A week of post-election violence in Kenya has left 250,000 people homeless and over 300 dead. This is a surprising reality, given that the nation of known for being a safe haven for those fleeing war ravaged countries.
"I can't believe it. We're refugees in our own land," said Dan Mugambi, a 35-year-old teacher who was one of 15,000 people seeking shelter in a primary school compound in the North Rift Valley village of Kachibora. "This has never happened here before."
Kenya has turned chaotic after supporters of the opposition leader Raila Odinga accused President Mwai Kibaki of rigging the presidential election. The election was held on December 27.
Odinga blames Kibaki for the violence, claiming that he armed militant gangs in Nairobi slums to cause the chaotic violence after the elections.
It has also been reported that former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been called in to help find a solution to the violence.
The United States initially congratulated Kibaki for the election, but then retracted after the EU and Great Britain called the outcome into question. The only country on record for congratulating Kibaki is Uganda.
“You need to address the genesis of this violence,” Odinga said during interviews. “Most of this has been done by Munguki, the government has armed illegal terrorist organization called [Munguki] organization who started long before. They are responsible for killing people.”
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Has that trial in your life been going on so long That everything in you screams, "This is so wrong."
You can't understand, it seems God is far away.As with tears you cry out to Him everyday,If you read God's Word His truth you will see
That He has a job for you and a job for me,ONLY BELIEVE! is what He has to say At His feet this problem you must lay,In His time and in His way An answer to your problem will be there one day,Keep on believing, don't lose hope
He'll give you His grace enabling you to cope, Keep your eyes on Him as to to Him you cleave He has promised He will never forsake you or leave,Give Him time to work it all out The devil just wants you to worry and doubt,Praising Him is one thing He's looking for To bless you is what He has in store,
So no matter what, even when you don't understand ONLY BELIEVE! that's what moves His hand. Please lord hear us. Amos Nyakundi
Cry for my non-existent childhood Cry for my stolen youth Cry for my uprooted olive trees. Cry for my village which lost its name. Cry for the maimed children. Cry for the widowed mothers. And cry for the raped land. A land I tended with my tears Yes, cry, as I am crying, for non-caring kin, yes, cry as I am crying. For non-caring humanity, Cry because I stopped crying. I have no more tears to spare. I need them for my children’s graves. My children have gone to war they will not come back alive; they think their blood will bring back the olive trees. They think that their blood will wipe out the infamy. Of kin who did not raise a finger, of humanity which did not utter a word. To protect my olive trees
Cry for my non-existent childhood Cry for my stolen youth Cry for my uprooted olive trees. Cry for my village which lost its name. Cry for the maimed children. Cry for the widowed mothers. And cry for the raped land. A land I tended with my tears Yes, cry, as I am crying, for non-caring kin, yes, cry as I am crying. For non-caring humanity, Cry because I stopped crying. I have no more tears to spare. I need them for my children’s graves. My children have gone to war they will not come back alive; they think their blood will bring back the olive trees. They think that their blood will wipe out the infamy. Of kin who did not raise a finger, of humanity which did not utter a word. To protect my olive trees
AMOS NYAKUNDI
SCHOOL.
It was the first day of school for millions across the country. But for thousands and thousands, strikes and protests prevented this day from going smoothly. Over 1000 Chicago students protested unbalanced funding in poorer neighborhoods by skipping school and showing up at the wealthier one instead. Some schools neea Nairobi had to be canceled altogether because of a teacher strike. The same thing is happening near Western because of a wage dispute that doesn't appear to have a close ending in site. Across the state outside Rift valley, contract problems are looming and forced over 777,000 students to not start class as scheduled. Nyanza avoided a near-miss, but could have a rough ride in next 30 days if disagreements don't get resolved. So what is to be learned by all this?
We call them a bridge of salvation, a pillar of support. Most likely we have seen how our schools have been performing. This is determined by two factors, 1. The students themselves 2. The environment, i.e. the rules, foods they consume and the treatment they get from their teachers.
Amos Nyakundi
Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
If he, Sudan's President al-Bashir fits any of this descriptions, he needs to be put away for long, as long as God allows him to breath, he need to take his last breath in a death raw or jail.
Sudan as faced more than genocide and we sit their ad watch, for how long? When is the justice going to prevail? When are the Sudanese going to enjoy their right to live?
Amos Nyakundi
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