Well there you have it. The elections, which should have been a greatly enriching experience, have passed and left a bitter trail of death and destruction in their wake. Most of us feel somewhat cheated after proudly having braved numerous hours on queues in order as to practise our democratic right to vote, just for the Country to descend to such great depths of mayhem.
A lot has been said and I don't really want to add ink to the gallons that have gone before mine, but I will point out that what's going on, especially in the Rift Valley is most distressing. I heard it said that violence, if unchecked, gathers momentum of its own and I fear that that may be where we're headed, if we're not already there. Saddest of all is that the violence seen there seems to have very little to do with the elections but a deep seated hatred that has for decades festered in the hearts of the perpetrators and has just found an excuse for release. How do we stop that? How do we reconcile warring brothers?
Say a prayer for Kenya today.
1 comment:
This has nothing to do with elections. There are some people who have been waiting to kill Kikuyu's for a long time, and this is their excuse. Everything else is hogwash. Are these people telling us that election disputes are resolved by killing the winner's tribes-people?
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