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State House intruder Brian Kibet Bera driven by radical views

Brian Kibet Bera,Brian Kibet Bera, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) studentย who was shot and injured after he intruded into State House, Nairobi, may have been driven to it by a โ€œsense of social justiceโ€™โ€™ and radical religious convictions.

โ€œIt is a spiritual war!โ€ the 25-year-old, who also claimed schooling is “torture and spiritually satanic”, declared on his Facebook wall on Sunday, June 9.โ€œThe devil has no power to kill me. He may only torture me. I will not allow myself to be captured because I will be tortured with drugs. Remember Samson was never killed by Philistines. Only torture. I am dropping out of school. Schooling is torture and spiritually satanic. It drives me away from God,โ€ he posted on his Facebook account.He further revealed his plan to attack State House and on Monday, June 10, he made true his threat.

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โ€œTomorrow (Monday) I attack State House. God has sent me to execute judgement on every thief and every partner of a thief,โ€ Bera declared.On โ€œsocial injusticesโ€, the JKUAT student who hails from Mt. Elgon blamed โ€œforeignersโ€ who have invaded his ancestral land.โ€œForeigners leave my land. Foreigners leave my inheritance. You have robbed me the last 24 to 25 years of my life. You have persecuted me from my childhood, from my mother’s womb up to now,โ€ he posted.The Mechanical Engineering student was sure police officers would not kill him, โ€œthey cannot kill me, because if they kill me, my people will kill them.โ€His threats were accompanied by Bible verses. โ€œDeuteronomy 20:8- And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, what man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest the heart of his fellows melt as his heart.’

โ€œProverbs 17:15: He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.โ€Bera was shot and injured after he jumped over the fence and brandished a knife when he was asked to surrender.He is currently receiving treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital as police say they are investigating the motive of the Monday attack.ย However, State House breaches didnโ€™t start with the JKUAT student.The place is arguably one of the most protected residences in Kenya.

Elite Recce Unit marksmen, armed plainclothes officers keep a close eye on all corners of its expansive grounds.Any attempt to force or gain access to the premises that serve as the residence of Kenyaโ€™s Head of State plain suicide according to insiders.ย ย But that hasnโ€™t stopped daring individuals who, over the years, have thrown caution to the wind and did the unfathomable.2017A man was shot dead within State House by General Service Unit officers.

According to the police, the intruder was alone at one of the parking lots when he was shot three times.President Uhuru Kenyatta was attending a tournament at Muthaiga Golf Club but was informed about it when he returned.It is believed that the victim jumped over the perimeter fence and wandered for some time before he was spotted.2013 Edward Njuguna was arrested after he was found loitering at a farm near President Uhuru Kenyataโ€™s private quarters and offices at State House, Nairobi, at around 2.30am.Njuguna was arrested by the Kenya Wildlife Service warders manning the Nairobi Arboretum, which neighbours the presidentโ€™s official residence.According to police officers, the intruder informed them that he intended to see where the president lives.The park is usually closed at such an hour.2004In September 2004, a foreigner was arrested loitering near the Presidentโ€™s private quarters at State House Nairobi.The then President, Mwai Kibaki, was having breakfast when the 22-year-old Australian exchange student was arrested only 50 metres away by a General Service Unit guard.He was later charged with trespass.Additional reporting by Cyrus Ombati

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