It is now ten years since James
Hillary Ang’awa Ocholla-Odhiambo
left us on 27th July, 1998. He was
killed by Policemen on the rampage.
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WTH does police on the rampage mean?
Not sure what the order of the names signify, but IIRC it may mean that his mother was an Ang’awa, Maybe DR. James is an uncle?
http://atheism.about.com/library/irf/irf99/blirf_kenya99.htm
“...In late summer 1998, there were violent protests by groups of Muslims in Garissa and Wajir in response to reports of an American evangelist handing out leaflets in front of a mosque in Nakuru. The evangelist made anti-Muslim statements that Muslims considered blasphemous. Government authorities had to intervene to prevent a riot. The Government deported the man to the United States in July 1998.
Mob violence is a problem and in 1998 resulted in the deaths of at least 16 persons suspected of practicing witchcraft. In one instance a mob in a Kisii village beat and burned to death 10 rumored “witches.” Some local Christian ministers praised the perpetrators for “saving” the villages from Satan.
For years Muslims and Christians have held an open debate over their respective place in society. Each group claims to have a larger number of adherents than is plausible, and some Muslim groups believe that government and business communities deliberately have impeded development in predominantly Muslim areas. The debate sometimes created a sense of mutual mistrust. The August 7, 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi stirred up suspicion toward Muslims on the part of non-Muslims...”
It means that President Moi of Kenya, after having stolen his fifth reelection (each for 5 years) turned his goons loose on the opposition when they dared to question his win.
See New York Times report on the event The Luo tribe of (Obama and cuz Odinga) was and is one of the two largest tribes which supported President Moi and his KANU party. Odinga did the same, turning his goons loose, when he lost the most recent election, and was rewarded with the non-constitutional office of Prime Minister.