Sunday, December 30, 2007

Amani

So we have a winner, but it's a win that for any peace loving Kenyan, is tainted with suspicion. I do not think that those who voted for the winner, expected anything but an outright and fair win. This is definetely not what they had in mind. A quickly cobbled together swearing in; violence; fires all over the country and rage against the winner.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Maybe the winner will celebrate the New Year, but for many of his supporters and non-supporters, 31st Dec 2007 will be spent cowering indoors...hoping that the supplies we have last us until calm returns and supermarkets reopen with stocked shelves.

I'm sitting at home alone, wishing I stayed at my folks place. I can't go back for fear of what awaits me on the road there. So it's Nairobi for now and many prayers. The problems of 2007 do not compare with the uncertainty that faces us in 2008.

I pray for peace and calm to prevail. For common sense. For someone to be the bigger person and do the right thing.

We love Kenya as much as the next politician, please let peace prevail! We too are Kenyans and have nowhere else but this country to call home.

God bless Kenya and Kenyans who love this country!