Human Death in Kenya - Accidental Human Deaths in Kenya, Cemeteries in Kenya, Deaths by Firearm in Kenya, Massacres in Kenya (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Accidental Human Deaths in Kenya, Cemeteries in Kenya, Deaths by Firearm in Kenya, Massacres in Kenya, John Anthony Kaiser, Tom Mboya, George Adamson, Hola Massacre, Mathira Massacre, David Kimutai Too, Joan Root, Turbi Massacre, Kinuthia Murugu, Wagalla Massacre, Larry Timmons, Pio Gama Pinto, Baden-Powell Grave, Mugabe Were, Luigi Locati, Donald Odanga, Garissa Massacre, Simon Matheri Ikere. Excerpt: John Anthony Kaiser (November 29, 1932 - August 23, 2000) was a Roman Catholic priest who was murdered in Morendat, Kenya by unknown assailants. John Anthony Kaiser was born in Perham, Minnesota. John attended Saint Johns Preparatory School, and the St. Johns University in Collegeville, Minnesota for two years before he joined the army in 1954. He was a paratrooper, and advanced to the rank of Sergeant. He graduated from Saint Louis University in 1960, with a BA in English Literature. While in St. Louis, he joined the Knights of Columbus. From here, he went to St. Joseph Seminary in Mill Hill, England, where he studied from 1960 to 1964. Fr. Kaiser was ordained in St. Louis for the Mill Hill Fathers in 1964, and was sent to their missions in Kenya. John spent 20 years in the missions in the Kisii Diocese." Over that time, the Catholic population had doubled, so that 48 priests were ministering to more than half a million Catholics in the diocese, many living in grinding poverty. In 1993, he was reassigned to the Maela refugee camp in the Ngong Diocese. Refugees fled to the camp as a result of tribal violence, armed gangs driving them from their homes, and then torching the buildings. Kaiser and others thought the government was fomenting the violence as part of a land grab. Amid international attention, on Christmas Eve, 1994, the camp was cl... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5803867