An MP (Member of Parliament), Were, belonging to the ODM party and Luo which is Raila Odinga’s tribe was killed earlier this week as he was entering his home near Kibera. This caused riots in the city and many other towns in Western Kenya. Kibera was a no go zone for an entire day. Several people were killed and some homes were torched. According to the press they counted up to 9 bodies in Kibera alone, though there could be more.
One of our hostel boys (this is a ministry that provides housing and education for street boys through a church we work with) Dominic Mutua was attacked in those skirmishes but was rescued by the police. He is now at the Kenyatta Hospital undergoing treatment. Please continue to pray for him.
It was reported that close to Pastor Timothy’s church, The Blue House, someone was killed.
Today another man for the ODM party, David Too, was shot dead in the city of Eldoret. He was the second person this week to be assassinated. “The opposition leader, Raila Odinga, said the killing was part of a plan to reduce the number of opposition members of parliament. A government spokesmen did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
CNN reported that “violence has killed at least 863 people and forced 261,000 out of their homes. The violence is not stopping,” a spokesman for the Kenyan Red Cross, Anthony Mwangi, told CNN on Thursday. “It could reach a point where it is difficult to reverse.”
A U.S. diplomat has described what is happening in Kenya as “ethnic cleansing.”
The gravity and reality of death is increasing. “In one town in the vast Rift Valley of western Kenya, members of one tribe poked out the eye of a young man from the rival tribe and then hacked his body and burned him to death, residents told CNN.”
Pray for resolution. Kofi Annan is still in Kenya meeting with Kibaki and Odinga.
The peace of God is powerful. Even more powerful than what is happening to beloved Kenya.
We still have a relief fund set up. And each week help different people from different places in Kenya. This gits are making a world of a difference. If anything, besides the comfort of our prayers, they are helping giving hope. Check out: http://www.adventures.org/opps/kenya2008.asp
