Fikira and Maoni on the Kenyan Crisis 1

THE RIGGING STORY

The international media especially in the EU has taken an offensive position against our nation I am saddened that we have all fallen for the allure of ODMs "truths". The devil is hard at work and will do whatevernecessary to turn the lord's people around. If u have read the details of**** Morris' Orange Revolution, this was an important step, conquer the media. Then, ODM borrowed one more from Hitler's own handbook, "lie, lie and top up your lies with more lies and it will become true!" In Meru where they claim results were cooked, the public, along with ODM agents were at the announcements of the votes tallied. For example in Nithi, the results that emerged were as stated by ECK. ODM agents signed the form 16 and verified form 16As from all polling stations. The total turn out was somethinglike 95000 out of 126,000 which is a normal 75%. Reports from Nithi indicate that people were not allowed to enter bars, matatus, and shops or even go home if they had no ink on their finger after voting! Meru came out in droves to vote! The reason: Raila was booed heckled and thrown out of Meru during campaigns. He then asked them why they did not vote Orange during referendum and then told them that they will cry in December. Meru is greatly angered by these statements and saidthat their weapon is their vote. Raila wanted to deny them that right. On the night that Kibaki was down 1 million votes, he had only tallied185000/1.7m votes from Central and 85000 from Eastern. The delayed votes from Kibaki strong holds was part of a planned strategy. Many stations reported refusal by ODM agents to sign forms and multiple contest over results in parts of Central, Kisii, Eastern and Kikuyu Rift Valley. Meanwhile, ODM flooded the ECK with their results from Rift and LuoNyanza to create an artificial lead. The results from Luo Nyanza and RiftValley as PNU agents, (at an important meeting with the ECK along with all other party agents, at 4 am) found out had areas with 95% or even over 100% turnout and some polling stations where everyone voted! Figures from the Daily Nation:
-Sigor 115%
-Eldoret North 116%
-Mosop 97%
-Emgwen 103%
-Baringo N 92%
-Narok South 120%
-Bondo 102%
-Kisumu Rural 120%
-Karachuonyo 94%
-Rangwe 92%
-Ndhiwa 93%
-Nyatike 95%
-Mbita 95%

Highest in both central and Eastern is Othaya: 90%. Dear Kenyans,Evaluate the rigging claims for yourselves! Meaning that even the dead, the unborn and the terminally ill in hospitals voted in Luo Nyanza and Rift Valley!Trust PNU to be fast asleep as this happened at the polling stations! At that meeting, ODM realized that from this audit, upon revisiting all the210 constituencies with all the relevant documentation that Kibaki hadwon. Despite all their rigging and tribal inferences, ODM were out! Ruto rushed to deliver word to Raila who went to a press conference late morning. He came out before results were released and said that he does not want to pull off an Abiola (Research on Abiola) and does not want to resort to turning Kenya into an Ivory Coast! He implied he would not accept defeat of any sort. He also told his supporters to be calm until the announcement. This was to give them a signal to cause chaos upon announcement. Later, Raila walked into KICC guerilla style. He walked thru the plenary hall where everyone else was seated and stormed into the ECKs private chambers. With his entourage, they blockaded the ECK from leaving the room to announce results! This took place for hours all the time he was coercing the ECK to do what he wanted. When it wouldn't work he went outside to address a press conference rejecting anything that the ECK would announce!Upon his re-entry into the plenary hall ECK arrived and Kivuitu began his announcement of the results from Molo. Kibaki led in that constituency. Raila himself literally converged on Kivuitu as Ruto began to involve himself in physical confrontation. GSU had to step in and escort the ECK out as Ngilu tried to grab onto Kivuitu and stop him from leaving. Why was everyone including the media get thrown out? Some press members comprised a large group of hecklers that were a big part of the planned ODM chaos.They had to be removed! ECK went to the VIP room and with official observers and KBC announced the result. Another question, why did the ECK take so long to announce even when they knew the winner? First, delayed results, second, ODM interference.

The third thing is here. While the agents were at the ECK for the meeting last night, the results were apparent and Kibaki had won. His agents reported back to him. Kibaki asked ECK to stall the announcement so as to allow for the army to assemble at the barracks and go into red alert as well as to position the police countrywide! This also allowed time for the CJ to be taken to statehouse early. A vacuum at such a time could result in military rule if there is civil strife! Kibaki was thus quickly sworn in. Raila also wanted to call on a million plus supporters to stream into Uhuru Park wherehe would be pronounced president and sworn in separately. The govt took action. It blocked all live broadcasts to avert this coup attempt.The lack of media has enabled the govt to keep out inflammatory messages that will cause worse strife.

