UPDATE – Wednesday, January 13

Posted on January 13, 2010 with 4 Comments

An anonymous Samburu (Laramat) reports that today the police took action in a town called Kitemen.  He states “A lot of violence and people have been beaten. You hear the fright in their voice when they talk about the upcoming police action to their manyatta. They have also ask me again if I cannot do something to get food for them. I send the numbers of KNCHR in case of any incident. They told me that with the last action of the police, they took a lot of cell phones. So I told them to hide the cell phones, because that is their only contact with the outside world.”

3 people have been reported dead in the Kiltamany operation, 3 moran taken by police, many women and innocent people cut with knives and beaten with clubs. 10 more reported injured in Kiltamany. Police are alleged to have been using knives to injure many people in both Lerata and Kiltamany. Every person who states they have nothing to give the police is allegedly  beaten or knived.

John Lemarle of Lerata (Archer’s Post business person and trustee of Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy) reports his phone confiscated and that he was knived badly on the leg by police. Dozens of people in Lerata are being treated for knife wounds.