Monday 29 October 2012

Re: [wanabidii] Kisumu Killings and Elsewhere in Kenya Must Stop Immediately.

On 10/29/12, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Judy,
>
> I'm getting a feeling that you don't understand how the Kenyan
> government operates and who has what power to do what.
>
> Everything that goes wrong in Kenya you keep lumping Raila together
> with Kibaki.
> This coalition is just a coalition in theory. Kibaki has more than 90%
> of the power. That's the reality and every Kenyan is aware of that.
> People who dispute that are just watu wa roho mbaya who hate Amolo and
> want him to share into Kibaki's blunders.
> Think about it: do you honestly think that if Amolo had any power over
> the Police he would allow the Police to shoot people in Kisumu? Ya
> Rabi !!
>
> Amolo has no power over the Police and is never even invited to the
> National Security Council meetings which are usually held in Kikuyu.
>
> Please be fair to A,olo even if you dislike him. Intellectual honesty
> goes a long way towards enhancing one's credibility.
>
> Courage
>
>
>
>
> On 10/29/12, Judy Miriga <jbatec@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> This is very serious, let Kibaki and Raila explain to the People and the
>> world why this is so and further convince the people that it is not part
>> of
>>
>> their political theory to provoke insecurity and unleash terror as a
>> means
>> of sending threats, intimidation and fears ahead of election time.
>>
>>
>> Irrespective of Party affilliation, police killer of the innocent is a
>> serious
>> crime and is unacceptable.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The police inability to swiftly act and provide necessary peace and
>> security
>>
>> is no excuse and this is a serious disability of inaction to advance
>> criminal
>> behaviors such of terror acts we saw in the past election of 2007/8 that
>> must
>> not be taken lightly.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This behaviour is a tactical move to create chaos in a peaceful community
>> and it is unacceptable. This lukewarm approach from Police to slow or
>> evade apprehending the attacker or catching up with the terrorist killer
>> is
>> a
>> sign that shows a well organized planned attack to ambush, create chaos,
>> and distabilize the peaceful community and this behaviour is
>> unacceptable.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We demand for an extremely urgent response from the two Principal
>> Coalition
>>
>> Leaders to provide satisfying reasonable explanation why they should not
>> be
>>
>> held responsible for lack of providing good and secure leadership and to
>> account
>> for the Kisumu Killings.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Judy Miriga
>> Diaspora Spokesperson
>> Executive Director
>> Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
>> USA
>> http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kisumu parliamentary aspirant killed sparking protests
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>> Protestors storm Kisumu Central Police Station voicing concerns on
>> insecurity following the killing of parliamentary aspirant Shem Onyango
>> alias Kwegah on October 29, 2012. Photo/TOM OTIENO NATION MEDIA GROUP
>>
>> By LILIAN OCHIENG'
>> Posted Monday, October 29 2012 at 16:41
>>
>>
>> One person was killed on Monday in Kisumu following violent protests that
>> were ignited with the killing of an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)
>> parliamentary aspirant Shem Onyango alias Kwegah.
>>
>> The protesters blocked the Kisumu - Kakamega highway for about six hours
>> protesting the rising cases of insecurity in Kisumu.
>>
>> A boda boda operator, Kenneth Oduor, who was ferrying a passenger that
>> got
>> killed in the protest said his client was shot as they approached a
>> police
>> station.
>> "He was bleeding profusely from his chest. We rushed him to Jaramogi
>> Oginga
>> Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, where he died on arrival," Mr
>> Oduor
>> said.
>>
>> Mr Kwegah, a Kisumu Central Constituency aspirant, died from gunshot
>> wounds
>> he sustained after being shot by unknown assailants sparking protests.
>>
>> Mr Kwegah's wife was also shot during the 10am incident but doctors at
>> the
>> Aga Khan Hospital Intensive Care Unit say she was out of danger.
>>
>> Following the incident, protests rocked the town's Central Business
>> District
>> as residents led by Muhoroni MP, Ayiecho Olueny demonstrated over
>> insecurity.
>>
>> According to an eye witness, the couple were shot near Mamba Hotel as
>> they
>> drove towards town.
>>
>> A boda boda operator said that he following Kwegah's car closely when two
>> assailants approached the vehicle.
>>
>> Mr Kwegah was then ordered by one of the assailants to stop his car or be
>> shot.
>>
>> "Stop the car or I will shoot! Today is your day and no one will help
>> you,"
>> said the assailant.
>>
>> It's then that the gunman approached the driver's side as Mr Kwegah
>> opened
>> his window to check on the disturbance.
>> "As he drove over a bump, the gunman shot him on the head and fired
>> another
>> shot on his jaw then shot Kwegah's wife on her arm, " said the eye
>> witness.
>>
>> Meanwhile, ODM has called on the government to investigate the motive
>> behind
>> the murder of Mr Kwegah.
>>
>> ODM Secretary General Prof Anyang' Nyong'o said the killing comes in the
>> wake of increasing cases of insecurity in Kisumu and it's environs, a
>> situation that has become a major concern to the residents of the
>> Lakeside
>> town.
