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We have all known that Kisumu is a war-zone when it comes to political-intolerance and outright tribalism and hero-worship but what many do not realize, or at least what the media, the police and the NCIC have thus far been unable to convey to the general public, is that the situation in Kisumu is worse than the situation in Kismayu and Afghanistan combined!

Kisumu has in the literal sense of the word ‘gone-to-the-dogs’ with gangs reigning terror and anarchy on the residents and outsiders; gangs running extortion-rackets on businesses and public transport vehicles; and intolerance to democracy, different political ideologies and media-freedom being the order of the day.

What’s worse is that our very own PM, Raila Odinga, is vehemently supported by these groups such that any ctivity in opposition to him is dealt with ruthlessly, mercilessly and without any remorse. It is so bad that when a hawker was asked why he only sold Raila Odinga posters and didn’t have any posters of his opponents he blatantly remarked, “Unataka niuawe!” Literally, “do you want me to be killed!”

The gangs have literally cracked down on democracy such that Raphael Tuju’s case of stoning is nothing compared to recent happenings!

To make matters worse, there exist a myriad of gangs in Kisumu and all these are currently engaged in a massive ‘turf-war’ over control of the town, over arms (yes, you read that right – guns) and over resources (businesses, public-transport routes etc).
The main groups go by the names China, America, Japan and Russia with gang members identifying themselves as Chinese, Americans, Japanese and Russians respectively.

These have taken over the town, its businesses (in extortion rackets) and even the police, local administration and the town council. They rule by intimidation and threats with resilient bodies such as the local council having to conduct its business under the shadow of secrecy in order not to draw the wrath of these groups.

A case in point is a recent situation where the local council intended to demolish some stalls due to discrepancies in their locations but the situation on the ground was so ‘hot’ (read – violent) that the council had to operate like a military strike force i.e. they went in fast and under the shroud of secrecy and managed to demolish the stalls and get out before the gangs got wind of its activities. This was in a predominantly ‘Indian’ neighborhood in the middle of Kisumu town. A similar incidence also occurred in the location of ‘Nyamasaria’.

And it’s not as though the gangs operate under the cover of darkness but rather they operate in the open and in plain sight, with many donning ‘Orange’ ODM caps.

The police have so far been unable to contain them and are quite literally overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the size of the gangs. Recently, two gangs which were feuding over firearms surrounded the local Kisumu police station and started accusing each other of owning ‘small arms’.

A shocking factor is that Fidel Odinga and some politicians had facilitated the arming of one of the groups (the Americans) with legal weapons and this so-called American gang was fighting it out with the ‘Chinese’ gang at the police station. The Americans claimed that the ‘Chinese’ gang was concealing weapons but this was just an attempt to misdirect everyone from the fact that the weapons under question were actually in the possession of the ‘American’ gang.

These gangs have so far been able to annihilate all democracy in Kisumu with a recent incidence sparking a spat of violence and anarchy. It all started on the 15th of September when a man who had donned a TNA scarf was confronted by group members of the American gang in a mall in Kisumu. The man was roughed up and his scarf confiscated and burned.

What followed was too horrid to imagine! The gang members started identifying and rounding up Kisumu residents who had welcomed the TNA party to Kisumu and then they set out to loot and destroy their businesses which were in Kondele and to burn a Land Rover that belonged to one of the alleged ‘TNA’ supporters. What’s even more shocking is that the Land Rover was burned at the main Kisumu bus stage! These alleged ‘TNA’ supporters were also roughed up and beaten with some being hospitalization afterwards!

The gangs are hell bent on stopping the democratic process in Kisumu and are only known for their dictatorial tendencies. Residents of Kisumu are not allowed to think about any that stands in opposition to ODM and PM Raila Odinga. It is strange that PM Raila Odinga has free reign to travel anywhere in the country but no one is allowed to breathe freely in his backyard of Kisumu where intolerance is the order of the day. In essence, Raila Odinga’s hold over Kisumu has transcended from being a political hold to now being a criminal hold also.

The actions of these groups have moved beyond hate-speech to threats of violence and actual violence. And all the while their actions receive funding and support from PM Raila Odinga and Fidel Odinga. The question can be asked of how Raila Odinga would run the country in the event he is elected President if this is what is happening in his backyard and under his watch and supervision?

The gangs have clamped down on Kisumu and are literally running the town. All who are deemed enemies of these gangs get their merchandise destroyed thus leaving them without a means of livelihood which makes leaving Kisumu their only option.

