Comments on: Time to return to fundamental human values http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/ by Sunny Bindra Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: InSidious http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-912 InSidious Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:46:48 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-912 me is of the essence if any further deterioration is to be averted. Given the current state of affairs, Amos Kimunya denying the obvious while Martha Karua doing the usual legal kumbaya it is arduous to imagine both sides of the political divide reaching a political resolution. The situation has been heightened even more by Kivuitu’s admission of malfeasance and a guilty conscience that is 250 lives too late. To say the Kibaki was unaware of the repercussions especially with an Intelligence Service that was spot on in regard to the legitimate election outcome is rather insincere and reeks of a clandestine operation way before we went to the ballot. With food shortages everywhere and regional Governments up in arms due to the resulting effects to the economies, the situation is incredibly daunting to anyone tasked with securing and understanding. All major economies have caught the bluff and Kenyans by and large are not oblivious of what just happened. And while anger consumes innocent lives too young to mutter a plea, the government has taken a defensive approach that is about to unleash a further divide. It seems that we are living in two Kenyas. I sincerely hope a solution is in the works, short of that, I’m afraid to even ponder. me is of the essence if any further deterioration is to be averted. Given the current state of affairs, Amos Kimunya denying the obvious while Martha Karua doing the usual legal kumbaya it is arduous to imagine both sides of the political divide reaching a political resolution.

The situation has been heightened even more by Kivuitu’s admission of malfeasance and a guilty conscience that is 250 lives too late. To say the Kibaki was unaware of the repercussions especially with an Intelligence Service that was spot on in regard to the legitimate election outcome is rather insincere and reeks of a clandestine operation way before we went to the ballot.

With food shortages everywhere and regional Governments up in arms due to the resulting effects to the economies, the situation is incredibly daunting to anyone tasked with securing and understanding. All major economies have caught the bluff and Kenyans by and large are not oblivious of what just happened. And while anger consumes innocent lives too young to mutter a plea, the government has taken a defensive approach that is about to unleash a further divide. It seems that we are living in two Kenyas.

I sincerely hope a solution is in the works, short of that, I’m afraid to even ponder.

]]> By: Shray http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-914 Shray Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:40:47 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-914 I'm sitting in London glued to BBC and Sky unable to believe what I'm seeing. This can't be the same Kenya that I know and love. I never imagined that I'd be seeing such images of my beloved country. I do hope you're right about the history lesson in your last paragraph Sunny... otherwise Kenya will be labeled 'just another African country that can't embrace democracy'. And that would be too painful to those of us that take great pride in declaring "I am Kenyan" I’m sitting in London glued to BBC and Sky unable to believe what I’m seeing. This can’t be the same Kenya that I know and love. I never imagined that I’d be seeing such images of my beloved country. I do hope you’re right about the history lesson in your last paragraph Sunny… otherwise Kenya will be labeled ‘just another African country that can’t embrace democracy’. And that would be too painful to those of us that take great pride in declaring “I am Kenyan”

]]> By: Okidia Michael http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-915 Okidia Michael Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:27:25 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-915 Greed and selfishness is breaking our country at this particular moment in time. I believe that our parliament is filled with a bunch of immoral people. Kibaki has within a matter of seconds brought down what he it took Kenyans including him to build. I believe that he is a poor role model to Kenyans. As a Senior Citizen he should know that he is above what he did. Greed and selfishness is breaking our country at this particular moment in time. I believe that our parliament is filled with a bunch of immoral people. Kibaki has within a matter of seconds brought down what he it took Kenyans including him to build. I believe that he is a poor role model to Kenyans. As a Senior Citizen he should know that he is above what he did.

]]> By: observer http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-919 observer Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:24:54 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-919 Beyond our leaders conduct which has never been honorable or respectable; I am finding it impossible to reconcile the motivation one has so where they can run to a church, hack their neighbors to pieces while throwing their escaping children into a fire. Beyond our leaders conduct which has never been honorable or respectable; I am finding it impossible to reconcile the motivation one has so where they can run to a church, hack their neighbors to pieces while throwing their escaping children into a fire.

