Sunday, January 27, 2008

More disturbing news from Rift Valley

The church volunteers in Eldoret and Molo are sending back exceptionally scary reports. They have been assisting the victims of the clashes, and also, most notably, a number of attackers who were shot by police and wounded, who also require relief.
These attackers have revealed that:

A senior Pentagon member was the one who addressed them three weeks before the elections and promised them the following:
1) That the incoming ODM government policy was to purge Rift Valley of ‘Foreigners’ from Central Province.
2) That the Foreigners’ land would be parcelled out to the attackers.
3) That they would be paid Kshs 500 per gang for each house torched.
4) That unless the previous owners were killed, they may come back after several years to identify the attackers and reclaim their land, especially if ODM was no longer in power.
5) In addition, no witnesses should be left in the event of an international investigation.
6) The bows and arrows and other weapons were transported in the trucks of a local businessman.
7) A special Kalenjin oath was taken by all the participants who then camped in secluded places in the forests.
8) The signal to attack came from designated ringleaders who were also the ones to confirm for the paymasters how many houses each group had torched.
9) They were asked to continue with the activity even though ODM had lost, until such time as they had ‘cleared the area’.
10) Payments for the activities have been honored, with bonuses given for the very active groups.
In the back page of the Sunday Nation of 13th Nov, the police spokesman was very confident that they have identified the MP behind the clashes. They are relying on the evidence of these injured and captured warriors.
11) Most of the hate messages were dispersed in vernacular through KASS FM, under one Arap Sang.
12) There were many moderate Kalenjins who, although voting for ODM, were totally against the plans, and the inciters had to recruit special groups to initiate the attacks.