Kikuyu in Eldoret have been killed like nonsense. In Kisii migori, after the results came out, ten people killed in less than 15 mins. In Rift, Kalenjins are killing each other. In one estate they burnt house after house while throwing people out into the street and killing them. A friend's house was in that estate. Her whole family, Kalenjins, regretted voting for Raila and giving him the mandate to cause chaos. She said that it might be her last day as all her neighbors were out on the street dead! Kikuyu homes and businesses have been burnt to a crust in all slums. The Luo have destroyed their own homes in Kisumu and nowKibera is all on fire! All this for the selfish ambitions of Raila! He called them out as he followed **** Morris strategy to the letter!

Kenyans chose Kibaki. He is a national figure! He had over 25% in 7 provinces and even 17% in Nyanza and Raila had that in only 6 provinces and in central and eastern he had just 2% and 5% respectively. Most impressively Kibaki got a large tally of votes in Western, North Eastern and Coast! We need to unite at this time to refuse militant rulers in our country who refuse to follow the rule of law and will take power by force.He blatantly dismissed the laws of Kenya in Sunday morning's press conference by saying he does not care for the courts and will not set foot there to settle his grievances! He has chosen to use force and the blood of Kenyans to seize power! We refuse! We pray against it! He cannot deny us 10 million Kenyans who turned up, stood for seven and a half hours and even lost our IDs to exercise our constituitional right! We are here and we are together as peace loving KENYANS. Join us insolidarity. We love Kenya too much to see such abuse of our laws and unity!

As for the EU, I take a stand to publicly denounce them. Their comments are based on their own selfish vested interests in this country. The fact ofthe matter which u all know is that the EU has been a loser throughout the five years Kibaki has ruled! They have lost billions of Euros in trade to the Far East and they are not happy about that at all.

Fact: Kenya engages with China for a large majority of its trade which was previously monopolized by the EU.
Fact: Kenya has given over 90% of all its contracts to China for infrastructure!
Fact: Kenya is no longer dependent on the donor funding to draw up its budget!

Kenya relies on local revenues for 95% of its budget with the other meagre 5% shared out between donor funds from China, EU and US. In comparison Tanzania and Uganda draw up 78% and 88% respectively of their budgets from donor funding. The donor community is full of sharks that use donor money to siphon trillions out of their own economies!

Fact: Kenya has been the torch bearer for the rights of African and Pacific nations to have fair and unbridled trade with the EU. They are making ALOT of progress. EU has gained nothing from Kibaki's administration and wants him to go! They want us eating out of their hands like we did in Moi's time. This is neo-colonialism! Divide and conquer. It has happened in too many African countries for us to be blind here in Kenya! We refuse EU control of our Nation! They want to turn us against ourselves so as to take strategic positions in the process. They are looking for ethnic cleansing and genocide to overrule Kenya. Never! Kenyans, open your eyes, the war is not within but with those around us!

THE PROPHECY WE ALL IGNORED - IS IT RIGHT AFTER ALL? A globally reputed prophet had on the morning of September 30th 2007, foretold on his website that President Mwai Kibaki would bere-elected (among other 30 highlights on Kenya) Many who saw the posting brushed him aside, he had also foretold of chaos after the election...now we just cannot ignore him any more. In the prophesy posted on the link http://www.thomasmanton.com./prophecies/index.php?ctr_id=110&cnt_id=2 ,

the prophet remains optimistic that Kenyans will recover from the current crisis and that the nation will have more airlines, a booming tourism industry and great development projects. He says that the military and the police will play a key role in containing the current crisis and will succeed in restoring order. Here are some of the highlights:
1. The Upcoming Presidential Elections: "President Mwai Kibaki will bere-elected as Kenya's President on December 27, 2007. My Hand is uponhimto produce continued development and reformation in Kenya over the next five years, says the Lord!
2. Parliament: Changes are coming in your Parliament.
3. Crime and Law Enforcement: I will arrange a great increase in law enforcement in your nation beginning in this next season. Crime will bedealt with severely; and it will decrease greatly and even be eradicated in certain sectors in the coming season!
4. Conflicts, Violence and Unrest: I saw three Visions of clashes:
a)The first conflict I saw was involving the Mungiki. I saw men in military uniforms going in against these criminals to foil them. This happenned swiftly.
b) I saw tribal-clashes. (Kuresoi?).
3) Then I saw a horrible scene of social unrest ~ resulting in violence and rioting in the streets. (The post election menace?) I then saw your military and police going out forcefully to stop those causing these violent eruptions.........
10) ODM: In the first week of March 2007, God said that the ODM'opposition-party,' would be put into derision, and that they would be'split-up.' Some weeks later, reports hit the national headlines thatKenyatta was leaving; Raila would have his own ODM; and Kilonzo would head his own ODM-Kenya.
11) Embarrassment in Raila Camp: "Some things will come out from behind the scenes in October and November, 2007 that will 'discredit' Mr. Raila in the eyes of many. He will not rise again fully in his 'popularity' after this, says the Lord!" (I guess MOU with Islamists; **** Morris saga; Nazlin's confessions; majimbo; safaricom deal to Americans etc)
12) Election Polls: The tide of the election-polls will turn; and thetwofront-running candidates will come to an 'even-point!' Then, theElectionwill go the way God has ordained!
13) Ousting from the President's Cabinet: On May 29, 2007, God said that'acouple' of leaders from within the President's Cabinet would be ousted because of their defection within the ranks (I guess Ngilu, Koech????).