]]> By: Paul http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-921 Paul Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:33:14 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-921 Sunny I lack words to describe the attitude and vision you have about our motherland. My only prayer is that the vaccum of true and honest leadership is filled soon by the heros you speak about. A number of comments seem to insinuate its one persons fault or the other. How "leaders" can continue to condone such violence to become president or remain president is utterly despicable. Kenyans who kill and burn innocent peoples property for one reason or the other need to stop Many more heros need to preach peace and believe in it. I am particulary impressed by the various heros who have set up help and charity funds to provide for those displaced & bereaved...they actually have risen above the clamor for power. Preaching imminent doom and sowing seeds of lack of faith in the situation getting better does not help at all. Sunny thanks for the faith you have Sunny I lack words to describe the attitude and vision you have about our motherland. My only prayer is that the vaccum of true and honest leadership is filled soon by the heros you speak about. A number of comments seem to insinuate its one persons fault or the other.

How “leaders” can continue to condone such violence to become president or remain president is utterly despicable.

Kenyans who kill and burn innocent peoples property for one reason or the other need to stop

Many more heros need to preach peace and believe in it. I am particulary impressed by the various heros who have set up help and charity funds to provide for those displaced & bereaved…they actually have risen above the clamor for power.

Preaching imminent doom and sowing seeds of lack of faith in the situation getting better does not help at all.

Sunny thanks for the faith you have

]]> By: Sunny Bindra http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-922 Sunny Bindra Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:49:16 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-922 It is indeed very heartening to see so many emerge with messages of peace in a heartfelt attempt to save the land. The truth of the election must indeed come out, whatever it is. But in the meantime every Kenyan must avoid inflicting violence and vitriol on any other. This problem was caused by the political elite, not by our neighbours. There is no sense in attacking each other because of the misdeeds of a few. Our energy must be directed at unravelling the truth, not in destruction. It is indeed very heartening to see so many emerge with messages of peace in a heartfelt attempt to save the land. The truth of the election must indeed come out, whatever it is. But in the meantime every Kenyan must avoid inflicting violence and vitriol on any other. This problem was caused by the political elite, not by our neighbours. There is no sense in attacking each other because of the misdeeds of a few. Our energy must be directed at unravelling the truth, not in destruction.

]]> By: Mathu http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-923 Mathu Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:56:24 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-923 Having peacefully executed our citizenship right of voting, we were not expecting some individuals whose moral authority and standards we had not questioned before to compromise and allow such a jewel like our country disintegrate into anarchy and chaos that we are in. I also think that we have let bad leaders lead good people, consequently influencing us given the heightened emotions that has provided a fertile ground to propagate hate and violence. I believe that the situation can be arrested and peace returned home to us. The leaders owe everyone of us an apology and should take the aftermath of their actions responsibly. We need to soberly review the qualities of our leaders and scrutinize them again before we decide who we can give the responsibility of leading us. Peace. Having peacefully executed our citizenship right of voting, we were not expecting some individuals whose moral authority and standards we had not questioned before to compromise and allow such a jewel like our country disintegrate into anarchy and chaos that we are in.
I also think that we have let bad leaders lead good people, consequently influencing us given the heightened emotions that has provided a fertile ground to propagate hate and violence.
I believe that the situation can be arrested and peace returned home to us. The leaders owe everyone of us an apology and should take the aftermath of their actions responsibly.

We need to soberly review the qualities of our leaders and scrutinize them again before we decide who we can give the responsibility of leading us.
Peace.

]]> By: Silaha http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-924 Silaha Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:58:28 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-924 Sunny: Thank you for the wonderful words, I hope that sober minds do prevail before the entire country descends into chaos. I implore you to read Mad Kenyan Woman's piece entitled Enough! Excellent writing on this crisis... http://madkenyanwoman.blogspot.com/2008/01/enough.html Here is a short excerpt: The drunken man in a bar in a PNU stronghold who leeringly raised his glass to me in celebration of the government being "ours as usual" should, as he nurses the inevitable (and I hope excruciating) hang-over, ingest with his Panadol the human costs of maintaining the feudal principality of Kikuyustan--especially when other people would rather live in Kenya. Where does he think he will flee to, when the flames of discontent spread, as they inevitably will unless we come to our senses? Sunny:

Thank you for the wonderful words, I hope that sober minds do prevail before the entire country descends into chaos.

