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Mzalendo, i couldn't have said it better. Mungiki are a menace but they are only retaliating against the slaughter. The ODM supporters should not have assumed that all Kikuyus were for the current president, some are for ODM and some for neither, so for putting all Kikuyus in one basket was a major mistake.
I like the way the article is casually couched as poor Luo's against the vile Kikuyu Mungiki gang. Of course we ignore that prior to the election, Mungiki was a menace to Kikuyu's than anyone else because they want Kikuyu's to go back to the traditional ways- including female circumscision.
Kibaki, a Kikuyu , was accused of human rights violations in the crackdown aganst Mungiki. The reason why Mungiki is now resurging is because of the killings of Kikuyus in Kibera, Western Province and the Rift Valley. They will be a much harder gang to tackle because they are gaining favour among the Kikuyu's who now feel that they are under attack and Mungiki is defending them.
So for Luo's to say that Mungiki is chopping them up so they are fighting back, the story should read, "Mungiki is now fighting back, so the hostilities are continuing". Please don't potray them as victims. You can't attack first and then play victim.
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