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission is powerless in the case of Kisumu. Anyone who tries to enter Kisumu with a political or media agenda is deemed an enemy from the start and such an attempt is tantamount to trying to enter enemy territory in the middle of war-time. The town has literally turned into a proverbial warzone.

The police on the other hand, who are charged with the duty of maintaining law and order, are at the mercy of these gangs and they are currently besieged by these gangs from all sides. The situation is so bad that these law enforcement officers are unable deal with the sheer amount of cases reported as these seem to trickle into the police station torrentially (literally – every minute).

The media has also under siege by these gangs with The Standard’s coverage of the ‘Nyamasaria’ story being manipulated and being twisted to suit the ‘American’ gang. Freelance journalists get it the worst with the gangs tracing them and on finding them force them to delete any footage of pictures they have taken of any activity or location in the town. In the event that the freelance journalists refuse to surrender the footage, the gangs forcefully take away any equipment that the journalists might have in their possession.

Finally, when all fails one would think that the only line of defense that Kisumu residents have is to fall back on the long-established and capable arms of the local administration. But here is where there is a sinister twist. The local administration is actually in cahoots with these criminal gangs, with most administration offices infiltrated by these hooligans. The gangs easily get meetings with the PC and his DC’s. More often than not these meetings involve the local administration and the ‘American’ gang which is constantly accusing the ‘Chinese’ gang of being responsible for all the mishaps in Kisumu. The local administration knows too full well who the perpetrators of criminal activity are but they do nothing; no one is arrested or locked up for intimidation, extortion or violence!

The motherfcker Argentinian should hv started investigations start from Kisume. We were online when g0D ordered his supporters to go street to kill

SHAME: 2 journalists arrested for filming VIOLENCE in KISUMU

http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/09/sham ... d-for.html

Wednesday19th September 2012

Two freelance journalists are being held by Kisumu police for filming a burning house and business in the town following the violence that occurred on Sunday.

Violence erupted at the Kisumu main Bus Park when youth groups clashed violently over control of the lakeside town.

A group allied to Kisumu American Squad pursued and attacked members f the Kisumu Chinese Group in a revenge attack that sprawled into the town’s Central Business District.

Trouble started when one the leaders of America group, Nyamor Owino was attacked at Tuskys supermarket on Saturday. He was serious beaten by members of the rival group and left for dead. He was rushed to Nighingale Hospital after losing a lot of blood.

Members of Owino’s group were angered when the attackers were not arrested by the police prompting them to take matters into their own hands. They hunted down one Chinese group leader, Boy Akoth, and beat him up with clubs before the police could save him.

They also went ahead and burnt down Akoth’s Land Rover reducing it to rusty metals and ashes as they chanted their slogans into the warm lake side air. At one point they undressed a lady pedestrian who was dressed in a mini-skirt for supposedly walking naked. The lady wept bitterly before the police rescued her.

Butcheries and businesses were broken into and looted silly during the violence. The youthful rioters brought activities into a stand still for the better part of the afternoon as their rivals also came to fight back.

It took the efforts by the police led OCPD Musa Kongoli to cool the youths down and avert more chaos.

The police said they will ensure the two groups are dealt with lawfully

The Kenyan DAILY POST

http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/09/sham ... d-for.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rrPYwdOIw

Criminal Gangs are reigning terror, anarchy and intimidation in Kisumu and all these under the nose of the police, the council, politicians and people allied to senior politicians!

Surprisingly we do not have North Korea and Iran (Khomein) group. There is nothing america, chinese or russian in that sort of primivity.

North Korea would make a perfect grp.

Baying for blood!

RV Pundit

Surprisingly we do not have North Korea and Iran (Khomein) group. There is nothing america, chinese or russian in that sort of primivity.
North Korea would make a perfect grp.

this is very sad..ati raila and son fidel arming them?? thats what raila wanted to replicate in nairobi ? but once you start such gangs ..they definitely get a life of their own,and at some point b4 you know it,they eventually consume you...violence will never earn raila Pork.never

For a moment I thought the post was on Kismayu. Mambo ya Kisumu i'll ignore for now.

ojwangtheo wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rrPYwdOIw

Criminal Gangs are reigning terror, anarchy and intimidation in Kisumu and all these under the nose of the police, the council, politicians and people allied to senior politicians!

These assholes will make Kenya explode one day and all of them will be wiped out by those who know how to keep it realer

This is an in interview of the actual victims of violence:

ojwangtheo wrote:This is an in interview of the actual victims of violence:

Yawa!!!

ojwangtheo wrote:This is an in interview of the actual victims of violence:

Things are thick!

The violence in Kisumu still continues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TThyyHe- ... ature=plcp

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