Photo credit: BBC News / AFP
Down becomes up and up becomes down in this East African nation after the announcement of the December 2007 election results when suddenly there are increased cases of (civil) unrest in Kenya, widespread reports of acts of genocide, and a thick cloud of uncertainty continues to loom over the country's future as more people remain holed up in their homes unable to venture further than a kilometre away without running into a road-block of some sort; and as they remain prisoners of their own homes, they also continue to be fed on government-controlled news and simpleton TV shows -in an attempt to draw their attention away from the country's current problems- from the only running media; state controlled and influenced television! The only news media (international) that have so far reported about the crisis in Kenya have all fallen short of using the 'g' word, merely settling for the weak-willed phrase, "ethnic cleansing".
The term 'ethnic cleansing' signals the lack of will to stop genocide. It also usually results in escalating deaths, and the whole while undermining international legal obligations of acknowledging and reacting to a genocide. As I type this out, the BBC reports that at least 30 people, a vast majority of them being children have been torched to their deaths as they took sanctuary in a church in Eldoret, eastern Kenya. Using the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ also corrupts public observation and ethical judgement, thereby bleaching the atrocities of genocide, and ultimately leading to widespread inaction -internationally- in preventing the current and (perhaps) future genocides.
Once again, it's a GENOCIDE in Kenya! Please blow the horn people. And will all the international community NOT just sit back and watch -at least this once!!!
As the Kenyan government under president Mwai Kibaki clamps down on both government influenced and free media with their media blackout, these impassioned men and women around the world continue unabated in their resolve to bring you live commentary from the epicentre itself:
www.kenyanpundit.com
www.wendwa.yakuti.org
www.mentalacrobatics.com
www.geraldbaraza.blogspot.com
www.mzalendo.com
www.blog.thinkersroom.com
www.whiteafrican.com
www.jessemakai.com
www.kumekucha.blogspot.com
www.chrisblattman.blogspot.com
www.josephkaroki.wordpress.com ***(new picture blog)
Telling the story as it is might well be the next best hope for action that this blog suggests for this Kenyan political quandary. The better hope always being PRAYER. Please refer to my sidebar for more on the crisis. Mungu saidia watu wa Kenya. God save Kenya!
14 comments:
Thanx 4 the links Zack and yes, I am on my knees praying 4 Kenya and the whole region too.
a)I am praying that common sense prevails. Political greed (on both sides) sh'd not be at the expense of human life and national stability.
b)I am praying that this quagmire doesn't dent economic growth and stability in Uganda, Rwanda et al.
c)I am praying that the EAC's gains are not eroded...
Happy New year!
Thank you for your prayers. I think you meant "www.jessemasai.com".
Keep praying...
Shalom.
am here zack,lets pray...
lord have mercy on kenya. AMEN
we pray everyday!
http://palcopiniao.blogspot.com
World wide blog.
Thank you for the links.
What I fail to understand in this very trying time for Kenya and East Africa, is the silence of Kenya's neighbours; and if Uganda is intefering supporting one side, and not trying to reconcile Kenyans, that's even more tragic and sad.
I believe, Kenya will rise above this and become even much stronger and more stable. With time.
Been on my knees. I hope the situation slowly gets back to normal...
I hate to say this but aside from Tanzania, the other EAC country shall be remembered as not having come to our aid in a constructive manner.
it's march, and i'm still praying. they say decisions have been made and things have settled, but is that really the case on the ground!? god save Kenya. and forgive my country's representatives that did not aid in a constructive manner!
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Thank you to everybody that heeded this call, and others like it around the world. God bless you all kind people.
zack, it's JUNE!!!! what, you're posting yearly now??
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