They crept out of the night like ghouls, dozens of Mungiki followers, the axes, pangas and rungus in their hands betraying their intentions: to kill. In their wake, they left devastated families, mutilated bodies and a despairing sense that the spreading pools of blood could well cover the whole land. The sect had regrouped to retaliate the killing of 14 of its members by vigilantes. They selected Gathaithi village in Nyeri East District in Kenya's Central Province and planned mass murder with cold blooded precision. Central provincial police boss John M’Mbijjiwe said: “The attackers burnt a house to attract as...