KENYAN KIKUYU INVITING SOMALIS TO REPORT IMPENDING ATTACKS O
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:13 pm
KENYAN KIKUYU INVITING SOMALIS TO REPORT IMPENDING ATTACKS ON A NEW KENYA SOCIAL MEDIA SITE
Hello all fellow Kenyans (and non-Kenyan Somalis) on this site. As you all know, we Kenyans are grieving the death of almost 50 people killed today by what is believed to be a group associated with Al Shabaab.
Unfortunately, many innocent Somalis of Kenyan origin have borne the brunt of the Kenya Police interrogation methods, methods learnt from the colonialists who used these methods to suppress Africans who were crying for independence, rather than perform proper policing by listening to all evidence without forcefully coercing 'evidence' out of people.
We also have a politician by the name of Odinga who seems to carry a grudge against Somalis because his attempt to take over Kenya in a coup attempt was scuttled in 1982 by a Somali General of the Kenya army - he only ruled Kenya for six hours. Thus we have a lot of vitriol against somalis from the likes of him and people who had a stake in a Government that would have come to power by a coup. (The 2007 violence in Kenya was another coup attempt by Odinga that failed.)
The reason I pointed out that I am Kikuyu is to confirm what you probably already know - many Kenyans, well, certainly many Kikuyu, feel sorry for the almost one million innocent Somalis in Kenya who suffer for crimes of just a few hundred, possibly a couple of thousand, terrorists out to make the life of both Kenyans and Somalis alike difficult in the name of religion.
In some ways, we non-Somali Kenyans are helpless in dealing with this problem because of reported mentality within the Police force. For example, the there was the turf war between Police Reform commissioner Johnston Kavalundi and Inspector General David Kimaiyo over who has the right to hire the top police officers for various regions of teh country. Stories of Police officers from one region telling police officers from another region to stop investigating cases on their turf and leave the area are common in the grape vine.
Thus, stories of refugees reporting pending attacks to the Police and then being threatened for "doing the Police's work" come as no surprise to many Kenyans.
It is very likely that today's attack succeeded because Somalis who had the safety of people in mind, after the recent Eastleigh crackdown, were too terrified to report the possible attack because they are now genuinely frightened of the Kenya Police - there is no guarantee that one will report an incident to the Police and come out alive or be accused of fabricating evidence or doing the Police's work.
Unfortunately both we non-Somalis and Somalis alike lost. Al Shabaab continues to make life for Somalis in Somalia unbearable, and the country ungovernable. Kenya, a beacon of democracy in East Africa, has lost 50 precious lives to unjustified violence.
Whereas both we non-Somalis and Somalis alike may be helpless in convincing the Police to investigate pending threats through traditional means, we may still have the power to assist Intelligence Officers by way of social media - anonymously warning people and the Government of pending attacks online. To this effect, I would like to invite you, the Somali Community, to post information on impending attacks on a new Kenya social media site called Kenread, at http://www.kenread.com.
The only information required to become a member of the site is a username and a password. No information such as IP addresses is logged at the current time, and email addresses are not required.
At a future date, when the site expands to buying and selling of goods, some logging of IPs may be necessary to protect people from online fraud. Adequate warning will be provided as to which sections of the site will have data logged.
Until then, please feel free to post any warnings of impedending attacks on Kenya at http://www.kenread.com
[Please note that Kenread is helpless if Government spying agencies set up structures to intercept and analyse traffic from the Kenread website. So it's best to provide some form of personal protection by avoiding using your real identity and posting from Internet Cafés rather than your home Internet Connection.]
In addition to reporting possible pending attacks on Kenya, it would be nice to get your personal opinions on the war on terrorisim in East Africa.
In particular, there is the question as to whether it is ethically correct for the Police in Kenya to struggle to even buy basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing, yet they are expected to protect people's lives and not accept bribes.
Some topics of interest could be:
a)Should the Kenya Police and Military be paying taxes, or should their duties be considered as sacred as that of priests and people in religion who earn tax free salaries?
b)Should there be a way of subsidising Police/Military incomes by the use of electronic cards, so that, for example, they get up to 80% discount in supermarkets, etc
c)Would Kenyans consider having regular harambees to collect money that would be distributed to the Police/Military as extra spending money, on top of their regular salaries?
d)Should the Police reside in barracks, similar to the military, so that issue of poor housing is migitated? And/or should the Police/Military buying houses in the civilian market be entitled to benefits of up to 80% discount on the price?
e)Should the Kenya Police have a shopping complex similar to AFCO in the military where they can buy basic products at subsidized, tax-free rates?
These are but a few of the topics that would be interesting on the social media site Kenread (http://www.kenread.com)
Thus, in closing, once again this is an invitation to Somalis to assist the Kenya intelligence by reporting anonymously pending attacks on Kenread, and also to share your opinions on what we can do as Kenyans to improve the lives of Kenyan Police/Military personnel, who risk their lives for ours.