I implore you to read Mad Kenyan Woman’s piece entitled Enough! Excellent writing on this crisis…

http://madkenyanwoman.blogspot.com/2008/01/enough.html

Here is a short excerpt:

The drunken man in a bar in a PNU stronghold who leeringly raised his glass to me in celebration of the government being “ours as usual” should, as he nurses the inevitable (and I hope excruciating) hang-over, ingest with his Panadol the human costs of maintaining the feudal principality of Kikuyustan–especially when other people would rather live in Kenya. Where does he think he will flee to, when the flames of discontent spread, as they inevitably will unless we come to our senses?

]]> By: Sunny Bindra http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-927 Sunny Bindra Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:39:19 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-927 Silaha I've read WM's piece. If more Kenyans were that honest in their utterances and dealings, we would not be here today. Right now depression rules. Silaha

I’ve read WM’s piece. If more Kenyans were that honest in their utterances and dealings, we would not be here today.

Right now depression rules.

]]> By: observer http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-933 observer Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:55:37 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-933 Is it just me or does this seem to be a horrible dream I can’t get out off. The images of dead kids in the city mortuary or bodies in burned churches are images I associate with those “other” places in Africa. Groups of Machete wielding men look eerily familiar to the Interahamwe (hutu militia of the Rwandese genocide). I can’t seem to reconcile the fact that this is Kenya, not southern Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda or the DRC . I have tried to read up on how ethnic tensions and hatred resulted in what happened in the Balkans, Rwanda and Iraq to understand how we have gone from the country I saw in a few month ago to where we are now, I find no reprise, this is actually my Kenya. Is it just me or does this seem to be a horrible dream I can’t get out off. The images of dead kids in the city mortuary or bodies in burned churches are images I associate with those “other” places in Africa. Groups of Machete wielding men look eerily familiar to the Interahamwe (hutu militia of the Rwandese genocide). I can’t seem to reconcile the fact that this is Kenya, not southern Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda or the DRC . I have tried to read up on how ethnic tensions and hatred resulted in what happened in the Balkans, Rwanda and Iraq to understand how we have gone from the country I saw in a few month ago to where we are now, I find no reprise, this is actually my Kenya.

]]> By: Sunny Bindra http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-936 Sunny Bindra Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:42 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-936 Yes, this is Kenya. Not an ugly new one, just that 'beautiful' country whose virtues we extolled to all and sundry. I think we are all culpable: we wilfully ignored the fault lines underneath our feet, and then when the earth shook, we all looked surprised. This country is crying out for a new order: leaders who believe in the welfare of their people; a constitution that protects wananchi rather than rulers; intelligent social welfare programmes; and a participatory economy that gives EVERYONE a stake in the nation. Yes, this is Kenya. Not an ugly new one, just that ‘beautiful’ country whose virtues we extolled to all and sundry. I think we are all culpable: we wilfully ignored the fault lines underneath our feet, and then when the earth shook, we all looked surprised.

This country is crying out for a new order: leaders who believe in the welfare of their people; a constitution that protects wananchi rather than rulers; intelligent social welfare programmes; and a participatory economy that gives EVERYONE a stake in the nation.

]]> By: Ssembonge http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-942 Ssembonge Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:32:59 +0000 http://www.sunwords.com/2008/01/02/time-to-return-to-fundamental-human-values/#comment-942 I'm apalled that respected journalists like Mutuma Mathiu have been reduced to tribal cheerleaders. Even the likes of Martin Shikuku, Mutava Musyimi and Francis ole Kaparo have retreated to their tribal cocoons. God help us all. I’m apalled that respected journalists like Mutuma Mathiu have been reduced to tribal cheerleaders.

Even the likes of Martin Shikuku, Mutava Musyimi and Francis ole Kaparo have retreated to their tribal cocoons.

God help us all.

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