THOSE who voted for Kibaki are NOT KENYANS? The impression created by the term "Kenyans have spoken" is that only those who supported a certain candidate are Kenyans. My understanding is that those who voted for Hon. Odinga - the MP-elect for Langata, are Kenyans.I am further of the understanding that those who voted for PresidentKibaki and MP-elect for Othaya are Kenyans. I am even further convinced beyond doubt that another 20+ million people inKenya who did not vote for either of the two are Kenyans too. Even if Hon. Odinga got one vote, while President Kibaki got 17 Millionvotes that one vote for Odinga is from a Kenyan. If President Kibaki got one vote and Mr. Odinga got 10 million, that one vote for Kibaki is from a Kenyan. It is this kind of selective application of terms and situations that is in part fueling the animosity we are seeing. We are hearing of rigging elections by President Kibaki, but we are not being told why Mr. Odinga's brother - Mr. Oburu Odinga, was elected in a constituency that returned a 102% voter turnout. A 102% voter turnout is rigging, my friends. Rigging is rigging. Mr. Odinga is a Kenyan and his supporters are Kenyans. President Kibaki is a Kenyan, and his supporters are Kenyans.

The most pressing thing right now is for leaders in both sides of the divide to realize that life is so sacred, that there is no ambitionwhatsoever that is worth killing people over. How would Hon. Odinga andPresident Kibaki feel if those were their children, sisters, brothers, mothers or fathers that were burned while taking refuge in a church from FELLOW KENYANS? The time is NOW for Hon. Odinga to go on national TV and radio and categorically tell his KENYAN supporters to cease the wanton taking of lives and destruction of property. The buck stops with him. It is his supporters (and those loaned to him by Ruto) that are rioting and committing genocide.

The latest genocide Case 1, Patrick is a Kikuyu businessman from Eldoret, where at least 50 people were burned to death as they were seeking refuge in a church. He, his wife, his six children and a few other members of his immediate family fled Eldoretearlier today. Here's what he had to say about the situation in Eldoret and in Kenya as a whole...

What was the situation when you left?

"The situation in Eldoret is pathetic. It is systematic annihilation of a tribe, in my opinion. It actually took God to make it to the airport. Alongthe way, we were attacked by the Kalenjin warriors but through God's grace and because we had requested a police escort, we barely made it through. But in the convoy that we were in, we almost lost one car. But through God's grace, we made it to the airport. It's been hell. I can say that."

When did you know you had to leave?

"Actually, we knew that we would have wanted to have stayed because we were born and bred in Eldoret. My parents moved into Eldoret way back in1940. So we don't know anywhere else as home, apart from that place. But when we realized that this had moved from the ODM, PNU conflict to something much deeper, and that the presidential elections had been used as an excuse for something else to be implemented, [for] the Kalenjins to get rid of the Kikuyus, that's when we realized that we had to move out. That was the day before yesterday."

How did you leave?

"We had to request our friends in Nairobi to come to our aid by chartering aplane because we could not access money and we didn't have the kind ofmoney that is needed to charter a plane. Our friends here in Nairobi came together and raised the money.nIt's whoever gets out, gets out."

Who have you left behind?

