Kenya's moment to get a new constitution and perhaps right the wrongs commited over the years has come.
The long walk to a new constitutional dispensation is likely to come to an end if only the citizenry engage and make informed decisions devoid of political manipulation and misinformation from politicians. However, there still remains the big challenge of having Kenyans read the document within a thirty day time frame seen by many as short and likely to expose many to waylaying by politicians.
If the document comes to pass, then it will be Kenya's day of relief though not necessarily the end of the struggle.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Behold, the Day of Fire
Like the angel of death in the days of yore, the ICC prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo will set foot tomorrow on Kenyan soil breathing fire and promising to devour without fear or favour to the excitement, fear and awe among all and sundry in the country.
Finally the day has come and Kenya, like a number of a handful of other world countries prepare to face the wrath of the International CriminalCourt which, in the words of the prosecutor promises to make Kenya a lesson to many across the globe.
Never before has it sounded real like today. The mood in the country ranges from excitement, to a state of mixed feeling especially given the binding loyalties, to that of fear, worry and more worry. To the suspects of the post election violence, the day of reckoning seems to have come and like many death row convicts in various prisons of the world, their date with the finisher of suspense and agony is finally here.
Even as many in government still contemplate Ocampo's decisions, views across the divide are suggestive of a country whose patience for justice seems to be running out. Ocampo's coming to the country perhaps to many is considered long overdue owing to the degree of impunity which has become synonymous with Kenya and perhaps personifies the country now than never before.
For now, crossing our fingers would be the most honourable thing to do, hoping that the President and the Prime Minister do no harbour ideas of sweet talking the man with a message from the world court.
Finally the day has come and Kenya, like a number of a handful of other world countries prepare to face the wrath of the International CriminalCourt which, in the words of the prosecutor promises to make Kenya a lesson to many across the globe.
Never before has it sounded real like today. The mood in the country ranges from excitement, to a state of mixed feeling especially given the binding loyalties, to that of fear, worry and more worry. To the suspects of the post election violence, the day of reckoning seems to have come and like many death row convicts in various prisons of the world, their date with the finisher of suspense and agony is finally here.
Even as many in government still contemplate Ocampo's decisions, views across the divide are suggestive of a country whose patience for justice seems to be running out. Ocampo's coming to the country perhaps to many is considered long overdue owing to the degree of impunity which has become synonymous with Kenya and perhaps personifies the country now than never before.
For now, crossing our fingers would be the most honourable thing to do, hoping that the President and the Prime Minister do no harbour ideas of sweet talking the man with a message from the world court.
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