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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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Violence in Kenya escalates: Mungiki Muslim sect with ties to Obama cousin Raila Odinga, blamed for recent killing spree Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Mau Mau movement sweeping African Nation by Eric Dondero worldwideliberty.blogspot.com Some background from World History Archives, History of the Mungiki movement in Kenya: Followers of the so-called Mungiki youth sect, whose 300,000 members see themselves as the true sons of the Mau Mau, decry what they regard as the more degenerate aspects of Western culture, including cinemas, alcohol, tobacco and miniskirts... advocating female circumcision. The Mungiki leaders [national co-ordinator, Ibrahim Ndura Waruinge, and founder-member Mohammed Njenga] appealed for support to spread the religion and create a nation guided by the Sharia. Though according to Religion News Blog, some Muslim leaders have disavowed the Mungiki because they live in the bush, and don't wear clean clothes. “You can not be a Muslim, unless you subscribe and adhere to all rules that are stipulated in the Holy Quran, among them, ensuring that you are clean and clothing are always clean,” said El-Busaidy (of the Supreme Council of Muslim Kenyans.) Odinga invited Munginki into Government Coalition However, the political arm of Mungiki has been in negotiations with Prime Minister Raila Odinga (first cousin of American President Barack Hussein Obama), to join in a "grand coalition" goverment. One report from the MajimboKenya.com even states: some government officials are members and sympthizers of the sect. Though, Odinga wishes for those members wanting to join the government to first denounce Mungiki officially. Human Rights advocates have loudly denounced Odinga's ties to Muginki. From MajimboKenya.com: Mungiki should not be recognized by any government. We understand that some government officials are members and sympthizers of the sect. By his [Odinga's] ministers and senior government official’s subscibing to the sect, it makes it difficult for the few available non corrupt security apparatus to crack the sect. Street level violence in Nairobi escalating, threatening to expand out of slums From the Daily Nation, April 7: The April 7 incident outside Gym & Tonic on Baricho Road near Nakumatt Mega had all indications of a well-planned execution rather than a spontaneous crime or a carjacking gone wrong. According to witnesses, the two gunmen waited for Mr Abura and called out his name when he was putting his bag into the car. As he turned and surrendered on seeing guns pointed at him, the hit men fired and disappeared as watchmen in the vicinity fled at the sound of gunshots. Continuing: Two weeks before Mr Abura’s murder, the bodies of Police Chief Inspector Henry Anunda and his son Josephat Omambia Anunda, a former University of Nairobi engineering student, were recovered in a coffee plantation in Kiamumbi area in Kahawa West. Initial reports indicated the police officer had gone to visit his son in Kiamumbi area when they were abducted and held hostage before being killed using the officer’s own gun. The police, in a statement, blamed the killing on the outlawed Mungiki sect. The statement said the father of five may have been killed because his presence was seen as a threat to sect activities in the area. Now today the London Telegraph is reporting that Villagers in outlying countryside are fighting back, and in some cases commiting horrific violence in retaliation: The clashes started late on Monday when residents organised in small groups armed with crude weapons decided to fight back against the Mungiki, a violent mafia-like extortionist group famous for beheading and skinning its victims. "A total of 24 people are dead as we speak but we are not able to tell who is Mungiki and who is not," a police spokesman, Eric Kiraithe, said. "It's a very bad scene."