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- I spoke this evening with Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275, Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 and Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 who led us so ably in our Pyramid of Peace this year to avert genocide in Kenya. I delighted in the way that we worked together and how we encouraged each other as leaders but also many peacemakers who inspired us. I took the lead to organize us within a command structure yet in which our participation was ever voluntary. I did this so that we could take and give all authority. Janet Feldman, who I admire, protested this approach, even as she helped regardless. We disagree, so I will not attempt to involve her, but rather will always welcome her influe…

- Rachel Wambui Kungu +254721626389, Thank you for your excellent report from our peacemakers in all of Kenya which I share below. We do need funding of our Pyramid of Peace. Andrius Kulikauskas Dear Janet, Andrius and all, Thanks for your support and being part of peace building in Kenya, though miles away very close in efforts of building a peaceful coexistence in Kenya. I look at all in the network and especially those away from us as our mentors, we volunteer and walk the talk together. This morning I spoke to Achami, Rono, Kilel, Edwin, Muturi, Wilson, Tonny, Beatrice, Kirathe, Chelimo, Wesley and Kihara all from different areas of the country called Kenya and from di…

- This is another great victory for our Minciu Sodas laboratory and Pyramid of Peace Yesterday, thousands of members and supporters of a formerly violent militia demonstrated peacefully in Nairobi. Today we are embracing each other. What might have sparked violence is sparking peace. Rachel and I spoke today. Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 is Commander-of-Operations of the Pyramid of Peace She woke up early and had several conversations with those of the group that demonstrated in Nairobi yesterday as the Kenya National Youth Alliance. They agreed to have small meetings with her today so they can state what they want. As Commander-in-Chief, I gave Rachel full authority…

- Rachel Wambui Kungu, Dennis Kimambo, Kennedy Owino and other leaders of our Pyramid of Peace will attend Kofi Annan's meeting with Kenya's youth leaders. Rachel asked us to share our thoughts and here are mine! Summary of message for Kofi Annan Kofi Annan, you know that averting genocide is not a local issue, not a national issue, but an issue for all of humanity. Independent peacemakers are having to work within and support nation-state structures which for many of us are simply irrelevant. We want to organize a world that supports our rights: * to act as peacemakers and wield all of the authority we are able to * to belong to no tribe or any and all tribes * to be i…

- Congratulations to all in Kenya and around the world with this great day for peace! Today President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga signed on national television an agreement that shows they have found the heart to work together. Kenyans on all sides are celebrating jubilantly. This is a step forward that is hard to take back. Early on I was told that all of the conflict could end in one day if there was simply a call for a recount. Today is the day that shows this is true. Many Kenyans have been hurt these two months. But there has been a great yearning for peace that has spoken today. We are all Kenyans today: Janet Feldman, Samwel Kongere, Sasha Mrkailo, Kennedy Owino, Pamela M…

- I have written my thoughts on a Confederacy of Humanity based on tribes. Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275, Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389, Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 are very supportive and so I am emboldened to pursue this and to expand my thoughts with your help, advice, critique and proposals. I am drafting a Constitution for Humanity that I will propose for the mid-March meeting of Pyramid of Peace that we will organize. Here is my current thinking. There are the kinds of structures: * Command Structure: a command structure (ours is the Pyramid of Peace) by which peacemakers wield as much authority as possible as individuals. They act to prevent genocide and terracide.…

- We're meeting today across Kenya and online http://www.worknets.org/chat/ to organize many small teams of peacemakers ready to act in the event of a new cycle of violence, which is likely, if the demonstrations go as planned. Wesley Chirchir Chebii +254 722 992 107 Eldoret http://groups.yahoo.com/g...ngpeacefully/message/764, Kenneth Chelimo +254 722 809 690 Eldoret http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2622, Collins Odour +254 721 637 457 Nakuru http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2626, Tom Ochuka +254 712 929 029 Kisumu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2624, Thank you for your pressing reports. I ask Dennis Kimam…

- Kenyans and Internetizens, We are concerned that demonstrations scheduled for Wednesday may spark new violence. Tuesday, February 26, 2008 please join us and act now to practice nonviolence. With your help we can organize 1,000 small gatherings where we all have a chance to say what we can do to make peace and love our enemy. Let us work together. Ask for help and offer help! * Speak frankly with your friends how you might work together for peace. * Call a Coordinator. Share your news and stay in touch so we can help others. * Wear white armbands to show that you are part of our Pyramid of Peace. Join us online at our chat room on Tuesday or anytime: http://www.worknets…

- I, Andrius Kulikauskas, +370 699 30003, Commander-in-Chief of the Pyramid of Peace, declare an emergency nonviolent mobilization of the Pyramid of Peace in Kenya and the online world. Please wear a white armband at all times. Please find someone in the Pyramid of Peace who agrees to be your Superior and stay in touch with each other. Please invite your friends to join the Pyramid of Peace and organize a small meeting on Tuesday, February 26 to practice nonviolence. Our plan is to organize 1,000 small meetings on Tuesday to reduce the chance for violence in Wednesday's demonstrations. Dennis Kimambo, +254 722 388 275, Commander-of-Operations, and I are troubled by the lack of s…