"Our family is quite large. What I managed to do is to get my immediate family, my wife and my children but I have left my cousins, I have left my brothers. I am trying to communicate with my brothers to see if they can join us. But the situation is so bad that we can not say that we have to move as the whole clan. We are several hundred. We have lost several members in the conflict.We have another small batch of relatives at the airport. They might make it today or tomorrow. We don't know. We are still working on getting the oneswho are in town because you can not get to the airport without escort.It'san enormous challenge that we don't' know how far we can go because the resources needed to charter this plane are enormous. It costs between170,000 to 320,000 Kenya shillings to charter a 19-seater.I told you that my family is expansive. I lost two of my relatives in an area, very young boys. But what was even more disheartening, was my grandmother. She has a farm in Burnt Forest. When the clashes began,they left their homes and they went to a school, the whole village. The school was surrounded by the warriors. Any second, they could have attacked the school and finished them. We cried to the police and the police did send some policemen. The warriors still insisted that they wanted to kill these people. The police brokered a deal. [The people had to walk 20 KM to the nearest town, without getting anything from their homes.] Thosevillagers are trapped in a small town. We can't get them food and we can't get them to Eldoret town. They can't come out." We really fear that there might be a massacre in Eldoret in the next few days."

Patrick's wife Ruth chimes in...

"There is great fear in Eldoret town because people are being pushed into one central place, at the police station and at the church. What we have seen is that they are coming now and burning the churches at the outskirts. So far, we know that three churches have been burned and they have blocked all the exits out of town such that you can not get out of Eldoret town. So there is that great fear: why are we being pushed to the center of town? What is the intention? What we have seen in the outskirts, the violence is so much. There is no precedent for it. In 1992, in 1997, it was not this fierce [during past land clashes]. So there is that great fear among the Kikuyu community inEldoret. Why are we being put in one central place and we can not get out? So we really fear that there might be a massacre in Eldoret in the next few days. You are holding quite a picture on the cover of that paper...?"

[As weweretalking, Patrick was holding a copy of today's paper in his hand. On the cover was a photo of a woman wailing outside the burnt shell of the church in Eldoret where a group of sheltering Kikuyus were killed.]

"This is a very sad moment. When I made it to Nairobi and I was able to get this paper. One of my families lives next to this church that was burned. Over 70 children and women were killed in this church [Media and official reports of the numbers vary widely]. It's barely a kilometer from where some of my relatives live. It means that some of my relatives, I don't know, maybe some were caught up in there. But so far we believe they are not caught up there. This is a very good example of what we are talking about. We know that historically, people have warred. They have always tribe versus tribe, for many reasons, some petty, some reasonable. But we know that the house of God is a place that, across the world, people respect. According to the African culture, children and women are not killed. We also know that the Kalenjin warriors, according to their culture, because we have lived with them, they don't kill women or children. So when it comes to a point whereby they go to a house of God where children and women are taking refuge and they kill them there, this is taking the conflict to another level that we believe is not the presidential race. "

How surprised are you by what's happened?

"I am shocked. I know the Kalenjin, they are warlike. We know, we live with them, that they have those regiments, they have warriors. But we know that they are also very peace-loving people, we know that we have inter-married with them. This is why it is very shocking that it has gone to this level. When there was this conflict that the presidential race was unfair, rigging had taken place, and we definitely expected some outcry. We definitely expected some people marching. It's not the first time. In Kenya's we've had land clashes, 1992, 1997. It's not like it's something that is new to us. But the level that this has been taking...Believe me, the death count that you are reading in the newspaper, actually it is over ten times this. The attacks have been undertaken all around Eldoret. All around. All the farms, all the villages. If one time, it would be possible to have a death count, we are not talking of hundreds, we are talking of thousands."

What long-term effect do you think this conflict might have in Eldoret and in the country as a whole?

"We know what has happened in other countries. We know what has happened in Bosnia, what has happened in Rwanda. Let's not lie to ourselves that may be there will not be retaliation. In Rwanda, when the Hutus killed the Tutsis, it was fun until the tables turned and the Tutsis started killing the Hutus. We all know how many millions have died there. The reality is that, definitely, even if it is not me, there are people who are pained. You never know, it might take ten years, and an opportunity will occur for them to revenge. You never know, anything will trigger it. Right now, the Kikuyus might be killed and everybody is excited and it's fine and it cools down. And even Kibaki can say he has given up the seat and it is fine, it cools down. But an opportunity one time will present itself and this will not be forgotten.

Case 2 Caesar Wamalika, chaplain at the University of Eastern Africa inBaraton, in Rift Valley, spoke to the BBC to give a personal account of how acrowd of more than 1,000 people threatened to storm his campus unless some ethnic groups left. Caesar Wamalika says he and his colleagues are threatened daily. It all began soon after the election results were announced. A number of groups from the local community broke into war songs and raided the shopping centre next to the university. They looted all the shops that belong to Kikuyus and Kisiis. Then they broke into the rented off-campus houses of some students and then acrowd of about 1,000 people surged to the university gate and shouted that they wanted to storm the university.

