Njuri, don't understimate kikuyus, they brought guns , they still lost. Just don't think Kalenjin warriors are a joke. I am very happy that Kalenjin elite realize this because even Moi himself never could arm Kalenjin with modern weapons. If Kalenjin were to panic - and import guns - Kenya will BE GONE KAPUT FINITO.
When Mt elgon armed their small boys with guns - SDLF - it took the army to bring them down - APs and GSU failed. The army had to bring in bombs. Sabaot are like little cowards in Kalenjin....the Nandis use to beat them until they sing.
For the likes of Pokots - those are unbeatable.And Yet before the Brits - Nandis use to beat the Pokot so much they would run to Turkana. Before arrival of Brits - Nandis were unbeatable - to all tribes and even Kalenjin sub-tribes. Bar kipsigis whom we held mutual respect as one people.
Don't joke with savages that can hold the Brits for 15yrs - using bows and arrows. The rest of the tribes did not survive a resistance lasting even 3 months!!!!!! One expedition of one Brit soldier and few regular askari would crush them. Not the Nandis - whom the Brits had to bring soldiers from all over East Africa and just couldn't beat them.
The British had to kill Koitalel in cold blood...a war crime...at pretext of peace conference.
Do you know Nandi after that war with Brits - left Nandi to Uganda, Tanzania (Kirwa was born in Tanzania) and all over kenya -starting with kalenjin sub-tribe- including Laikipia, Pokot, Luhyaland and took over land - and settle there . The British were more than happy to see Nandis leave...they are now pokots, luhyas, tanzanians and ugandans.
Kalenjin understand war. They have war infrastructure. Almost natural aptitude for war - physical and emotional. If they upgrade the weaponry the police will not even try to fight back..you will need KDF with bombs and airforce.
Get those boys guns - and the kind of archery training they have - man - you got to be kidding - because nearly every bullet will count.
Then we will have to go back to settings of 2007 but reloaded and uped, during height of the PEV kikuyus put up a ferocious resistance but were overwhelmed by nkalenjini numbers and fell back to nakuru towns and environs and on some way to naivasha, karua took the initiative 5 busloads of Merus were sent to naivasha and nakuru, nkalenjini warrior with him arrows was devastated, nkalenjini doesn't know close quarters fighting which Merus excel at panga ikaanza kazi backed by mungiki, nkalenjini was cleared in two days and pushed back to kipkelion areas and beyond molo,... Koffi anan came just in the nick of time... It will be same BUT we are tired of bailing kikuyus every time