LAST year, as Kenya slid into mayhem, the words that sputtered forth from crude transmitters were cryptic but, to those in the know, horrifying.

• 去年，肯尼亚陷入混乱，粗糙的收音机里喷溅出的话都是暗语，但是对熟悉暗语的人来说，内容却让人不寒而栗。