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by Amitjha | April 20, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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Latest report from central Kenya says that the Mungiki Sect is killing people in the streets.The report says that at least 24 people died in clashes.Imediate cause of the violance is ransom collection by the Mungiki sect, authorities say..The Mungiki Sect is outlawed since 2002, but they do all kind of criminal things to raise funds.
The death toll may rise as the violance in the street still on.
At least 24 people have died in fighting between residents of a central Kenyan town and suspected members of the outlawed Mungiki sect, police say.
A police spokesman, Charles Owino, said residents of Karatina had decided to fight back because the sect had been extorting money from local people.
Media reports say there has been a spate of killings targeting the sect.
The Mungiki, mainly from President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu ethnic group, are seen as Kenya's version of the mafia.
The gang has continued to operate despite being banned in 2002, extorting money from owners of minibus taxis and other public transport vehicles.
In 2007 more than 100 suspected sect members were killed in a police crackdown after a series of grisly beheadings blamed on the sect.
Last year it was accused of carrying out revenge attacks after ethnic Kikuyus were killed by rival gangs in post-election violence.
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at 06:26 on April 21st, 2009
This has been going on for month now and not end in sight. It is actually getting worth by the day and Kenya is sleeping into another Zimbabwe or Rwanda.