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Volume III
Table of Contents
Foreword..........................................................................................................................................iii
List of Abbreviations...................................................................................................................vi
CHAPTER ONE
Ethnic Tension...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................2
Definitions........................................................................................................................................4
Causes of Ethnic Tension ...........................................................................................................6
Ethnic Tension amongst Pastoralist Communities ..................................................... 18
Ethnicity and politics ............................................................................................................... 21
Ethnicity and Access to Public Office ............................................................................... 30
Ethnicity and Displacement ................................................................................................. 34
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................... 37
CHAPTER TWO
Ethnic Tension, Land and Politics: A Case Study of the Mount Elgon Conflict..................39
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 39
“All these People belong to Mount Elgon”: Identity on the Mountain............... 40
“We are not Sharing Mount Elgon”: Land and the Mountain ................................ 42
The Politics of the Mountain................................................................................................. 54
Chepkurur and Korng’otuny Community Based Organization.............................. 61
April 2006: A Call to Arms ...................................................................................................... 63
The Onset of Violence.............................................................................................................. 65
Membership, Leadership and Oath.................................................................................... 67
Financing and Connections with State Actors.............................................................. 70
State Responses.......................................................................................................................... 71
Operation Okoa Maisha: Saving Lives............................................................................. 72
Military Accountability............................................................................................................ 73
Human Rights Violations and Operation Okoa Maisha............................................. 75
Silences........................................................................................................................................... 75
REPORT OF THE TRUTH, JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
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