Just today around 2,000 people from rival tribes faced off on a main road amidst a once quiet tourist town, divided only by a handful of police who fired into the air to force their retreat.
One newspaper reported people from opposing tribes shouting…”This is Kikuyu land!” was the cry in Naivasha from one side, which called for revenge against the rival Luo tribe. Others shouted, “We want peace, but we (also) want to fight them,” said Peter Mwangi. “We don’t want Luos here.”
Over the weekend there was a reported around 100 dead in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru and Naivasha. “Groups from rival communities have been fighting each other with machetes, clubs, and bows and arrows in both towns, famous for their lakes teeming with wildlife. In the worst incident of the latest flare-up, 19 people were burned to death locked inside a house in Naivasha on Sunday, police officer Grace Kakai told Reuters.”
“What is alarming about the last few days is that there are evidently hidden hands organizing it now. Militias are appearing … the targeting is very specific,” Britain’s Africa minister Mark Malloch Brown said on a visit to Kenya.
May the hope of God, hope through us for the people and the nation of Kenya.
Today we are sending out another amount of money from the relief fund. Thank you for making that possible.
putting myself in their shoes..and the gravity of their fears and despair swell up in me..and the picture of a boy with a machete haunts me.. leaving ‘why’s and ‘how’s..
thanks for update on Kenya, Allie!
This just seems surreal. Surreal that it’s happening, and surreal that you actually know many of these people. Thanks for making it more real to me so I can join you in prayer. I see the love of God in you that He has placed such a love for those people in your heart. That’s amazing. He is so personal.
I know that if my heart is breaking for the people of Kenya after only 10 days there, I can’t even imagine how much your heart is breaking after a few years there. Would you do me a favor and send me the link to where I can contribute to the relief fund?