A very Sad Day for Kenya...

Violence has reared its ugly head again in our country, this time in a dual explosion that occurred yesterday evening at a rally organized by the 'No' side that's opposing the proposed new constitution. The explosion was aimed at killing and injuring as many as possible given the massive crowd that was at Uhuru Park. And the masterminds achieved their intention, with six dead so far and more than a hundred injured, some critically.

This coming amid threats and assurances from the Hague that perpetrators of the Post election violence will be arrested and tried, and amid numerous promises from our government to provide safety and security to every Kenyan, especially in relation to differing political views.

Who would have thought that someone would still be bold enough to perform such an ugly act of impunity, especially when all the victims did was to exercise their constitutional right to assembly. If we defy the provisions of the current constitution, why bother to implement a new one? What good will it do to Kenyans, what difference will it make seeing as we don't care about observing the current one?

Statements of incitement continue to fly back and forth between the two sides, yet the authorities concerned do little to ensure we don't end up where we were in the last general election.

Without prejudice to either side, with this kind of happening, I say Kenya is not ready for a referendum, and that evidently we don't yet have a good constitutional draft. In a country like ours where wounds and divisions are still raw, with many displaced victims of the last violence yet to rebuild their lives, we need a constitution that unites us at all costs, not one that drives us back to violence, further depressing our fragile peace and the economy we have so hard worked to rebuild.

If the constitution belongs to Kenyans, why are six Kenyans right now lying dead over their views on the same? If it really belongs to Kenyans, then please for Kenyans sake Stop! and evaluate what it is you are forcing down Kenyans throat, Stop! and see how you can reconcile the two sides, giving us a constitution with real consensus, so that we can all feel Kenyan, accommodated and included in the new constitutional dispensation. Stop! and come up with a constitution for Kenyans, without bias, oppression, or undue influence.

Will we never learn, my beloved Kenyans?...

Whatever happened to the gentle, peace-loving Kenyans who had coexisted side by side with friendliness for forty years? Why have we suddenly lost our innocence? Who are we listening to so that suddenly our trusted neighbour is our enemy? Whose battle are we fighting? What has happened to my beloved country?

God help Kenya...

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