Violence in Kenya-The Untold Basic Facts

By Waithaka Samuel

Kenya has been described as an island of peace for many years. It was unfortunate that Kenya has had violence, not once, not twice but, many times.
I am a victim of these disturbances. I found it necessary to put the facts about violence in writing for public consumption.
It was a disturbing experience. Who likes violence?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Waithaka Samuel
• Release date: Aug 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005610999

Waithaka Samuel

I am a retired professional teacher. I trained as a teacher in1985 and taught up to 2919 when I retired early. Currently, I do content writing, editing, and proofreading.Writing is my passion. I have written several manuscripts awaiting publication.

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Violence Kenya

the

Untold Basic Facts

Waithaka Samuel

Violence Kenya

the

Untold Basic Facts

Waithaka Samuel 

Preface

It is not encouraging to talk about violence in Kenya-killings, injuries, rape,robbery-warlords? 

The Ocampo's, The Waki's, and The KNHCR's Envelope. It is painful. It rekindles my memory of years back. A victim of the same can well feel this. It happened but should never happen again. Kenyans have the solutions, for the shoe's wearer knows where it hurts. Is this a true story?

Waithaka Samuel 

Prologue

The author has spent his life in the Rift Valley. He has what it takes in terms of experience in violence and how people in the Rift Valley and other areas can live in peace. It requires a cautious approach not to provoke any party. He says

A.N. Njoroge

CHAPTER ONE

Before Violence

My Grandpa Mzee Kabogo settled in Molo in late 1910. He had relocated from location 14-Njumbi Muranga District, known as Fort Hall, then.

There were many reasons why people migrated from one place to another. It would have been due to hunger, diseases, witchcraft, and political reasons, to mention a few.

In 1926, my dad the late Samuel Muchiri Kabogo was born at Turi Molo. He was brought up at Molo and later married my mum Esther Wanjiku Muchiri. They later relocated to Uasin Gishu District. I was born at Kondoo Farm No.3 at Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District, in 1963.

My parents settled by the government at Kondoo Farm No.3. Kenyans were allocated land by the government indiscriminately. Kenyans of all origins were given land as a sign of self-government's success. Tribes were not known back then. No Kalenjin, no Luhya, no Abagusii, no Agikuyu, no Luo and e.t.c. They were merely and majorly Kenyans.

My mother tells me that our immediate neighbours then were Kalenjin's, whom they regarded as brothers and sisters. My parents told me I stayed at my neighbour's home for about eight months at four to five years old. Mum told me this was mainly due to the herding of cattle that we did with Mzee Misoi-Segen and the mursik-sore milk we took.

Mursik is the Kalenjin name for sour milk. It is prepared by first smoking the gourd using a burnt end of a wattle tree stick. This charcoal serves as a preservative. Fresh boiled or not boiled milk is then put in the gourd and stored for not less than seven days. It can be drunk then and can even last longer. It is pretty delicious, especially when taken with ugali and managu or pigweed-terere.

Our good neighbours would prepare mursik and give us for use. This gesture showed a great height of a cordial relationship and friendship. We could get this nutritious stuff free of charge. It reminds me of the desirable African social life where monetary gain was not an issue. Our parents would, in return, give our neighbours sweet potatoes and yams that did very well in our gardens.

The periods of the 1960s and 1970s were years when the local traditional brews