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June 23, 2007: On the night of June 21 and the morning of June 22, 2007, four people were beheaded and seventeen were shot in a Mungiki strike in Nairobi and Kiambu. Five people were killed in by grenades in a bar, contributing to the same wave of Mungiki attacks. Mungiki is an illegal sect that values traditional practices. Its creation was inspired by the Mau Mau revolts of the 1950s, violent demonstrations that ultimately succeeded in gaining Kenya’s independence. Many believe that it was formed in 1988 against former President Daniel arap Moi. It now focuses less on religion and more on violence. Two main suspects have been arrested for the grenade attack. Though the police are still investigating the motive of the attacks, they believe it could be related to a Nairobi court’s decision to jail Maina Njenga, a former Mungiki leader, earlier on June 21.

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June 23, 2007: Tourism and Wildlife Minister Morris Dzoro and his assistant, Kalembe Ndile, publicly clashed over a few issues. Ndile asked for more duties and for vehicles to complete these duties in; Dzoro said that he has already given him vehicles, which he has crashed, and that Ndile is not in the office enough to be given more duties. Ndile also asked that answers to parliamentary questions be translated into Kiswahili, one of the most widely spoken languages in Kenya. English is the official language of Kenya; Kiswahili is the national language. This means that education and government use English. Dzoro said that he had already asked for a translator. Ndile subsequently said that he has raised these issues privately with Dzoro and with Kenya’s President Kibaki, but it was Dzoro that brought them up publicly. The clash ended with Ndile “leaving in a huff” (source 1) and not attending a dignitary luncheon.

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