Mount Elgon insurgency
| Mount Elgon insurgency | |||||||
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 Mount Elgon | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sabaot Land Defence Force |
 Military of Kenya | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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c. 600 killed[1] 46,000 displaced[2] | |||||||
The Mount Elgon insurgency was a conflict that started in 2005 when the Sabaot Land Defence Force militia revolted in the Mount Elgon area, Western Kenya.[3]
Background
In the 1920s and the 1930s, British Kenya has displaced many native Sabaots in the modern-day Trans-Nzoia County. Most of their arable lands were given to new settlers, who became farmers in the area.[4] The Kenyan Government gave later in the 1960s a 7,700-hectare (19,000-acre) amount of land to landless families after its independence in 1963 from the UK.[5]
The Insurgency
Reportedly, local church elders know of 200 people who have gone missing since being arrested; about 1,500 have been formally charged.[6]
References
- ^ Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch (2008-04-02). "Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch, 3-4-2008)". Hrw.org. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "UNICEF condemns continuing violence in Mount Elgon". UNICEF. 13 December 2007.
- ^ "Dozens killed in Kenyan 'genocide'". ITN. Retrieved 2010-05-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "All the Men Have Gone War Crimes in Kenya's Mt. Elgon Conflict". Human Right Watch. 27 July 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "The Statesman: News: 60 Killed in Kenya Land Clashes". The Statesman Online. 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Opala, Ken (2009-03-09). "Mountain of the missing: Villages wait". Daily Nation. No. 16094. pp. 4–5.