Posts Tagged samburu

KAWOP TURKANA VILLAGE RAID IN BARAGOI AREA, SAMBURU NORTH

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Image via Wikipedia KAWOP TURKANA VILLAGE RAID IN BARAGOI AREA, SAMBURU NORTH Saturday, 21stAugust2010 Samburu people have been suspected to have raided Kawop Turkana village in Baragoi area driving with them about 600 heads of cows. This came after a long calmness in the area since the late 90’s during Samburu and Turkana rivalry. Samburu [...]

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Kenya Police brutality! Rape and mass punishment of Samburu.

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

Dedicated Hosting Starting at $174.95 One of the most marginalize indigenous people of Kenya are facing what many human rights organizations term as, a state directed suppression in the name of disarmament. For a long time now, Samburu East(S.E) has been under the brutal hand of the Kenyan security force dispatched to disarm the ethnic [...]

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Selling Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2009 by

Story by Roxanne http://savesamburu.org/blog/2009/12/24/selling-christmas/ Or should I say, selling Samburu hand work to everyone I can this Christmas. That’s what I’ve been doing the past few weeks, first at the very successful Cultural Survival weekend bazaar two weekends ago and then this week at my day job at Action for Boston Community Development. And people [...]

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Pastoral Revolution: To drop or to restock?

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

Mike Rainy’s article below did not have a title so I gave it above (Pastoral Revolution: To drop or to restock) Question: Do you think it is worth it to restock the pastoral community with cows, goats, and sheep or with Camels?

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Why we call it State sponsored genocide!

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

We also know today, that Kenya has also been secretly training Somali youth in Kenya Today’s updates from the facebook uploads coming from Samburu(Laikipia North District of Kenya) Tina Ramme At dawn Sunday, Nov 22 Kenya Police returned to the Lurora, Loruko and Lokumai areas and continue to beat, rob, and rape the Samburu people in those communities.

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Save Samburu

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

In March, when the Kenyan police attacked the village of Lerata and Samburu people called out for help but received no response from their government pledged to protect them, they and KARE turned to the human rights organization Cultural Survival, to help get Samburu voices and situation heard.

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Save Samburu

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

Save Samburu Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:56 PM PST by original source, Roxane at Save Samburu . In March, when the Kenyan police attacked the village of Lerata and Samburu people called out for help but received no response from their government pledged to protect them, they and KARE turned to the human rights organization Cultural Survival, to help get Samburu voices and situation heard.

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How many of these components of genocide apply to Samburu?

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

Analysis Framework to Detect Genocide The Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide uses an Analysis Framework comprised of eight components to detect genocide.

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Saitoti: We cannot disarm one community and arm another one!

Posted on November 22, 2009 by

With this weight upon our shoulders, we continue to call upon SAPA’s, area MP.s, internal security ministers and assistant minister, local political and administrative leaders, NGO.s, and CBO.s, including all media channels to strongly condemn the Samburu killings with immediate effect.

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CS: Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

The report below is lifted from cultural Survival.org Background Information on Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People of Kenya Country: Kenya Issues: Human Rights Date: 11/19/2009(Cultural Survival submitted this information to the United Nations Human Rights Council)On February 21, 2009, Borana tribal members and Somali raiders (Somalis regularly cross the border to steal cattle, and the Borana are related to the Somali Oromo peoples) stole 300 cows from a Samburu community 

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