Waiting To Exhale

The nation is literally waiting to exhale.
For all those Kenyans who voted either way because of fear of domination by the other parties (or ethnic communities), shame on you. For all those who voted for the winners, let's hope they will be haunted by images of you on the queues, like refugees, heavy laden with your hopes and dreams wrapped in the jubilee banners, let us hope that they will not tell the difference between you and your fellow refugees-because thank God, all refugees look alike.

These 'new' leaders will be walking into offices crammed with lots of junk in the closets. There are myriads of skeletons lurking behind closed doors in those offices. Some of these skeletons were stashed away by regimes that these leaders participated in, others were thrown in before they were born Our prayer is that the government of the people will prevail and no more skeletons will be made. That these old skeletons will be pulled out and circumstances surrounding their existence addressed to finality. The landless peasants, the displaced IDPs, the impoverished masses  need a hope for tomorrow. The marginalised communities in the far-flung corners of our beautiful country still seek inclusion in all matters of nationhood. They are tired of being foreigners in their own country. For those that did not vote for you- and they are legion, we ask that you try to prove their fears ill placed. They had their own reasons for not trusting you and the onus is now upon you to prove them wrong. Corruption was given a passing mention in the campaigns, just like an afterthought, and it is our humble submission that it bears a very heavy responsibility in the situation we find ourselves in. We would like this addressed towards creating an open, clean and transparent form of government.

These new leaders all rode on the tide of the new constitution and unfortunately some seeds of doubt were scattered that some people did not have the plan to implement it. We pray that these seeds do not gain root. It is our hope that having passed this en mass, it is ours and all we ask of you is to respect and implement it. Any portions of the contract that you do not like, please ask us about any changes but do not at any moment conspire behind closed doors and boardrooms to alter it. Let no one creep into the constitutional bodies we formulated with the aim of subverting or privatising our aspirations. 

About the promises you made during the campaigns, we know you may not be able to keep all but we only ask for your indulgence to keep us informed of any failures and hardships you encounter. We are a knowledgeable masses and are quite aware that priorities are dynamic, they may change from day to day-just as we might suggest that you feed the children before giving them laptops, and of course guaranteeing security to all- parents and children!.Just remember that we hold these promises against you and we will always ask you what you are doing about them. Just as we are waiting to exhale, we are watching you. Do not let us down.

Peace because of ICC?

Justice and peace are indeed complementary. True. Is it injustice for individuals to plunder their nations and stash the loot in Geneva and other Western capitals while their citizenry suffer in abject poverty? ICC, USA and other demigods, are these not crimes against humanity too?
Millions of poverty stricken masses the world over are dying and perishing because an individual or a number of them emptied their national coffers and banked it all in private accounts in Europe and other Western capitals, others have actually invested in these foreign nations with these foreign governments paying a blind eye to it.
Selective application of justice and paying lip service as shown by the West only makes their enemies more vibrant and incensed. The US does not hold any moral high ground to either advice or comment on activities of the ICC and the ICC, its staffers or officials has no business litigating or commenting on cases pending in court, to the media. I could be wrong but this is sub judice.
'...They say what we know is just what they teach us,.....that we are so ignorant and...whenever they want they can reach us through political strategy...' These words by Marley should provoke our conscience and remind us that we should strive to shape our own destiny.