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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Kenya could fall apart thanks to Kibaki

The fact is that many have been killed and displaced in Kenya. We all know that most of the displaced are innocent people from the GEMA tribes who have been living outside their province. There is no province except central and Nairobi which is not guilty of punishing the innocent kikuyu for mistakes small elite of GEMA leaders made. You have all heard the kikuyu elite insinuating that those demonstrating are from the slums, who don’t know what they are doing. What the kikuyu elite are conveniently forgetting is that Kenya is one big slum. Those who live outside slum and semi slum areas are less than 15 percent of the whole population, which simply means that the voice of the slum is the true voice of Kenya.

The question is; will we let Kibaki go down under with Kenya? Will the displaced kikuyu let Kibaki keep his hold on power at their expense? I do not think that the majority of Kenyans will ever forgive Kibaki for consciously aiming to bring the country to its knees, destroy its economy and kill its people. What Kibaki and his cronies have refused to understand is the fact that Kenya will never go back to normal as long as he holds on to power illegally. He must also realise that as long as the standoff between his so called government and ODM persists, not a single displaced soul will go back to where they were displaced. There must also be a realisation on the part of Kibaki that this could be the beginning of the end for the country called Kenya. Strangely enough there is a common belief amongst PNU diehards that force will see them through. A very wrong assumption, too wrong.

The fact that there is already division in the forces is not a secret anymore. There is a major fear that almost all former top military officials are in ODM. That fear is compounded by the fact that the majority of rank and file within the armed forces (army, air force and navy) is kalenjin. The argument goes this way: Put armed forces in our streets and you will see a major rebellion in which soldiers would be ethnically cleansing each other. The above has precipitated the hiring of mercenaries from Ugandan. If you think that this is idle talk then you are mistaken. Just talk to anyone you know who works in the armed forces and you will surely get the above named picture.

We saw this division very clearly in Kisumu. The local police (specifically non GEMA) were encouraging people to put pressure on the government buy burning tyres and demonstrating while the GSU were either firing up in the air, killing mostly innocent people or begging or robbing people of the little food they had. While the local police refused to participate in killing the GSU on the other hand travelled menacingly in large lorries shooting at anything in sight including dogs. It was unbelievable for they were acting as if they were target practicing.

The majority of the people who have died in Nyanza, specifically in Kisumu town have been shot by the police. The GSU /Ugandan forces have so far been killing people for no good reason. For example, they shot a lady washing cloths on the balcony of a second floor apartment at a place called Dunga. They killed two 13 year old children who were from Kibuye church. They executed eight young boys and a girl who had gone to see the remains of burnt cars at the department of water in Nyalenda/milimani area, an old mzee aged 60 was shot dead in broad daylight in Nyawita, simply because he carried a bag of sugar which was suspected to have been looted An old man of legio maria sect, shot and killed in Kondele, his only crime; walking and praying aloud (he was specifically killed by a dreadlocked GSU person, the ones rffered to by Kisumu residents are Ugandans).

The displaced are angry at the people who displaced them but have now started grumbling loudly at Kibaki and his cronies. They have started wondering how long they will be living in parks and stadiums. They have begun wondering if keeping the kikuyu elite illegally in power is worth their suffering. This grumbling will soon turn into a deafening noise. Live media coverage has been blocked partly to prevent ODM from airing their views but also to quell the voice of the displaced who have began demanding that the government re-settle them elsewhere once and for all. These are demands that the kibaki/kalonzo axis is afraid of hearing. They are even more scared of the discontent spreading all over the country. Refugees are demanding to be returned home. But how will this happen when Kibaki has refused to recognise the truth? When he has refused to cultivate the culture of good neighbourliness?

A permanent solution to the crisis must be found i.e. re-running of the elections latest July
A temporary solution is for the government to look for a piece of land within central province and settle the refugees while a permanent solution is being worked out.
Kibaki, Michuki, Uhuru, Karua etc should share some of their huge parcels of land with the refugees, at least on a temporary basis, for people cannot live in stadiums, parks and police stations forever.


The ball is not in ODMs court. The solution is wholly in Kibakis hands, for Raila has no power to help the situation. He does not control the state apparatus.

Its Kibaki and Kibaki alone who can save Kenya. Failure to do this will see Kenya disintegrate. Let’s not pretend that Kenya is special. Its not a laughing matter, Kenyans are really angry even though people like Michuki pretend not to understand the situation.


OBS! If Kenyan soldiers are so untrustworthy, why not just disband the military and use mercenaries from Uganda instead ? How does the Kenyan soldier feel when he is said to be unable, when forces from outside are brought into Kenya to do the work that they should be doing? No wonder they are dissatisfied with Kibaki.

As far as Im concerned Kibaki will go one way or the other.

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