They demanded that all Kikuyus, Kambas, Meru, and Kisii people leave theuniversity within two hours. That was the only way to save the university from being stormed.They said they would stay at the gate until their demands were met.Three armed policemen arrived and spent time negotiating with the crowd. Finally the police advised us to evacuate the named ethnic groups. All of them are armed with machetes, bows and arrows. Some are drunk and others baying for blood. We put those specified faculty staff and students, numbering about 250,into three university vehicles and they were taken to Kapsabet Police station under police escort. They have been there for four days. Several attempts have been made to take them home. The police tried and take them to Eldoret international airport but there were too many road blocks set up by different gangs and so they had to return to the police station. There is no way anyone can get out. The situation at the police station is not good. There is no food or clean water, but their worst fear is the possibility of the station being stormed, as such threats have been made. The police are few and overstretched. No one is safe. There are about 300 faculty members from the Luo and Luhyia community, international workers and students who are still holed up within the campus with me. We have been having daily threats from the crowds of people outside the campus. On one occassion, we had to give a bull for them to slaughter to guarantee us peace. It is a nightmare to meet them. All of them are armed with machetes, bows and arrows. Some are drunk and others baying for blood. I have never seen anything like this. One needs to be diplomatic when speaking to them. Violence swept the country after the elections. We have managed tosucceed in pleading with the militia to allow us transport to send food to those at the police station. It took three hours to go through road blocks to reachKapsabet, which is only 15 km away.There has been a change of heart from some commanders and militia leaders who know the university's administration. They said that on humanitarian grounds, the faculty with children and pregnant mothers should be allowedto return to the campus.They also told us students of the other communities should also be allowed back. It sounded like good news. We shook hands. We asked them to transport food to Kapsabet. They agreed and used their own vehicles. Locked in But the food never arrived. We then found out that the militia who were escorting the food had been beaten and their vehicles smashed by another group.That is the problem we are facing - having to negotiate with different militia groups who all have their own separate terms that we have to try and fulfil. The roadblocks are manned by between 100 and 500 people - in some major road blocks you will have a thousand. This morning, as a political rally was announced, the crowd came again to the university gate, this time demanding that we join them in a mass demonstration. We feared being put on the front line and probably be first to face the armed police. Our University public relations officer managed to negotiate with them to leave - but they have chained the main gate, locked it and gone awaywiththe key. No vehicle can get in or out of the campus now. We pray that they don't come again to force us out.There is a shortage of essential items. Nowhere to buy food, we don'thave telephone calling cards and there is no fuel. The market is deserted and shops are closed. While the situation is calming down, there is still fearof what the next day might bring. We are still making efforts to escort our faculty safely away from the police station.

What needs to happen to build peace?

We are peace-loving country and God-fearing. It is said that over 80 percent of Kenyans are Christians. Even one of the things that came up in the campaign period was the issue of whether the leaders wereChristians. Raila said he is a staunch Anglican Christian. President Kibaki said he is a staunch Catholic Christian. But I am asking, where are these pastors? Where are these pastors in Eldoret, Kalenjin pastors? Where is this Christianity? I am shocked that pastors that had been preaching for us to be God-fearing, they are not coming out to condemn this. They are quiet as the work is being done. And when maybe everybody is down, they will come to bury us and say a very good prayer. Because in my opinion, there is an opportunity for the church to rise above politics and take its position. How come this Christianity is not playing arole here? Why can't I hear a Kalenjin bishop or a Kalenjin Father or aKalenjin Pastor or a Kalenjin Imam, for that matter, coming out and saying"No, our religion forbids killing women and children??" If it's men, it is another issue. You can claim they are combatants. And in any war,combatants die. But I don't believe Christianity or Islam would agree for children and women to be killed in the house of God. So peace-building, the church has to begin. Right now we don't trust the political leadership. I want to confess and say, I have not seen Kibaki coming out to speak strongly about it. I want to tell you, I think Raila has said he is not concerned unless Kibaki resigns. The person who is the leader in our area, he is just quiet. So before the politicians can even sit, I would like to see the church coming out and putting their feet down. That is the first thing.The second thing, as we are speaking, you might get a report that the war has cooled down. But we have thousands of people camped at the police station and church compounds and they are starving to death. So as much as they were not pierced by the arrows at their farms, they are dying slowly. If nothing is done for that, you will be lying to people, saying that there is peace. When there are two warring parties, it always takes a third party to come in and give reason. What we are observing is the international community being silent. We know that the international community knows what is happening. They are taking it lightly. We know the same mistake was done inRwanda, whereby the Rwandese started killing each other, they cried out to the international community. The international community ignored them until up to a million Rwandans were dead. The same story is being repeated in Eldoret, Burnt Forest, Londiani and Kuresoi. This is genocide being done. This is majimbo per excellence.