The real Facilitator of these deaths

Sun, 6 Jan 2008

All this mess has been created by Kivuitu. All those who have been killed has their blood on Kivuitu's head. Kivuitu had AAAALLLLLL the powers in the world for three days to sacrifice himself for the country. To usher in peace, to bring change, to restore democracy, to restore hope for all the tribes in Kenya, including the Kikuyus themselves, whom have been oppressed for so long. KIVUITU HAD THE AUTHORITY IN HIS HAND. HE COULD HAVE JUST SNAPPED HIS FINGER AND, DONE THE RIGHT THING, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BITCHERED WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.

No any other person had such powers in the whole country and the whole world for Kenya, at that moment, as Kivuitu had. Not Raila, or Ruto, nor Michuki or even Kibaki. None of these people had the AUTHORITY AND POWER TO FREE KENYANS THAT DAY.

BUT what did Kivuitu do? He decided to condemn thousands to be homless, and hundreds did he condemn to the grave. Even after Kivuitu was called and adviced by MAINA KIAI, CONVINCED BY RAILA ODINGA TO DO THE RIGHT THING, OR IF HE WAS SCARED TO RESIGN, CALLED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND FOREIN OBSERVERS TO COUNTER CHECK HIS FIGURES, HE still refused to listen to all these voices of reason and went ahead to "devilishly" and arrogantly announce the LOOSER OF ELECTION TO BE THE WINNER.

ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS VIOLENCE? IT IS NONE OTHER THAN KIVUITU.

Was I to be in Kivuitu's place at that time, I could have sacrifised myself for the Country, and done the right thing to Restore the hope that Kenyans still had in the electioneering process, to restore hope for a better future life that had captured the Citizens everywhere, ushered in the Change that Kenya was yearning for and finally, DISMISSED THE POTENTIAL DEATH SENTENCES THAT MANY OTHER INNOCENT KENYANS WERE REARING TO BE SUBJECTED TO. After that then I could care less if another person threatens to kill me or my family. I would live with it and be prepared to die knowing too well that I did the right thing for the country and for generations to come. But Kivuitu was a BIG COWARD AND TOO GREEDY. HE WANTED THE MORE THAN 240MILLION ON OFFER.

KIVUITU IS AN OLD MAN AND MANY OF THOSE HE SUPPORTED AND WHO ARE ALSO OLD LIVE IN A WORLD OF UTOPIA. THEY ONLY COME OUT IN KENYA WHEN THEY HAVE DONE SUCH BLUNDERS THAT CONDEMN PEOPLE TO THEIR DEATH EN-MASS, LIKE THIS ONE. HAD THEY BEEN LIVING IN KENYA CONSTANTLY, THEN THEY COULD HAVE SEEN THE MOOD OF THE CITIZENS ON THE GROUND. AND BY DOING THAT THEN THEY COULD HAVE REALISED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

Unfortunately Kivuitu chose not to care about those many Kenyans, from the heart of Karatina to Moyale and Lokichogio, all the way to Isebania and Namanga, and from Malaba and Busia border, across through Nairobi to Malindi, Lamu, Vanga and Lunga Lunga. All those people were saying they want change. But Kivuitu, Kibaki, Michuki, Moi, covered their eyes and blocked their ears from those voices.

ELECTION day came, and the people shouted with the ballot, only for KIVUITU to come there and abuse them in broad daylight. HE SNATCHED FROM THEM THE ONLY VOICE THEY HAD, ACTUALLY HE STRANGLED THEM AND MUZZLED THEIR VOICES BY FALSELY DECLARING HIS FRIEND AS THE WINNER, YET KIVUITU KNEW DEEP DOWN IN HIS SOUL THAT HE WAS DOING THE WRONG THING

YES MR. KIVUITU IT IS YOU WHO MURDERED ALL THOSE PEOPLE. IT IS YOU WHO FACILITATED FOR THE CORRUPT INSTALLATION OF KIBAKI AS THE ELECTION WINNER. IF YOU DID THE RIGHT THING AS AT THAT TIME, KIBAKI WOULD NO LONGER BE HAVING THIS ILLUSION OF BEING KENYAN PRESIDENT. RAILA WOULD NOW HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AS THE FOURTH KENYAN PRESIDENT AND THE WORK TO TURN KENYA AROUND.

