"Those tribes have no problem castigating the Kikuyus even as they massacre them, then they cry so loud trying to drown out the cries of the majority of the victims."Ĭontributor Moderator1 supported these sentiments, saying "What goes around comes back around. Reacting to this development on, Maituwiti (our mother, in Kikuyu) said: "Those who advocated violence against the Kikuyus in Rift Valley and Nyanza, may have banked on the fact that in the past Kikuyus hardly ever retaliate. The reports said that close to 1,200 people had left their homes in fear and were camping at police stations, and that at least four of them were suffering from bad knife wounds, after they were attacked. The Standard and Daily Nation newspapers have reported that leaflets were circulating in Central Province - the Kikuyu heartland - warning members of other ethnic communities to leave. Some blogs appeared to be calling for reprisal attacks. Shiroh ended the entry: "As we go on wondering what happened, then Kenyans must not forget there is a plan to divide kenyans by our own very leadership and it is amazing just how much it has gone." it is highly unlikely that 'normal' people in Kenya can wake up and start slaughtering each other." Shiroh, writing on Girl in the Meadow last week wrote, "This violence was not reactionary as some people would want to fool Kenyans.
On the other hand, on, contributor Justice said the ethnic Kalenjin community should "immediately occupy their ancestral lands which President Jomo Kenyatta took from them and dished out to his Kikuyu". Kisii, Meru and Embu ethnic communities are perceived to have voted alongside the Kikuyu for President Mwai Kibaki.Ĭontributor Kenyajuu agreed with these sentiments saying that people "should stop attacking innocent and defenceless Kikuyus", adding that the problem "is not really Kikuyus", but "Kibaki and Mt Kenya mafia", referring to the president's smal troup of trusted aides. Writing on, contributor Ciceraw asked, "What courage is there in surgically pruning out unarmed, unsuspecting peasant Kikuyu, Kisii, Meru and Aembu or Embu people in places where they are overwhelmingly outnumbered?"