From the BBC News Service - 3-14-08
Mass arrests of Kenya militiamen
>Political and land rivalries have reinforced each other this year
Some 189 people have been arrested during a week-long crackdown on an armed militia in western Kenya.
Local official Abdul Mwasera said they were in custody and would be charged after investigations are complete.
The army was sent to track down members of the Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SDLF) but some locals have complained that innocent people had been targeted.
The land dispute around Mt Elgon has left 800 people dead in the past year and is separate from poll violence.
The Kenyan military has sealed off the area and residents say helicopters have been pounding caves in the dense forests believed to be the militia's hideout.<
Good friends from the states are on Mt. Elgon this week. Their primary work for The Lord is there. Through violence that would have kept so many others away... they chose to go. Please keep them in your prayers.
Most people on the planet will never go... never hear of Mt. Elgon or her people. We have sweet memories of being welcomed there with open arms. We experienced a day of music and sharing beneath the eucalyptus trees that was just a step away from Heaven.
Now so many are stepping into their eternity... in such violent fashion.
Each time I see a photo with a man shooting an arrow at another in anger I feel a little guilty. Every trip we've taken to Kenya, good friends have purchased bows and arrows off the backs of tribesmen for just a few dollars. A Pokot made bow and arrows hang on the walls of our offices at church that I brought home. I've stood and watched in awe as hunters have fired the things with great accuracy up to 100 yards. As deadly as any gun on the planet at that range... more deadly when tipped with local poisons. Many have died from them since the elections.
Good friends, like so many others with a heart for healing, are risking their lives this week to bring God's Love, His Peace to the outer most reaches of Kenya. Please keep them in your prayers.
Pray for the people of Mt. Elgon. People on each side of the dispute. Pray that God would bring healing grace that will be an example to all the people of the world. Jesus sometimes does His best work in parts of the planet ignored by most. He can do a great work on this great mountain with her great people.
Pray for Mt. Elgon. People are hiding in caves that once sheltered - many still shelter - the smaller, more violent forest elephants. The trees harbor shy and elusive leopards. Fighting destroys their ecosystem- shatters human life -and the innocent wildlife suffer the violent byproduct of the fighting.
Pray for peace... God's peace. His eye is on the sparrow and He's not forgotten all that's happening on Mt. Elgon.
heal Your land oh Lord,
Eric
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