THOUSANDS LIVING IN THE DIASPORA HAD ALREADY PUT 5 YEAR PLANS TO COME BACK HOME AND START BUILDING THAT NATION. BUT NOW YOU AND KIBAKI HAVE DASHED THEIR HOPES INTO SMITHERENS.

YES IT IS YOU KIVUITU WHO HAS KILLED ALL THOSE KIKUYUS AND LUOS, KISIIS, LUHYAS, KALENJINS, KAMBAS, ETC WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE "HORROR" OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT AT KICC. IT IS YOU AND NOBODY ELSE!

WHO WILL BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIGURES, WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE TRUE AND CORRECT. WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE AND EFFORT TO VARIFY EVEN AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THEM?? OOOH GOD, DID YOU HAVE TO KILL SO MANY PEOPLE BY YOUR RECKLESSNESS AND ARROGANCE?

TO ME YOU ARE A CANDIDATE OF THE GALLOWS.

Nyakwar Marenya

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Odhiambo okecth wrote:

I do not have any doubts on how Mutuma Mathiu can be good with words, and I share in his observations.

We only differ on one thing; who is responsible for the mess we are currently engulfed in?

In the Nation TV, they have been running something called 'Voices of reason', and also calling for Prayers for peace today from 6pm to 7pm. I am again in full support of such things. But again I ask, as we look for voices of reason, and pray till Thy Kingdom come, who put us in this mess?

It is foolhardy to be a voice of reason without knowing who has created the problem in the first instance.

It is equally foolhardy to call for prayers without knowing why you are calling for those prayers.

God is truth, and in dealing with Him, we must also be truthful. But calling for prayers without condemning the thief and the thieving process is a complete waste of time.

Even the International Community that tend to be moderate in such situations, have come out clearly and told Kibaki that their was some problem with how he added up his figures when Raila was clearly winning.

Not even any single soul has sent a congratulatory message to Kibaki because they all know that he did not win. How come it is only a few home guards in Kenya who seem to know that Kibaki won? How come all Kenya, from North Eastern to Coast, to Rift Valley, to Nairobi, to Western and Nyanza Provinces know that Kibaki did not win?

The people will not relent in their pursuit of what is positively theirs. We were called out to vote, we came and voted for Raila Odinga en mass, then Kibaki installed himself back to the presidency instead of handing over power.

This is why we will again come out on Tuesday and press for our win. And from Tuesday, we will come out on a daily basis until we secure our victory. The people spoke and the need to be heard.

That is the problem. You cannot be a voice of reason, and yet you fail to see that problem. You cannot call for healing prayers unless you address that problem.

God will not listen to your prayers.

Odhiambo T Oketch
Komarock Nairobi

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Margaret Gichuki wrote:

If ODM and its supporters truly believe that a just settlement cannot be achieved through constitutional institutions, then what are we fighting for? There is no nation.

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COMMENTARY

Sweet Jesus, give me tears to cry for my country

Story by MUTUMA MATHIU
Publication Date: 1/6/2008
This election has dashed very many hopes and killed many dreams. People are angry and, like me, hurting.

Since December 28, Kenyans have suspended reason and eagerly descended to the lower instincts of murder, looting and revenge.

In the last couple of days, many people have asked me: what do you think we should do? Should we have a political settlement? Should we invite international mediators? Shouldn't we somehow force the President to resign?

My thoughts are simple -naturally-but clear. First we need to establish, through a mechanism trusted by both sides, that the election was indeed stolen and how that was done. Secondly, we need to put in place a mechanism acceptable to both sides, to enforce justice.

