Mungiki gangs have been targeting the public transportation sector in Kenya since the beginning of 2012 and continue into 2013. How can this be stop in a country with ill effective policing?
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There is no stopping any of the violence and intimidation until there is political stability that is not ran with the amount of corruptness as these African governments are possessing. Clearly the safest thing to do is to simply stop transportation. Until you can provide some sort of reasonable protection it’s the only humane thing to do. These gangs getting in their “fee” for transportation is just them trying to be resourceful, which obviously is paying off. The big concern citizens seem to have is the extent of participation they have to have with police in order to have the gangs arrested. Of course they are in fear of retaliation and afraid they will lose their lives. The vast majority of citizens simply do not know to whom or where to turn for any type of justice or protection.
ReplyDeleteObviously the Central Province in Kenya is being targeted by criminal organizations like Mungiki due the lack of strong law enforcement. The Mungiki are free to terrorize the public with their murderous methods. Criminal organization like Mungiki use fear tactic to crumble the public moral strength and bring fear into the territories they control. Criminal organization groups are not an easy problem to handle alone, and Mungiki is only going to grow more powerful unless some type of action is taken against them. They will continue to bring dismay into society and cold blooded murders like the death Mr.Gatura are only going to occur more frequently. It is outrageous how gangs are taking control of public transportation to gain a profit. Sooner or later gang groups in Kenya might start charging for use of other public places if left undisturbed. Some gang groups in Kenya are already practicing committing crimes in highway points in broad daylight. Towns like Nyeri are being controlled by gangs entirely so badly that not even the police can’t help too much since the public is afraid to take any actions against them. But it seems not even police commanders can’t be trusted due to corruption within the system. So it is no surprise the public is afraid to make reports of Mungiki members. The levels of crime in Gatundo are only going become worst. Since smaller gangs are going to be in the rise as the government and public is weakened by a large criminal organization like Mungiki.
ReplyDeleteThis is all an effect of not having both a weak government and weak law enforcement. As inconvenient as it would be the best thing to do in my opinion is to stop public transportation altogether. Until a solution for these murders then why keep putting them in danger when you know the outcome and you don’t have the proper protection to keep them safe. Until the gang is handled I don’t think anything is going to change especially if the public have no one to turn to. It’s better to stop it while there a glimmer of hope before it gets to uncontrollable numbers. If action is taking with law enforcement and the public this gang is going to slowly but surely take over this city and there’s nothing anyone can do at that point.
ReplyDeleteMungiki has developed into an elite powerful structure organization. One that has put fear into the eyes of the weak and the government and police have fallen into their trap of corruptation. They love the power of money and control and are willing to kill for it despite the badge. It seems as though the authorities are out numbered and are scared for their lives as well. Until we can some how clean up the corruptation these violate acts will continue.
ReplyDeleteMungiki is a very dangerous group, that is pretty much in control of everything in kenya. i think that all this problems is the result of a unorganized government. how can all this murders be happing in the public transportation, and nothing has been done about it. maybe the next thing that we going to hear about will be people taking justice in their own hands, since they don't have anyone to complain to, or any one to take care of things. corruption plays a big part here too; as we read in one of the articles for international gangsters, many of the mungiki members are operating within the criminal justice system of that country. having these kind of problems i doubt there will be a reasonable solution for crime over there.
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad all the killing that goes on in Cape Town. Just like most of the other gangs that we have learned about in class the main reason behind all the killing is fighting that takes place over drugs. The reasons that the drugs are being sold is, because the people are so poor in these areas that they feel that it is their only option to get money to take care of their families. I wonder if these people make enough money selling drugs to escape from that environment and if they did would they want to get out. I cant say what I would do in that type of situation, because I have never had to live it. But I believe that there are people that really want to get out of that situation some just need a little more help than others. Hopefully with the help that is being provided will grow and help change the lives of many.
ReplyDeleteThe government in Kenya is so corrupted that the mungiki could take over if they wanted to. The police are clearly outnumbered and whenever the new violence escalates more and more innocent people are getting killed each day. Let’s not hope that there is going to be a civil war in Kenya where the mungiki is going to try to take over the Kenyan government. From what we learned in class the Mungiki seems as one of the toughest group that we learn so far.
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