Kenya Needs Salvation from its Past
If Kenya is to overcome its past and attain
cohesion and sense of nationhood there are certain values that need to be
cultivated and upheld such as truth, justice, equity, inclusivity. The
political gymnastics of this government and its supporters do not in any way
aid this, instead the populace is being tactfully forced to succumb to the
political idiosyncrasies of 2 or 3 individuals and their respective tribes at
the expense of a nation.
Even a Kisii is a Kenyan too
What an average Kisii is interested in is
not whether or not Ruto is convicted or acquitted but rather answers to why the
sons and daughters of Gusii land were murdered, maimed, displaced and their
property destroyed in 2007-8 and government genuine plans and strategies to
redress this and ensure justice.
Fallacious Narratives
Narratives such as the one given by Murithi
Mutiga's that if Ruto is jailed it will cause a problem in the Rift Valley and
hence Kenya are clear attempts to tie the rest of Kenya to the Rift Valley and
specifically the Kalenjin nation if not an outright abuse to the rest of us
Kenyans. Kenya goes beyond Kalenjins; it belongs to many of us. We should not
succumb to the temptation of tying the history and future of our nation to few
individuals and their tribes. I think people need to, at least begin, to invoke
some form of reasoning.
Kenya Needs Salvation from its Past
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
on
December 22, 2015
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