I'm a sad and pained Kenyan. The conflict in Kenya is simply as a result of a stolen election, stupid! It is sad that whereas the propagandists on either side wish to reignite ethnic animosities, the truth of the matter is that in 2002 Kenyans voted irrespective of their tribes for Mr Kibaki. The resurgence of ethnic positions has basically come about because of the glaring imbalances in resource distribution and employment in government offices and departments. Matters were not helped by the apparent closing of ranks between former President Moi and Mr Kibaki in what was rightly understood to mean a coming together of some vested elite class interests. It is the poor Kenyans who are hacking each other and sadly, the original problem of a stolen presidency is almost lost in the quagmire.
Were the election open and free and fair, it wouldn't matter who lost. Now, it matters who won because it is evident that the advantage of incumbency worked to Mr Kibaki's advantage. It is unfortunate that innocent lives are continuing to be lost while this problem should have been settled by a simple proclamation of Mr Odinga as the rightful winner. Currently, Kibaki is employing the resources of state terror to tame dissent in the hope that he may survive a new day. There is a simple key for peace: give Kenyans JUSTICE now. Peace will flow like a river, huge healing will accompany that effort and Kenya should move forward.
The USA and UK (and by extension the developed world) as moral custodians and global evangelists of democratic governance must step up their diplomatic and economic pressures on the bandit presidency of Mwai Kibaki to accept the democratic verdict of the Kenyan people and step aside before Kenya is torn asunder for ever. The level of ethnic suspicion and animosity can be resolved only when democracy is respected. There are no two forms of democracies, it's a rule of the majority. Kibaki lost the presidency and his party lost parliament. He cannot and must not be allowed to hang on to illicit power through the barrel of the gun. The lose of innocent lives through ethnic fighting must be condemned and the police force made to account for their love of the shoot-to-kill order. This is unacceptable. Kenyans cannot die while Kibaki is enjoying the trappings of state resources and ill-gotten executive power.
I want to see Kenyans living together again. I want to have a country to go back to.
Were the election open and free and fair, it wouldn't matter who lost. Now, it matters who won because it is evident that the advantage of incumbency worked to Mr Kibaki's advantage. It is unfortunate that innocent lives are continuing to be lost while this problem should have been settled by a simple proclamation of Mr Odinga as the rightful winner. Currently, Kibaki is employing the resources of state terror to tame dissent in the hope that he may survive a new day. There is a simple key for peace: give Kenyans JUSTICE now. Peace will flow like a river, huge healing will accompany that effort and Kenya should move forward.
The USA and UK (and by extension the developed world) as moral custodians and global evangelists of democratic governance must step up their diplomatic and economic pressures on the bandit presidency of Mwai Kibaki to accept the democratic verdict of the Kenyan people and step aside before Kenya is torn asunder for ever. The level of ethnic suspicion and animosity can be resolved only when democracy is respected. There are no two forms of democracies, it's a rule of the majority. Kibaki lost the presidency and his party lost parliament. He cannot and must not be allowed to hang on to illicit power through the barrel of the gun. The lose of innocent lives through ethnic fighting must be condemned and the police force made to account for their love of the shoot-to-kill order. This is unacceptable. Kenyans cannot die while Kibaki is enjoying the trappings of state resources and ill-gotten executive power.
I want to see Kenyans living together again. I want to have a country to go back to.
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