Kenya’s Goon Economy: How Political Violence Became a Business

Profiting from political violence. A rate card born in 1992 has resurfaced, leaving a trail of death and destroyed property, and it still prices bloodshed in Kenya today, though no financier has ever answered for it in court.
Kenya’s Goon Economy: How Political Violence Became a Business

Four people are dead in Homa Bay County, the latest victims of the emerging goon-for-hire industry in Kenya’s political scene. Youths recruited days in advance attacked a political convoy there...