This evening I spoke with Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net acitivists throughout Kenya: Lawrence Achami +254 720 613 379, Rono Richards +254 723 732 617, Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 http://www.nafsiafriacrobats.org , Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 and Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275 http://www.repacted.org We are living through scary times, yet strategically we may have decisive impact. There is good news breaking through the bad news. Most recently, the Kikuyu clique Mungiki supported by the Kikuyu security police have set up roadblocks on the road from Nakuru to Nairobi (especially at Naivasha) and have been killing travelers from other tribes. We now have the chance to sap their hate with love from Kikuyus in Nairobi. This is our priority now.

I ask for our donations by PayPal to ms@ms.lt or through the link at http://www.pyramidofpeace.net (Thank you to Cass McNutt!) Please call Kenyans whose phone numbers, we have listed their phone numbers at http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?HelpKenyans Help them share their news and share our encouragement. You may purchase cellphone airtime for them at http://www.mamamikes.com, click on "send airtime" and note that most phones are Safaricom with prefix 72...whereas Celtel phones are prefix 73... And they are able to share their airtime with others.

Rono Richards +254 723 732 617 is organizing a road trip through the Kalenjin areas that will yield many contacts for us. I spoke with him today, he is a Kalenjin and so is Wesley Chirchir +254 722 992 107 http://www.kalenjin.net from Eldoret who will meet him tomorrow (Monday). They will rent a car and then visit Morendoko, Setkobor, the campsite at Mengitz farm where they will spend the night, and then Tuesday onward to the Sundu River camp, Piloa, Umoja Primary, Noinet, Kibtoror and then Wesley goes back to Eldoret. They will collect phone numbers for Wesley to post on the Internet upon his return, and they will organize white arm band volunteer security forces without weapons to assist police (whose protection they lack at this time), and they will find elders who might distribute food. I will send $50 of airtime to Rono tonight. They need more money for food and airtime and I ask for our donations.

Lawrence Achami +254 720 613 379 is at a camp in that area at Baringo B along with several hundred Kikuyus and they also have some police protection. Yesterday Kalenjin fighters in the area killed five people in a neighboring farm not far away. However, Rono reports that a first camp for Kalenjins with police security has been set up at Baringo B so now they have a place to go. I will send $50 of airtime to Lawrence and I will ask him to engage the good Kikuyu police he knows so that they engage and sway the bad Kikuyu police at the roadblocks.

Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 has agreed to lead our most vital advance at this time which is to engage with love the Kikuyus at the roadblocks. Rachel is a Kikuyu and otherwise it would be an inappropriate risk, and even so we all wish she proceed with care. Yet there are certainly many Kikuyus in Nairobi who will see the logic that they can appeal to their brothers to accept peace. So we ask for all of our help to reach out to Kikuyus in Nairobi and perhaps Nakuru to build her a team of Kikuyus willing to take small risks. They will go to Navaisha to make a base there with those who are willing to publicly post their telephones. They will engage the local elders to engage the local youths to not get recruited by the gangs. They will perhaps organize sports and other activities to keep them safe and busy. They may also organize the white armband volunteer security forces. They will step by step get closer to the gangs and the police who will find their love and kinship inescapable. Now is the time to act so that the gangs do not recruit others and are not emboldened by the government. This is our great priority now, we want to provide cash for transport, food and airtime, thank you for all donations!

Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 was informed that tomorrow he will receive the airtime I sent him 225 USD. (Mamamikes.com does not work on Sundays, and apparently human checking is involved in the orders.) He responded today to a fire in their neighborhood market in Nairobi and the cause is not yet clear, possibly arson, but there was no violence and different people helped together. Kennedy, Rachel and David Mutua +254 720 462 559 meet tomorrow. Kennedy leads our organization of airtime across all of Kenya so that all Kenyans can encourage Kikuyus and Kalenjins to engage each other.
Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275 is in Nakuru and resting after helping many friends get to safety. He did receive the 760 USD I sent him and should receive Janet's airtime tomorrow, too. Today he spoke for one hour with a BBC reporter who also spoke with others in our network, thanks perhaps to Pamela McLean. Now Dennis is watching the African Cup of Nations on television. Dennis we wish you great relaxation!

Thank you to our global team... Janet Feldman, Asif Daya, Joy Tang, Meadowlea (USA), Pamela McLean, Ricardo (UK), Maria Agnese Giraudo (Italy), Sasha Mrkailo (Serbia), Fred Kayiwa (Uganda), Kiyavilo Msekwa, Josephat Ndibalema, Primson Lugemwa (Tanzania) and many others http://www.ms.lt/news.php We are online at our chat room http://www.worknets.org/chat/ but especially on Thursday, January 31 we invite all to learn the many ways how we can help in our Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net see also http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?HelpKenyans We do need online volunteers including software developers.

We are blessed by such resources and good news that overcomes the despair that we are shown on television. We are "independent thinkers" who identify with the same human condition even as we live in such a variety of people and circumstances. We are wonderfully meeting the changing times with whatever love they might demand.

Onward in Love!

Andrius

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