My own view is that politicians are wasting time: They should secure every ballot cast in the presidential election and enforce an objective recount and re-tallying. The more difficult job as I see it is actually not securing these two things but obtaining the buy-in of the other four million voters who voted for Mwai Kibaki.

ODM should not make the same mistake that Mr Kibaki is in danger of making; assuming that a victory is a victory without taking into consideration the feelings of half of the country which is on the other side.

The crisis facing Kenya is not that of electoral outcome per se. It arises from the way the election was framed, and it was framed as a conflict between the Kikuyu -accused of stealing the nation's wealth and hogging all the power -and a coalition of other tribes.

The ODM alliance was unsuccessful in creating confidence among the Kikuyu elite that a Raila Odinga presidency would not be the end of life as they knew it for them. The Kikuyu believed that if ODM won, the tribe would be destroyed, they would be dispossessed of their property, and those who have settled throughout the country would be massacred. Talking to ordinary people, it would be very difficult to convince them that they were wrong, given the outbreak of ethnic violence at the Coast and in Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza and other places.

Revolutionary

If ODM takes power through revolutionary means, a counter-revolution is guaranteed.

And, as all Kenyans know from recent beheadings, the capacity for barbarity in some quarters is one of the most frightening realities of our troubled nation. There are sleeping dogs which must be allowed to lie.

A constitutional and legal settlement- which can be the result of political negotiations, such as the protection of votes, objective recount and speedy court resolution-would be a lot easier to enforce, especially among those opposed to ODM.

If ODM and its supporters truly believe that a just settlement cannot be achieved through constitutional institutions, then what are we fighting for? There is no nation.

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I, like all human beings, have known pain in these 38 years. I buried my father as a young man at university. Two months ago I buried my brother.

My greatest failing as a human being is that I have never learnt to cry. So, as my brother was placed in the cold earth in a pouring icy rain a few kilometres outside Nanyuki a couple of weeks ago, and with hundreds of people crying freely around me, I kept asking myself: what kind of human being are you who can't cry for his own brother?

The fact that I couldn't cry like everybody else made the sorrow a lot worse.

In the course of this crisis, there have been two occasions when I have had an overwhelming desire to cry.

The first was a text message which erroneously reported that 100 children had been burnt in a church. I felt such pain in my soul.

"Did the children vote, did they count, did they tally, did they rig?" I typed on a message that I sent to nearly everyone in my address book.

I feel such a deep sense of failure. I was brought up to believe that all the children of Kenya are my children, that it is my core business to take care of them. I learnt to love my country from my father who, as a young man in the Emergency, was an urban guerrilla in Nairobi. He was brought down by a hail of bird shot and sent to detention for seven years. All his life he carried lead pellets on his back which he refused to have removed.

That generation had so much faith in the children born in freedom. They believed that having bled for freedom and having taken good care of the next generation, the children would take the game forward.

That generation had done the most difficult part: they had fought the war. Surely even half-men could take care of the rest? Theirs was a simplicity of perspective, devoid of cynicism or hunger for power. The post-independence age-sets can't even keep the children safe. They are massacring them with pangas, in the name of an election.

The second occasion when I prayed for tears was when I sat down to write this column. Again it was caused by a mass circulated text message which read: ''Concerned women for Kenya are urgently appealing for support to help displaced families who need clothes, water, pads, diapers, formula bottles, utensils, bedding, crutches, toys ....please support, drop items at St Mark's Church Waiyaki Way. Every minute counts."

Is this what I have done with the country I inherited from those who refused to die in Manyani? Is this my way of honouring those who, like Dedan Kimathi, were buried in unmarked graves so that they could give a free country to me, their spoilt offspring? I look at the demonstrators, the looters and our so-called leaders whose mouths are full of platitudes and hearts are full of nothing, and I feel a crushing sense of failure.

Everything that has happened to Kenya is my fault; I shall point no fingers. Where was I when it happened? One thing is certain, however. When I finally hand over Kenya to all my children wherever they are on this soil, it will not be the smouldering ruins of war. And that you can take to the bank.

Mutuma Mathiu is the Sunday Nation managing editor