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Kenya Falling - Again?

Posted at 6:45 pm under Emergencies

As I sit smug in Shanghai on leave where I am visiting my sister-in-law and her family, I can’t help but anxiously surf the web at odd hours in the night. Kenya is back on the headlines: Breakdown in Kenya Coalition Talks writes Nick Wadhams for Time and CNN. Yesterday, there was a fresh outburst of protests and demonstrations in Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya and Kisumu my hometown and stronghold of the opposition. The slogan has changed slightly: No, Raila, no peace. No cabinet, no peace…”

It always seems much worse than it is when one is so far away from home. News has a way of doing that so I scan through one of the main Kenyan blog aggregators reaching for sense and sensibility. Zimbabwe and Kenya seem to be merging in the African cyber landscape. Mugabe lost but he isn’t going to step down so easily and Kibaki’s party, the PNU is certainly not going to give equal space to Odinga’s opposition.

And as always, only the innocent will suffer. How do we keep allowing ourselves to be ruled by despots; by people who show no consideration whatsoever for the consequences of their actions the world over? Will it ever change?

A music video is circulating the internet having been censored by the Kenyan media mob. What more can we do but sing for in pain and sadness for our homelands…

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9 Responses to “Kenya Falling - Again?”

  1. Pam/Shell Beach, CAon 09 Apr 2008 at 1:02 am 1

    Sorry to hear this news. Who are the artists in the video?

  2. Lisaon 09 Apr 2008 at 4:21 am 2

    The video is no longer available from your site. Do you know where else it can be viewed?

  3. Pam/Shell Beach, CAon 09 Apr 2008 at 8:19 am 3

    I can see it, Lisa.

  4. Dipesh Pabarion 09 Apr 2008 at 8:51 am 4

    Song by GITHUKU & ABBI
    Kenyan Patriotic Song With recent images of the 2007 post election violence in Kenya, directed by Willie Owusu.
    Can you see it Lisa? It’s showing up here .

  5. Dipesh Pabarion 09 Apr 2008 at 8:57 am 5

    Let me know if it is not appearing and I will reload it. Thanks…

  6. Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FLon 09 Apr 2008 at 9:49 am 6

    Dipesh, I watched it around 3am, very compelling. The story of the woman who went to America to recieve an education is amazing. Everyone should read it.

  7. Colleen Perrinon 09 Apr 2008 at 10:35 am 7

    Don’t give up hope Dipesh. If it was all smooth sailing or even proceeding well, that would be just plain odd given the species involved. You always say, don’t give up hope!

  8. Dipesh Pabarion 09 Apr 2008 at 10:50 am 8

    Thanks Colleen…it makes all the difference when others tell you. Tu endelea! (let’s go on!)

  9. Colleen Perrinon 09 Apr 2008 at 11:11 am 9

    Yep, let’s all get those words tattooed on our bods, somewhere we can see it at all times! Tu endelea!

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