PRESS RELEASE: KCA Appeals for peaceful campaigns , Jared Oluoch / KCA

09/24/2007

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PRESS RELEASE : KCA appeals for peaceful campaigns.

The stoning on Friday in Kisii of two opposition MPs and a parliamentary aspirant on a campaign mission by rowdy youth rekindle security fears as the country enters its penultimate stage to the general elections.

The Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA) wishes to appeal to all peace loving Kenyans, politicians and especially the youth to conduct peaceful, issue oriented campaigns devoid of personality attacks, name calling and stone throwing. We appeal especially to the youth to refuse to be used as erectors of tents in political rallies and pawns in the individual interests of the politicians. Equally importantly, we urge political leaders to use their sense of judgment to avoid situations that will provoke violence.

What we would like to hear from the political class are sound ideas of how they would improve the economy, tackle insecurity, ensure affordable health care, quality education and the improvement of the general living standards of the people of this great nation. Such campaigns must show respect to the rule of law, the institutions and the person of the President.

We fear that pre election violence, in a country already wilting under the burdens of tribal animosities, will brutally overshadow the democratic gains the country has so painstakingly nurtured over the years. Which is why, we agree with the lead editorial in Saturday`s edition of The Nation that police must apprehend and bring to book the people behind the ugly incident at Kisii`s Nyamarambe shopping centre. Any PR gag would not do our nascent political process any good.

Long live Kenya !

Jared Oluoch

Assistant Secretary

The Kenyan Community Abroad ( KCA)

KCA Executive- Washington , D.C.

Managing Editor, The Nation Media Group.

Managing Editor, The East African Standard.

Major General Hussein Ali, The Commissioner of Police

Mr Samuel Kivuitu,Chair,Electoral Commission of Kenya.

Hon John Njoroge Michuki, EGH, M.P. Minister, Internal Security and Provincial Administration.

Hon Peter Munya, EGH, M.P. Assistant Minister, Internal Affairs.

Hon Francis Xavier Ole Kaparo,E.G.H, M.P. Speaker of National Assembly.