For you to be able to analyze anything soberly you must be able to step back and away from all your emotions and the immense euphoria that engulfs most Kenyans during any election.
If you do this you will quickly
realize that election 2013 is already shaping up to be the most violent in our
history. Yep, even more violent than 2008.
Interestingly the fiery earthquake
prophet Awuor has already predicted the following about the upcoming general
elections;
I see terrible animosity, with a
worse magnitude than the 2008 violence. It will sweep Kenya with flood of blood
and wananchi will hack one another like ones hacking down trees. Kenyans will
kill one another with renewed appetite and the agony will be as horrible as
never ever seen in the land. It will occur simultaneously with the elections to
disguise the cause.
Even if you do not believe in
prophets, it is abundantly clear that the chief dirty trick being used in these
elections is violence. There are few political strategies that are as effective
as violence when it comes to winning elections. Kenyans urgently need to be
educated on this and you can do a great service to the nation by forwarding
this article to as many of your friends as you possibly can. This is a message
that those who own Kenya do not want Kenyans
to know. They are determined that we remain naïve and swallow the cock and bull
story that two tribes who have been living peacefully together for years can suddenly
wake up one morning and start killing each other over some livestock or
watering holes. This is hogwash. Just carefully study cattle rustling and
compare it to the troubles we have seen in recent times. Look for where women
and children were hacked down or houses burnt and if you find the same pattern
then you can believe some of the down right lies being peddled to Kenyans with
abandon.
The Tana clashes are linked to presidential
politics. Sadly I cannot say more here but readers of my raw notes will get all
the info in their inboxes.
But how does violence win elections? Here’s
how;
a) Your opponent's voters are forced
to relocate from the place where they need to be to vote. In many cases your
core supporters are the ones you are using to keep the fire of trouble and
violence burning and so they will remain to vote. Those who remain who are not
with you, can hardly make an objective choice when their priority is to stay
alive. (This is one reason why the law should be changed to allow people to
vote from anywhere).
b) In the ensuing violence and the
chaos that follows there is nobody to stop you "importing" thousands
of voters to win the election for you.
c) Violence spreads fear. The idea is
to create very serious fear, then come in and quell the violence. It is then
very easy to convince the voters that if they don't vote for the "people
who quelled the violence" then the violence will return if the other side
wins.
d) It becomes easy and much cheaper to
collect voters cards from those who remain in return for their lives and
security. (Our new electronic voting system seems to have nipped this one in
the bud which is great news.)
e) It becomes impossible for any
candidate to sell their agenda to the electorate.
In brief election violence and
intimidation works like magic. That is why people use it. When you are seated
in safety in that posh apartment in some smart neighborhood or in some foreign
country, it is impossible for you to understand what it is like to live in
constant fear of your life in your own country. Chances are that you have never
lived in a populated area where election violence has broken out. How then can
you even begin to understand?
Adds Kumekucha;
Certain politicians are inciting the Tana tribal clashes, to eject one community from the region. It is political.
The aim is to speedily assemble evidence against the persons implicated and arraign them in a court of law. There is also strong indication that prosecution of the key perpetrators will restore law and order and bring the killings to a halt.
- Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo-
The violent clashes have little to do with communal rivalry over shared resources. In most of these attacks there has been no theft of property and where it has occurred, it is more of an afterthought [rather] than the actual motive. In one incident, 60 heads of cattle which could have been easily stolen were instead killed.- Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe addressing a press briefing on behalf of the Inspector General-
To be continued. Next post: The man who invented extreme election violence warned Kenyans first.
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Adds Kumekucha;
Certain politicians are inciting the Tana tribal clashes, to eject one community from the region. It is political.
The aim is to speedily assemble evidence against the persons implicated and arraign them in a court of law. There is also strong indication that prosecution of the key perpetrators will restore law and order and bring the killings to a halt.
- Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo-
The violent clashes have little to do with communal rivalry over shared resources. In most of these attacks there has been no theft of property and where it has occurred, it is more of an afterthought [rather] than the actual motive. In one incident, 60 heads of cattle which could have been easily stolen were instead killed.- Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe addressing a press briefing on behalf of the Inspector General-
To be continued. Next post: The man who invented extreme election violence warned Kenyans first.
Like this Kumekucha Facebook page to receive the very latest updates and analysis on the Kenyan presidential elections 2013.
