Monday 3 March 2008

..and now to the healing.

Long after the handshakes agreeing to a framework that hopeful ensures a cessation of violence, and a workable process that addresses the equitable sharing of power and resources....

Long after cautious optimism hopefully becomes conviction that Kenya has turned a corner from the dark and dangerous place it descended to in the wake of the recent elections....

....The Kenyan people must now re-learn how to live with one another in peace.. something that will not be easy.

Re-learn?!.. how did it come to this? What lessons are to be learned from the unfortunate incidents of the post- election era in Kenya?

The answer perhaps, is that the ordinary man, woman and child on the streets is as responsible for one another as their elected officials are responsible for them.

.... that when elected officials fail at the responsibility of ensuring peaceful co-existence, it is left to the governed, for their own sakes, to reach deep into their reserves to make this happen.

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