>>
>> "We condole with the family of the Late Mr Kwegah and pray for the quick
>> recovery of his wife, who was injured during the shooting and rushed to
>> Aga
>> Khan Hospital in Kisumu" said Prof Anyang' Nyong'o.
>> Mr Kwegah also served as ODM's Kisumu Town West sub-branch chairman.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wakahare•a day ago
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I knew this Good man when i was working with G4S Kisumu many years
>> back.He
>> was loved by many. RIP Shem- and may the innocent man's blood waylay
>> those
>> murderers wherever they go!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Albert Lam•a day ago
>>
>>
>> When will peace prevai in kenya,till when will we be aliens in our own
>> country?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Murage wa Sheki, kianyaga•a day ago
>>
>>
>> Eliminating competition. Its cruel but works. Its basic animal instinct.
>> lions eliminate hyenas over territories and food. politicians feed on
>> votes.
>> any menu without votes is unbalanced................. my prophetic eye
>> predicts more of these
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> majau kithinji•a day ago
>>
>>
>> This is very sad indeed,police should track and arrest the killers
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Abdallah Talib•a day ago
>>
>> The Government should take action before security gets out of hand... its
>> not a good sign as we approach the elections
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> victor odhiambo•a day ago
>>
>>
>> The insecurity in Kisumu must be addressed before things worsen
>> especially
>> during this time of election.The government should intervene as early as
>> possible.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> vladimirovich•a day ago
>>
>>
>> Kisumu used to be a very safe place to be, or so I thought when I
>> sojourned
>> there. What has changed?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Killings escalate in post-election Kenya
>>
>>
>>
>> Chaos … a man is beaten by a policeman in Nairobi after an election
>> protest.
>> Photo: Reuters/Antony Njuguna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bernard Rwoti in Kisumu, Kenya
>> January 1, 2008
>> Page 1 of 2
>> ANALYSIS
>>
>> AT LEAST 64 people were killed overnight in post-election violence in
>> western Kenya as angry opposition supporters clashed with police and
>> rival
>> tribal groups.
>> In Kisumu, Kenya's third city and a bastion of the defeated presidential
>> challenger, Raila Odinga, a mortuary attendant said police brought in 46
>> bodies.
>> "These bodies were brought here overnight by police officers from various
>> suburbs," the attendant told Agence France-Presse. "Three are women and
>> there are two infants."
>> Authorities also imposed a daytime curfew in Kisumu yesterday with police
>> ordered to shoot any violators, a senior police official said.
>> The city's morgue was surrounded by wailing relatives as police sent
>> reinforcements to block slum dwellers from reaching the city centre. "I
>> heard gunshots and we scampered off to safety and I did not know where my
>> son went. I have spotted my son's body with a gunshot wound in the
>> stomach,"
>> said an elderly woman, Mary Otieno.
>> Reporters were also shown seven other bodies in the city's main hospital
>> waiting to be transferred to the morgue.
>> The police chief of Nyanza province, Grace Kaindi, did not comment on the
>> 46
>> bodies but admitted that police had opened fire on looters during the
>> night.
>> "These are a group of young men who were causing mayhem at night, they
>> refused to disperse, forcing police to use force on the looters," she
>> said.
>> The latest deaths brought to 84 the number of people confirmed to have
>> died
>> since Thursday's general elections. The President, Mwai Kibaki, was
>> declared
>> the winner on Sunday after a disputed tallying process, but Mr Odinga
>> rejected the results, saying the Government had rigged them.
>> In the town of Nakuru, police said seven were killed after clashes also
>> broke out between rival political supporters.
>> Mr Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe is the country's largest but many across Kenya
>> had
>> rallied behind Mr Odinga's Luo tribe in the election to bring an end to
>> "Kikuyu rule", a trend observers had warned could trigger violence.
>> Further clashes between rival supporters in a village near Kapsabet also
>> left four dead, police said.
>> In Kisumu, Nairobi and several other cities in Kenya, life came to a
>> standstill where fighting was not taking place.
>> After almost a week of national holidays imposed by the Government around
>> December 27 for the vote, some residents from impoverished neighbourhoods
>> were running out of basic goods and started looting shops.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 10/29/12, Lee Makwiny <amosogal@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Lee Makwiny <amosogal@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [changemombasa2012] Kisumu Killings
>> To: "progressive-kenyans" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>, "kol"
>> <kenyaonline@yahoogroups.com>, "Kenya Canada"
>> <kenya-can@yahoogroups.com>,
>> changemombasa2012@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Monday, October 29, 2012, 8:40 AM
>>
>>
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>>
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>> After killing Shem Onyango Kwega, the police are now shooting innocent
>> demostrators.
>>
>> Three people already dead, among them a school going child.
>>
>> I am still unable to understand how a thug #ChinaSquad can kill someone
>> at
>> Mamba, followed by bodaboda upto Nyamasaria, yet the police are unable to
>> provide help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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