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TAKE OUT YOUR GUNS, ARMENIANS ARE COMING
Miguna Miguna
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
April 19 2007
Take out your guns, cock and aim. The ghosts are back. The Armenians
are coming very soon, or so the one calling himself Artur Margaryan
says, guns, gold rings, wedding bells, flowers and all.
And he has issued a stern warning: No one and nothing can stop him!
That is chilling, particularly if we recall how this bizarre story
started in March, last year.
Remember the uncountable automatic and semi-automatic guns in their
Runda hideout? Remember the military fatigues; the surveillance
equipment; the tens of fake and authentic government and diplomatic
license plates; the millions of currency in numerous denominations;
the partying; the women; the vicious dogs; the storming of Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport and all?
Forget about pulling out handcuffs. The Armenians are big boys. They
have formidable friends perched higher up in all sectors of our
society.
With Deputy Police Commissioner designations, passes to all areas in
our airports, diplomatic number plates and assortment of sophisticated
weaponry and surveillance equipment, they can choose to slither
or romp, Rambo style, through our borders, a mere policeman cannot
actually effect an arrest on either of them. To do that, we would
need the real kahuna, with his medals and rank.
The last time the ghosts turned JKIA upside down; slapping and
threatening policemen, custom workers and ordinary Kenyans while armed,
our Police Commissioner went missing in action. Even after issuing
threats to the minister for Internal Security, nothing happened.
We are not talking about audacity here. We are talking complete
impunity.
Looking at the recent media reports and pictures, Kenyans must steel
themselves for one long week. For starters, Margaryan, or James,
if we take Winnie Wangui Mwai's very personal knowledge of the most
menacing ghost of the two, has promised to come here for one week
before heading off to Dubai and Armenia.
No, Margaryan is not just coming to get married publicly on Kenyan
soil in defiance of all diplomatic, local and international law;
he is also coming here to expose some "powerful ministers" in the
Kibaki Government that allegedly wanted to bribe and hire him to
assassinate prominent members of our opposition.
A tell-all book has also been brewed and ready for serving. The
Armenian is pissed off with everyone except Wangui, and he is
threatening fire and brimstone. This is big deal.
Based on information from the "Armenians' expert", Raila Odinga,
the ghosts are supposed to be here already. Indicators suggest that
Raila might well be right again. Let's examine the evidence.
First, the last time the Armenians were here, the Standard Group was
invaded and their employees terrorised by hooded thugs. The company's
equipment was trashed.
And yet, after this brazen invasion that breached every single
fundamental right and law that the Constitution enshrines, Mr John
Michuki publicly admitted that the invasion was a Government project
that he had ordered because the Standard Group intended to publish
information that would have violated "security matters."
Compare that picture with what we have now.
At the beginning, two weeks ago, was Ms Wangui Mwai declaring that
she is in love with Margrayan, plans to wed and have children with
him. Almost instantaneously came Margrayan's confirmation, with
salacious pictures to boot. For the first time, Kenyans watched
in disbelief as both Wangui and Margrayan clung onto each other,
cuddled and kissed in water.
Secondly, like the first time, the Armenians announced their entry
through the Standard Group. All the pictures and interviews we have
seen so far have been exclusively disclosed through The Standard. And
like previously, it is The Standard that has borne the brunt of
Government brutality.
Third, even though Wangui has given interviews in which she has
detailed her relationship with the Armenians, no warrant of arrest
has been issued against her; not even as a material witness.
At the very least, she would be an accessory to crimes that the
Armenians committed on Kenyan soil the last time they were here.
Her complicity is no longer in doubt since she has basically confessed.
The writer is a barrister & solicitor in Toronto, Canada
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Miguna Miguna
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
April 19 2007
Take out your guns, cock and aim. The ghosts are back. The Armenians
are coming very soon, or so the one calling himself Artur Margaryan
says, guns, gold rings, wedding bells, flowers and all.
And he has issued a stern warning: No one and nothing can stop him!
That is chilling, particularly if we recall how this bizarre story
started in March, last year.
Remember the uncountable automatic and semi-automatic guns in their
Runda hideout? Remember the military fatigues; the surveillance
equipment; the tens of fake and authentic government and diplomatic
license plates; the millions of currency in numerous denominations;
the partying; the women; the vicious dogs; the storming of Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport and all?
Forget about pulling out handcuffs. The Armenians are big boys. They
have formidable friends perched higher up in all sectors of our
society.
With Deputy Police Commissioner designations, passes to all areas in
our airports, diplomatic number plates and assortment of sophisticated
weaponry and surveillance equipment, they can choose to slither
or romp, Rambo style, through our borders, a mere policeman cannot
actually effect an arrest on either of them. To do that, we would
need the real kahuna, with his medals and rank.
The last time the ghosts turned JKIA upside down; slapping and
threatening policemen, custom workers and ordinary Kenyans while armed,
our Police Commissioner went missing in action. Even after issuing
threats to the minister for Internal Security, nothing happened.
We are not talking about audacity here. We are talking complete
impunity.
Looking at the recent media reports and pictures, Kenyans must steel
themselves for one long week. For starters, Margaryan, or James,
if we take Winnie Wangui Mwai's very personal knowledge of the most
menacing ghost of the two, has promised to come here for one week
before heading off to Dubai and Armenia.
No, Margaryan is not just coming to get married publicly on Kenyan
soil in defiance of all diplomatic, local and international law;
he is also coming here to expose some "powerful ministers" in the
Kibaki Government that allegedly wanted to bribe and hire him to
assassinate prominent members of our opposition.
A tell-all book has also been brewed and ready for serving. The
Armenian is pissed off with everyone except Wangui, and he is
threatening fire and brimstone. This is big deal.
Based on information from the "Armenians' expert", Raila Odinga,
the ghosts are supposed to be here already. Indicators suggest that
Raila might well be right again. Let's examine the evidence.
First, the last time the Armenians were here, the Standard Group was
invaded and their employees terrorised by hooded thugs. The company's
equipment was trashed.
And yet, after this brazen invasion that breached every single
fundamental right and law that the Constitution enshrines, Mr John
Michuki publicly admitted that the invasion was a Government project
that he had ordered because the Standard Group intended to publish
information that would have violated "security matters."
Compare that picture with what we have now.
At the beginning, two weeks ago, was Ms Wangui Mwai declaring that
she is in love with Margrayan, plans to wed and have children with
him. Almost instantaneously came Margrayan's confirmation, with
salacious pictures to boot. For the first time, Kenyans watched
in disbelief as both Wangui and Margrayan clung onto each other,
cuddled and kissed in water.
Secondly, like the first time, the Armenians announced their entry
through the Standard Group. All the pictures and interviews we have
seen so far have been exclusively disclosed through The Standard. And
like previously, it is The Standard that has borne the brunt of
Government brutality.
Third, even though Wangui has given interviews in which she has
detailed her relationship with the Armenians, no warrant of arrest
has been issued against her; not even as a material witness.
At the very least, she would be an accessory to crimes that the
Armenians committed on Kenyan soil the last time they were here.
Her complicity is no longer in doubt since she has basically confessed.
The writer is a barrister & solicitor in Toronto, Canada
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