Kenyan Police Go After Mungiki Sect

Police in Kenya aren't sparing the rod in their quest to root out the banned Mungiki gang. One neighborhood in the capital of Nairobi has seen approximately 30 deaths as police attempt to clear the Mungiki from the slum. The Mungiki are believed to be inspired by the Mau Mau Uprising of the 1950s and are connected to a rash of beheadings and attacks on police. The sect was banned in 2002, though it claims to have two million members, many of which are said to have infiltrated the government and military.

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