IS KENYA RELYING ON FOREIGN DEATH SQUADS?

Is Kenya relying on foreign forces to do its dirty work - such as ‘disappearing’ opposition figures? That may sound like speculation, but some people say the recent events point in that direction. For example, Nairobi just hosted Sudan’s genocidal Rapid Support Forces paramilitary - infuriating Khartoum (which is engaged in a devastating proxy war with the group) and making people wonder what’s in it for Ruto. Some say it’s about Sudan’s gold, much of which the RSF controls. In this clip, Booker Omole (@bookeriro) - who is general secretary of the ‘Communist Party Marxist - Kenya’ - shares his worry that Kenya’s cozying up to the RSF (he refers to President William Ruto hosting the paramilitary’s boss Hemedti in January 2024) could be part of a guns-for-hire arrangement, noting also how there’s precedent - with foreign forces allegedly present during last year’s deadly crackdown on anti-IMF protests. Hear him out, what do you make of the idea?

Sources:

https://x.com/FGaitho237/status/1860248126583394554

https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/uganda-police-clarifies-on-truck-spotted-in-k-NV_190831

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8x3vr6zj2o 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln9lk51dro