The KIBAKI Kenyan Government is scared of Museveni and his NRM Military
dictatorship. KG will not and cannot protect the so called Kenyan
Wananchies..let the kenyans suffer!!.."if you are stupid you should be taken
into slavery" Yoweri Museveni.
Matek
Kenya: State Asked to Stop Attacks By Uganda
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The Nation (Nairobi)
23 July 2007
Posted to the web 23 July 2007
By Edward Koech And George Omonso
Nairobi
The Government has been asked to intervene over attacks by Ugandan soldiers in
West Pokot District.
Local leaders, among them assistant minister Samuel Moroto and county council
chairman Joseph Tomtom, protested at the weekend against the killing of seven
Kenyans by Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) in the past four weeks.
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They and 24 councillors accused the Ugandan soldiers of crossing into Kenya
to kill helpless civilians and steal livestock.
Yesterday, Mr Moroto accused the Government of doing nothing as its citizens
were terrorised by foreign troops.
Criminal activities
Mr Moroto said he would not sit and watch his kinsmen suffer.
The leaders demanded the release of Kenyans and return of animals detained at
Ugandan army barracks in Moroto and Nakapirpirit districts.
They accused the Ugandan government of allowing its soldiers to cross into
Kenya to carry out criminal activities in the name of disarmament.
"This is an insult to our people and we wonder why the Government has kept
mum," Mr Moroto added.
Meanwhile, tension is high at Ururwa and Kerita areas in Pokot North District
following the killing of three people by Ugandan soldiers last week.
Sixty Kenyan herdsmen have been detained in an army camp in Uganda, according
to Mr Tomtom.
Surrender firearms
The county council chairman said the herders were being held at Loroo army camp
in Nakapiripirit district.
They were arrested by UPDF soldiers at the weekend.
The arrests were meant to force the herdsmen's families to surrender illegal
firearms. The number of animals impounded has reached 5,000, according to Mr
Tomtom.
The arrests come just three days after a pregnant woman was shot dead and a
herds boy was injured by the Ugandan soldiers.
Ms Mary Chetokogho, who was six months pregnant, was shot in the abdomen as she
fled from the soldiers at Karita village in Uganda.
Search for water
The soldiers were said to be searching for illegal guns from members of the
Pokot community who moved to Uganda in search of water and pasture for their
livestock.
An official of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Mr Emmanuel Ling'aa,
said the woman bled to death.
Mr Ling'aa said the boy, John Pkolin, was shot in the right hand.
Well-wishers took him to Amakuriet health centre in Alale where he was treated
and discharged.
Mr Ling'aa said the Catholic Church had stationed a vehicle in Alale on the
Kenya-Uganda border to transport the injured to Kenyan hospitals.
Toured area
He appealed to humanitarian organisations to donate drugs, clothes, tents and
food to affected families.
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International Committee of the Red Cross officials toured
the area to assess the situation.
Last Tuesday, three Kenyans were killed and hundreds of cattle impounded by the
Ugandan soldiers.
The herdsmen put up stiff resistance when the soldiers raided Karita and
Losidok areas on the border.
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