shots from the street – nairobi riots

by Siena Anstis on January 16, 2010 · 2 comments

in Africa, Conflict, Kenya, Nairobi

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ochanji January 16, 2010 at 6:41 pm

It was so nasty.I witnessed this first hand yesterday when I was in Town.For the first time,I saw what can be safely described as right wing ,loot hungry,extremist Kenyan ‘Christian’ idlers and thieves attacking Muslims ,mostly Somalis while the police stood by and did nothing.
For the record,it was only a handful of Muslims(most of them were of Somali descent),a few hundred who were causing havoc in the streets.The idle and intolerant crowd moved forward and stoned the mosque and Jamia Shopping mall owned by Somalis.The looters then moved in and stole a handful of valuables from the shops.

At night the sheepish and violent crowd were stopping vehicles and searchiong for and beating Somalis.It was akin to the post election chaos.I heard someone from the crowd stop a vehicle and shout to the motorist:”Are you Somali?Let us touch the hair and confirm!”

The crowd then moved to the number9 Eastleigh terminus to hunt for innocent Somalis.Anyone who can support these brutal,intolerant bigots and idiots is being intellectually and morally dishonest!I condemn that crowd with the loudest voice!

Siena Anstis January 17, 2010 at 11:46 am

Hey Ochanji,
Thanks for this information. Kindly let @abdu know… We need to keep an eye on this from the media.

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