#LamuKillingsthetruth
Lamu County in the coast region of Kenya has experience intermittent pogroms over the years. But what is the genesis of this conflict? How is the economic development in the area inadvertently fuelling this conflict? Are some locals ‘sleeping with the enemy’ in order to achieve their nefarious goals? Our reporter Fred Muitiriri visited the area recently and brings you this exclusive report. #LamuCounty #Exclusive #News
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Good story from the Master Fredrick Muitiriri
Good job classmate.
These killings seems to be tribal instigated
Congrats 👏. Good story line 💪
The blood of the dead will haunt every hand that has taken part in these heinous acts. It lies back in history.
The real culprit, local analysts say, is the history of marginalization of coastal people – what academic Paul Goldsmith describes as the “crisis of second-class citizenship”, where the mixed-heritage Swahili are largely peripheral in post-independence Kenya.
Mainland Lamu and Tana counties are the traditional home of the Swahili Bajuni and smaller neighbouring communities. But at independence their communal land, instead of being administered as trust land as elsewhere in Kenya, remained under the authority of the state. What that has meant is that local people are effectively squatters, and “this place we call home is not ours, at least not on paper,” said Khalid.
Cross-border raids from Somalia during the 1960s as a result of the Shifta conflict also drove the Bajuni off their land, shutting down economic activity and impoverishing the local community. Mpeketoni was established as a settlement scheme for the landless Kikuyu in 1968. This is the origin of all the killings. If this isn't addressed then I fear!