten, made to lick the blood of those hacked

> before his eyes, and

> had to open his mouth while attackers urinated into

> it. He, too, is

> suicidal.

>

> The incidence of rape has trebled at least and few

> victims are able

> to go to hospitals for help because of erratic

> public transport in

> Nairobi and dangerous road travel in rural areas.

> Military convoys

> escort those on roads outside cities.

>

> Most factories remain closed and many tour agencies

> with thousands

> of bookings cancelled are laying off people, which

> means the wage-

> earning economy has been cut dramatically.

>

> In one instance last week in Nairobi, eight women

> were abducted by a

> gang and taken to a burnt-out building where they

> were repeatedly

> raped, some with their daughters.

>

> A tampon was removed from a menstruating woman and

> attackers

> squeezed her menstrual blood into the mouths of

> those they raped.

>

>

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From from where I live a comment

Chifu

New York City

********

Media coverage of violence misses the real story in Africa

From Mr Dennis Pinto.

Sir, As a Kenyan living in New York and the owner of a safari group

operating in east Africa, I turned to all conceivable resources to

keep me informed about the unfolding situation following the Kenyan

election, including the FT and local Kenyan sources. What soon became

obvious, however, were the striking discrepancies between what I was

hearing from Nairobi sources and what was being portrayed by

international outlets. The entire country was not " burning " , as

portrayed in the media. The violence was taking place almost

exclusively in the heavily populated city slums or in remote areas.

Millions of reasonable, middle-class Kenyans were not involved and

were as appalled as the rest of the world.

If Kenya and its African neighbours received the same kind of mass

media attention about its most profound and life-threatening problems

as it has about its recent post-election incidents, then perhaps the

continent could make some true headway in its battles against extreme

poverty, chronic hunger and HIV/Aids.

But, alas, it seems that these critical issues are simply not

sufficiently newsworthy to make headlines. The death of some 500

people in Kenya's post-election riots is known by everyone reading

newspapers today, yet an African child is orphaned by Aids every 14

seconds and few people know this fact. Africa, it seems, suffers from

" feast or famine " media attention.

Kenya's present crisis underscores, more than ever, the need to

educate impoverished children in slums and remote areas - precisely

where the current violence is playing out. The real news story should

be how the world can help Kenya and all African nations to eradicate

extreme poverty and chronic hunger, and ensure universal primary

education and basic healthcare for all. That is the true crisis of Africa.

Dennis Pinto, Chief Executive, Micato Safaris, New York, NY 10010, US

[Guest guest]

members,

From from where I live a comment

Chifu

New York City

********

Media coverage of violence misses the real story in Africa

From Mr Dennis Pinto.

Sir, As a Kenyan living in New York and the owner of a safari group

operating in east Africa, I turned to all conceivable resources to

keep me informed about the unfolding situation following the Kenyan

election, including the FT and local Kenyan sources. What soon became

obvious, however, were the striking discrepancies between what I was

hearing from Nairobi sources and what was being portrayed by

international outlets. The entire country was not " burning " , as

portrayed in the media. The violence was taking place almost

exclusively in the heavily populated city slums or in remote areas.

Millions of reasonable, middle-class Kenyans were not involved and

were as appalled as the rest of the world.

If Kenya and its African neighbours received the same kind of mass

media attention about its most profound and life-threatening problems

as it has about its recent post-election incidents, then perhaps the

continent could make some true headway in its battles against extreme

poverty, chronic hunger and HIV/Aids.

But, alas, it seems that these critical issues are simply not

sufficiently newsworthy to make headlines. The death of some 500

people in Kenya's post-election riots is known by everyone reading

newspapers today, yet an African child is orphaned by Aids every 14

seconds and few people know this fact. Africa, it seems, suffers from

" feast or famine " media attention.

Kenya's present crisis underscores, more than ever, the need to

educate impoverished children in slums and remote areas - precisely

where the current violence is playing out. The real news story should

be how the world can help Kenya and all African nations to eradicate

extreme poverty and chronic hunger, and ensure universal primary

education and basic healthcare for all. That is the true crisis of Africa.

Dennis Pinto, Chief Executive, Micato Safaris, New York, NY 10010, US