Kenya still burns with hate and creed. The dialogue between Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki to restore peace and democracy in Kenya has been barricaded.
When Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner on 30th December by the electoral commission of Kenya, a new Kenya was born. From Kisumu, Nakuru, Kericho, Nairobi to Mombassa, from Eldoret, Kakamega through Busia to Bungoma, from Mt Elgon to Kuresoi, Kenyans rolled down on the ground and took their heels to the streets cried for injustice, “we have been denied our rights” and “No Raila No Peace!” was the daily headlines, they hollered, ululated, protested, demonstrated as they dispute the election result. That evening the nation would not wait the night fall and day to express its own nature in response to this national tragedy. It was like the whole world had come to an end, the end couldn’t meet the angry justice. The hope and will of the people of Kenya were tampered with. There rights were short changed. They were robed their rights which God had guaranteed and promised them that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The whole country was on fire. The country was burning innocent Kenyans ruthlessly. The fire of the disputed election results which declared Mwai Kibaki winner, having been rejected in all the Kenyan six provinces. In the opinion poll Kibaki was only leading in Central and some parts of Eastern provinces where he could at least gunner more than 25%, while Raila Odinga was leading in the remaining six provinces with massive followers and supporters with more than 70% in each province. Mwai Kibaki was rejected even in Rift Valley where the former Kenya president Moi was campaign for him, which was believed to be Moi’s home turf, at times the public could demand Kibaki and Moi to pay them listening allowances to the public so that they could be granted audience, this scenario was evident in Eldoret where Moi’s rally was disrupted by youths whom demanded a listening allowances. Moi’s three sons who contested for parliamentary seats in the same province were all voted out. This alone could not make Kibaki to defeat Raila Odinga! Kenyans rejected this in large numbers and the battle lines were drawn, others promised fellow Kenyans eviction even before the election result were released, “they have robbed us of our victory” was the morning greetings in Kenya. One side cried foul play while the other was determine to protect their turf. Arrows, machetes, daggers, spears and clubs killed and displaced many people. The blood made Kenya a new country waking at dawn in Africa where ethnic cleansing took center stage, the sight of burning houses, hundreds burnt people, thousands burnt vehicles, the streams of human blood and the many human bodies all over the streets of Kisumu, Nairobi, Eldoret, Mombassa, and other major slums in the country.
As the fight and death toll remains large, the trauma to many Kenyans including thousands of children who are now painfully orphaned, others killed and livelihoods shattered. It is now remaining a story and a tale to foretell since these young children have watched their parents being butchered, forced to flee just because the election was rigged, killed by policemen in Kisumu City because they wanted justice and right to be done.
However, the children of the victim of the election violence have seen what is believed to be inhumane, and they have held a candid and frank discussion with themselves, and they have spoken to their hearts, expressing their innermost disgusted feelings. The experience, especially the commotions caused by the gun fire, burning and torching their homes by the arsonists, where they have been living for the last 30 years, the cry of their parents as they die in a pool of blood. All this have been disturbing their chances of going back to school and sleeping safely in a manner of living togetherness with other communities in neighborliness, the Kenyan dream of peace, love, and unity was violated and buried.
In context, this children still feeling the panic spreading through there body whenever any night falls. They dream of eating and sleeping but they cant because of bad leadership. Their suffering can be argued that have got nothing to do with social factors, neither ethnicity, or little to do with poor economy, or lack of Aid from the International Communities but the problem of their suffering is derived from more to do with bad leadership. As one would soberly argue that leadership in Africa is about power, where once captured, through any means, power is used to a mass huge personal fortunes to enrich one’s rivals and perpetuate oneself in office.
Furthermore, it has now emerge that Africa still has along way to build herself democratically, socially and economically. But it is quite unfortunate that as some leaders in Africa having sleepless night to nature democracy in Africa, therefore others are ready to loot, rob, and become tyrants on the already achieved democracy. Now the biggest challenge on how to manage the political mess in Kenya has witness where the anger of justice over the disputed election result has crated tribal anger, the tribal insults, the truth of lies by the politicians, the injustices where the peasants are denied their democratic rights, has become a nightmare.
The quickest solution is needed before the situation goes beyond control. First truth must be establish between Raila Odinga and Kibaki and they must come to terms with the reality, before the country settle down. Otherwise Kenya might go beyond the horrific genocide in Rwanda.