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Top 5 Contributors so far to our campaign against political violence
1) Ritchie M. 95 emails
2) Maurice K 85 emails
3) Fred K. 15 emails
4) Identity with-held (AT THEIR REQUEST) 12 emails
5) Kumekucha 10 emails
Congratulations to all you good people from Kumekucha. Thank you for caring and thinking about your fellow Kenyans.
In order to always keep my hand on the pulse of the Nation, I usually ensure that I receive regular news dispatches wherever I happened to be at any particular time. A report on the major news items on Nation TV last night distressed me so much that somebody who was with me at the time asked me why I was so upset.
Two women in Ukunda area, Mombasa were robbed by a gang carrying crude weapons, asked to carry the household goods into the bushes by the thugs and then violently raped. In the same news bulletin there was the touching story of a young mentally-challenged girl in Kibera who was raped on her way from church recently.
Interestingly in the Ukunda case the police commissioner Major General Mohamed Hussein Ali was quick (too quick) to rule out the suspicions that the raid may have been a Mungiki operation.
The saddest thing about violent crime is that it is women who suffer most and bear the brunt. Assuming that all the escalating violence we are seeing in Kenya today is not in any way related to violence my simple question is why does it always happen in the run up to an election since the year 1991?
The reason why I was so upset (and every Kenyan should be) is the fact that nothing is being done to counter these crimes which have become "normal". While it is abundantly clear that the time has come for Kenyans to think out of the box and seek new solutions to these problems, we have a political class bankrupt of ideas who are just keen on retaining power (some of them are well past retirement age and already grandfathers many times over.)
As I publish the first results detailing the performance of our readers in our maiden campaign against politically instigated violence in Kenya, it is a good time to reflect on the general apathy Kenyans have towards doing anything to improve their political environment and especially in demanding good governance from our leaders. It is one of the main reasons why we are in the current crisis that we are facing.
The biiter truth is that talk is cheap and most Kenyans worldwide prefer it to any tangible action. I take this opportunity to urge you all to take some action today. You may think what you are being asked to do is too little but the wise old African said kidogo kidgogo ujaza kibaba (little by little finally fills the till to overflowing).
The Kenyan who has topped our score sheet this week is Ritchie who lives and works in neighboring Tanzania.
JOIN IN THE CAMPAIGN AND DO SOMETHING TODAY
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
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