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Bishop Seeks End To Lynch Mob Menace
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2007 04:25
Bishop Joseph Mairura of the Diocese of Kisii accused security personnel in the district of doing nothing to stop the killings of "innocent" people by marauding gangs.Speaking at St Paul's Nyabururu Teachers College during its graduation ceremony yesterday, the bishop told the district security committee to move fast to avert more killings.
He told security officers in the area to intensify patrols and arrest suspects "instead of leaving them at the mercy of lynch mobs, which kill them with impunity".Over the past three months, more than 30 people have been killed by gangsters and others by villagers on suspicion that they were witches or thieves.
The Mosocho district officer, Mr Joseph Mwangi, denounced vigilante groups, saying that the Government only recognised community policing committees.Teachers Service Commission secretary Gabriel Lengoiboni, who was the chief guest, praised the church for promoting and supporting tertiary education institutions but cautioned it against interfering with their running.He warned that teachers found showing pornographic materials or molesting children sexually would be dismissed and prosecuted
