Mungiki is a banned ethnic organisation [1] in Kenya. The name (mũngĩkĩ, [mo.ᵑɡe.ke]) means "a united people" or "multitude" in the Kikuyu language. [2] . The religion, which apparently originated in the late 1980s, is secretive and bears some similarity to mystery religions. Specifics of their origin and doctrines are unclear.

2024年2月11日 · Mungiki is the child of Kenya’s violent colonial and post-colonial history. Throughout its existence, the organisation has resorted to violence to recruit and keep members.

2018年4月30日 · Out of poverty rises desperate people. That’s the basic origin story of the Mungiki, a banned gang of thugs in Kenya. The secretive sect, sometimes called the Kenyan mafia, arose in the 1990s when tribal clashes decimated small communities all over Kenya. Most of Mungiki’s members are young, poor and unemployed.

2024年1月3日 · Mungiki, a former powerful sect that began in the 1990s as a religious outfit, comprised mainly of youths from Central Kenya and Nairobi regions. It was banned in 2002 after being designated as a criminal organised group by the Kenyan authorities.

2024年2月12日 · Mungiki can be understood as a neo-traditional social movement. It reaches back into Kenya’s pre-colonial and colonial history for the origins of its beliefs and practices. It bases its values on Kikuyu religion and cosmology.

3 天之前 · Kenya's most populous region is being torn apart over the fate of suspected members of the Mungiki religious sect disbanded by the government. In the background, a battle to win the support of unemployed young Kikuyus is raging between …

2024年2月22日 · Mungiki is based on the intersection between generation, ethnicity, religion and class. Its members are young, poor and predominantly Kikuyu, the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Mungiki operates primarily in urban neighbourhoods where it combines vigilante, welfare, cultural and criminal activities.

The media portrayal of Mungiki echoes the moral panic and folk-devilling of the Mau Mau land, freedom and independ ence movement by the British press in Kenya and Britain during the Emergency in the 1950s. This is not to say that Mungiki are not responsible for some of the tragic events that have occurred in recent months, but rather to point out

2024年10月28日 · The Mungiki movement, originating among Kenya’s Kikuyu ethnic goup, has long been a subject of political, social, and criminal controversy. Founded by Maina Njenga and his cousin Ndura Waruinge, Mungiki has evolved from a spiritual movement promoting Kikuyu traditions to a powerful group accused of criminal activities, political manipulation ...

2009年6月14日 · The story of the virtual take over of rural communities in central Kenya by the Mungiki is one of injustice, resistance and the vilest atrocities.