- Kennedy Owino and other leaders of Pyramid of Peace led a grassroots tour of Kuresoi, Eldoret, Nandi Hills and Nakuru to check up and build on reports from our peacemakers. Kennedy was robbed of his phone at the end of the tour, but please call other phones listed. Please join our Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net and also thank you for your donations as we work to keep violence from erupting during the demonstrations which have been called for. Andrius Kulikauskas, +370 699 30003, ms@ms.lt --------------------- Kennedy Owino: Hi all, Foremost, I convey my compliments to Andrius for his profound and selfless supervision and leadership that has surpassed individuals…

- Our Kenyan leaders of the Pyramid of Peace are visiting Eldoret: Kennedy Owino [phone stolen] http://www.nafsiafrica.org, Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 http://www.peace-caravan.org, David Mutua +254 720 462 559. There will be a large peace meeting including the Catholic Bishop Cornelius Korir of Eldoret who gave refugee to 10,000 people. Special thanks to Kenneth Chelimo +254 722 809 690 and Wesley Chirchir Chebii +254 722 992 107 for organizing the meeting. There will even be a six foot pyramid of peace made of wood. See also Kenneth's reports: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2370 I wrote t…

- I share news about our current strategy in Kenya. I spoke today with two leaders of our Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net , Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 http://www.nafsiafrica.org who is currently serving as our Commander-of-Operations, and Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 http://www.peace-caravan.org who served previously. We agree about our current priorities which I call "journey" and "retreat" and I also add my own thoughts about "ambush". I will explain how I evaluate the situation as a chessplayer. Once again there seems to be a lull in the violence. I think it shows that Kenyans are a people of peace. Yes, there are many d…

- Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 is back in Nairobi, Kenya after a day that transformed the name Mungikis from a curse to a blessing. Her team met with key leaders of the Mungikis in Naivasha. They have given their names and phone numbers to participate in the Pyramid of Peace and to engage the violent Mungikis who have moved onward to Nairobi. They agreed to remove the road blocks for the next seven days. They will organize a large meeting in two days or so to meet with leaders from the Catholic church and with the local head of the police. Afterwards, they wish to meet with the Kalenjins for dialogue. They are ready for a permanent peace upon three reasonable conditions: 1) that…

- Dear Andrius, Thanks for your very interesting weblog postings. I would like only to ask you one thing: could you not mention people's phone numbers as we might put them in a dangerous situation by putting them in a public place? Kind regards, Olivier Olivier, Thank you for providing me a blog for posting our news at Africa News. I join an impressive group of bloggers and reporters! I am publishing telephones of those who agree that we post them. Indeed, we are directing our resources to those who agree that we do so. My policy is that we overcome tyranny by taking many small risks, indeed, by honoring them. The greatest danger is isolating those taking the bigger risks by p…

- I share good news and the strategy that Rod Odhiambo +254 722 240 088, Wesley Chirchir Chebii +254 722 992 107, Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 and I discussed for our Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net to save Kenyans from ethnic turmoil. Now is a great time to donate to support our efforts. Please send donations by PayPal to ms@ms.lt or by the link at http://www.pyramidofpeace.net Or send cellphone airtime through http://www.mamamikes.com click on "Send Airtime" and these phones all have prefix 72 so they are in the Safaricom network. The violence is focused at various roadblocks, notably set up by Kikuyu youths (and the Mungiki clique and Kikuyu police)…

We receive requests for airtime at http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?HelpKenyans We don't know if the requests below are true, but they are urgent. Kenyans, please call these numbers and check if you can and report to Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 or Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 in Nairobi, thank you. We are attracting and distributing resources in a Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net for enemies embracing enemies. - Added to HelpKenyans Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:39:36 UTC Tom Onyango: Carolyne Anyango is hiding in Naivasha in a vehicle shell last time i called her she had NO airtime but i managed to send her 40/= airtime pls there are NO airtime here PLEASE KINDLY SEND…

Dennis Kimambo and Collins Odour are community theater activists in Nakuru who are applying their talents as peacemakers in the Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net - I spoke with Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275. He is in Nakuru and today is better there. He learned that he has indeed been invited to Zambia for a ten day course on training how to monitor NGO programs. He leaves from Nairobi on February 4th and he will get there by a roundabout means. Dennis asks Collins Odour +254 721 637 457 to lead our Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net activity in Nakuru while he is gone. Collins is also a member of their award-winning community theater http://www.repacted.org whi…

The lasting story of the Kenyan turmoil may be a new advance in the nonviolent movement inspired by Indians and Mohattma Gandhi, Black Americans and Martin Luther King Jr., Eastern Europeans and many others. The Pyramid of Peace is organizing two road trips. Rono Richards +254 723 732 617 leads one Monday and Tuesday in the Kalenjin areas. Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389 leads Kikuyus from Nairobi to engage the youths and police at the roadblocks at Naivasha on the road to Nakuru. Kenyans, please join us by calling participants, sharing news, involving people and sending airtime. It would be very helpful to organize a newspaper advertisement with telephone numbers of participants t…

- This evening I spoke with Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.n et 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.…