See you at http://www.kenread.com
Hello all fellow Kenyans (and non-Kenyan Somalis) on this site. As you all know, we Kenyans are grieving the death of almost 50 people killed today by what is believed to be a group associated with Al Shabaab.
Unfortunately, many innocent Somalis of Kenyan origin have borne the brunt of the Kenya Police interrogation methods, methods learnt from the colonialists who used these methods to suppress Africans who were crying for independence, rather than perform proper policing by listening to all evidence without forcefully coercing 'evidence' out of people.
We also have a politician by the name of Odinga who seems to carry a grudge against Somalis because his attempt to take over Kenya in a coup attempt was scuttled in 1982 by a Somali General of the Kenya army - he only ruled Kenya for six hours. Thus we have a lot of vitriol against somalis from the likes of him and people who had a stake in a Government that would have come to power by a coup. (The 2007 violence in Kenya was another coup attempt by Odinga that failed.)
The reason I pointed out that I am Kikuyu is to confirm what you probably already know - many Kenyans, well, certainly many Kikuyu, feel sorry for the almost one million innocent Somalis in Kenya who suffer for crimes of just a few hundred, possibly a couple of thousand, terrorists out to make the life of both Kenyans and Somalis alike difficult in the name of religion.
In some ways, we non-Somali Kenyans are helpless in dealing with this problem because of reported mentality within the Police force. For example, the there was the turf war between Police Reform commissioner Johnston Kavalundi and Inspector General David Kimaiyo over who has the right to hire the top police officers for various regions of teh country. Stories of Police officers from one region telling police officers from another region to stop investigating cases on their turf and leave the area are common in the grape vine.
Thus, stories of refugees reporting pending attacks to the Police and then being threatened for "doing the Police's work" come as no surprise to many Kenyans.
It is very likely that today's attack succeeded because Somalis who had the safety of people in mind, after the recent Eastleigh crackdown, were too terrified to report the possible attack because they are now genuinely frightened of the Kenya Police - there is no guarantee that one will report an incident to the Police and come out alive or be accused of fabricating evidence or doing the Police's work.
Unfortunately both we non-Somalis and Somalis alike lost. Al Shabaab continues to make life for Somalis in Somalia unbearable, and the country ungovernable. Kenya, a beacon of democracy in East Africa, has lost 50 precious lives to unjustified violence.
Whereas both we non-Somalis and Somalis alike may be helpless in convincing the Police to investigate pending threats through traditional means, we may still have the power to assist Intelligence Officers by way of social media - anonymously warning people and the Government of pending attacks online. To this effect, I would like to invite you, the Somali Community, to post information on impending attacks on a new Kenya social media site called Kenread, at http://www.kenread.com.
The only information required to become a member of the site is a username and a password. No information such as IP addresses is logged at the current time, and email addresses are not required.
At a future date, when the site expands to buying and selling of goods, some logging of IPs may be necessary to protect people from online fraud. Adequate warning will be provided as to which sections of the site will have data logged.
Until then, please feel free to post any warnings of impedending attacks on Kenya at http://www.kenread.com
[Please note that Kenread is helpless if Government spying agencies set up structures to intercept and analyse traffic from the Kenread website. So it's best to provide some form of personal protection by avoiding using your real identity and posting from Internet Cafés rather than your home Internet Connection.]
In addition to reporting possible pending attacks on Kenya, it would be nice to get your personal opinions on the war on terrorisim in East Africa.
In particular, there is the question as to whether it is ethically correct for the Police in Kenya to struggle to even buy basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing, yet they are expected to protect people's lives and not accept bribes.
Some topics of interest could be:
a)Should the Kenya Police and Military be paying taxes, or should their duties be considered as sacred as that of priests and people in religion who earn tax free salaries?
b)Should there be a way of subsidising Police/Military incomes by the use of electronic cards, so that, for example, they get up to 80% discount in supermarkets, etc
c)Would Kenyans consider having regular harambees to collect money that would be distributed to the Police/Military as extra spending money, on top of their regular salaries?
d)Should the Police reside in barracks, similar to the military, so that issue of poor housing is migitated? And/or should the Police/Military buying houses in the civilian market be entitled to benefits of up to 80% discount on the price?
e)Should the Kenya Police have a shopping complex similar to AFCO in the military where they can buy basic products at subsidized, tax-free rates?
These are but a few of the topics that would be interesting on the social media site Kenread (http://www.kenread.com)
Thus, in closing, once again this is an invitation to Somalis to assist the Kenya intelligence by reporting anonymously pending attacks on Kenread, and also to share your opinions on what we can do as Kenyans to improve the lives of Kenyan Police/Military personnel, who risk their lives for ours.
See you at http://www.kenread.com