Comments on: Kenya Is Burning. Stop The Fighting! http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/ Unique - just like everyone else. Manufactured and bottled in Kenya Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dee http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-137270 dee Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:27:04 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-137270 and now this....such a shame. http://dy-rants.blogspot.com/2011/01/lucky-hague-two_17.html and now this….such a shame. http://dy-rants.blogspot.com/2011/01/lucky-hague-two_17.html

]]> By: Gladly Beyond Any Distance :: My heart is in Nairobi… http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-134265 Gladly Beyond Any Distance :: My heart is in Nairobi… Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:20:18 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-134265 [...] This is today’s news update from the Kenyan blogger M., writing at Thinker’s Room: [...] [...] This is today’s news update from the Kenyan blogger M., writing at Thinker’s Room: [...]

]]> By: Quizzical http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-121164 Quizzical Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:17:42 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-121164 Kenya like most of Africa was formed to serve colonialist ambitions, not for the benefit of the people themselves. The judicial and political systems echo the same. Africa is a tinderbox waiting to ignite, just look at Zimbabwe. Sadly, as one poster says, the media will have a fleeting interest in the population's plight and then abandon them as soon as a juicier story comes along. Having been fortunate enough to visit Kenya since 1995, I lament for the damage which is undoubtedly being done to a beautiful country with enormous potential, and a proud group of peoples caught up in such appalling internal struggles. Kenya like most of Africa was formed to serve colonialist ambitions, not for the benefit of the people themselves. The judicial and political systems echo the same.
Africa is a tinderbox waiting to ignite, just look at Zimbabwe. Sadly, as one poster says, the media will have a fleeting interest in the population’s plight and then abandon them as soon as a juicier story comes along.
Having been fortunate enough to visit Kenya since 1995, I lament for the damage which is undoubtedly being done to a beautiful country with enormous potential, and a proud group of peoples caught up in such appalling internal struggles.

]]> By: shook_1 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-114746 shook_1 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:57:04 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-114746 My pal once said "This country has its owners" George Carlin also said "It's one big party, and you ain't in it!" My pal once said “This country has its owners”

George Carlin also said “It’s one big party, and you ain’t in it!”

]]> By: mudskippah http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-114221 mudskippah Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:42:19 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-114221 Maybe it's time someone wise proposed a new form of government for African countries. Because democracy just doesn't seem to work in such ethnically divided countries as ours. Or maybe regional "power rotation" should be written into our constitution, calling a spade a spade, accepting that Kenya is divided into Central&Eastern/Western/Rift Valley/Coast&northern. Then have a way of shuffling executive power checked by parliament. A neutral judiciary would serve as referee to keep the players within the rules while the civil service would do implement policy free of interference. Or something like that. I suggest that because democracy looks good only on paper. As much as it is evident that PNU stole this I am not convinced that ODM did not do their share of stealing either. Neither Raila nor Kibaki are untainted, IMHO. For a quick fix, a re-election managed by a neutral body should address one big issue: who do most Kenyans want as president? Simple as that. The bigger scarier issues beyond that are: tribal division and economic disparities. Wealth distribution here may actually be the soul of the monster, because if all Kenyans felt they were equally involved in the whole business of sharing our limited resources (which is what politics is all about anyway) then it would not matter so much what language your grandmother spoke. Sorry I have overflowed, I'll even copy this to my blog maybe expand it. But not, enough for now. BTW, you haven't posted for a few days, hope you are still with us. Maybe it’s time someone wise proposed a new form of government for African countries. Because democracy just doesn’t seem to work in such ethnically divided countries as ours. Or maybe regional “power rotation” should be written into our constitution, calling a spade a spade, accepting that Kenya is divided into Central&Eastern/Western/Rift Valley/Coast&northern. Then have a way of shuffling executive power checked by parliament. A neutral judiciary would serve as referee to keep the players within the rules while the civil service would do implement policy free of interference. Or something like that.

I suggest that because democracy looks good only on paper. As much as it is evident that PNU stole
this I am not convinced that ODM did not do their share of stealing either. Neither Raila nor Kibaki are untainted, IMHO.

For a quick fix, a re-election managed by a neutral body should address one big issue: who do most Kenyans want as president? Simple as that.

The bigger scarier issues beyond that are: tribal division and economic disparities. Wealth distribution here may actually be the soul of the monster, because if all Kenyans felt they were equally involved in the whole business of sharing our limited resources (which is what politics is all about anyway) then it would not matter so much what language your grandmother spoke.

Sorry I have overflowed, I’ll even copy this to my blog maybe expand it. But not, enough for now.

BTW, you haven’t posted for a few days, hope you are still with us.

]]> By: joe http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-114005 joe Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:43:37 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-114005 George lol its call tongue and cheek i know kibaki wanted the banana constitution to fail . the honest truth is kibaki won and he is not upto negociating jack with odm thats the honest truth George lol its call tongue and cheek i know kibaki wanted the banana constitution to fail . the honest truth is kibaki won and he is not upto negociating jack with odm thats the honest truth

]]> By: abelian http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-113646 abelian Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:03:04 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-113646 George Awour, This is a true story, I know some of the students who go to uni there and this is actually what happened George Awour,

This is a true story, I know some of the students who go to uni there and this is actually what happened

]]> By: Kenya Diaspora http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-113619 Kenya Diaspora Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:15:59 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-113619 Thanks for the photos, this is great journalism. As the international media circus dies down we will be relying on bloggers to report the situation. Keep it up. Thanks for the photos, this is great journalism. As the international media circus dies down we will be relying on bloggers to report the situation. Keep it up.

]]> By: George Awuor http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-113603 George Awuor Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:42:20 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-113603 @Joe- Ive always thought you were a Kibaki insider! Ive realised you do not know the man. Take charge? Has he ever? And btw, for your information Kibaki was glad the Banana constitution was thrown out!! @abelian- A Nigerian newspaper,Punch of 6th January published that same story from Baraton and attributed it to a Caesar Wamalika,Chaplain at Baraton speaking to BBC.Its virtually word for word ,with some embellishment!! The Punch's says its source is bbc.co.uk. Can someone please verify this story?? @Joe- Ive always thought you were a Kibaki insider! Ive realised you do not know the man. Take charge? Has he ever? And btw, for your information Kibaki was glad the Banana constitution was thrown out!!

@abelian- A Nigerian newspaper,Punch of 6th January published that same story from Baraton and attributed it to a Caesar Wamalika,Chaplain at Baraton speaking to BBC.Its virtually word for word ,with some embellishment!! The Punch’s says its source is bbc.co.uk. Can someone please verify this story??

]]> By: udi http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/comment-page-1/#comment-113504 udi Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:09:09 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2008/01/kenya-is-burning-stop-the-fighting/#comment-113504 I told someone the same thing. When youth are burning everything in site, the elite are eating at Karen Country club. On the day of the thursday violence at Arwings, a friend spotted Railas son at Karen Country club having dinner. I am sure Kibaki and Lucy were having food delivered from France. Yet the guy who owns the soda depot that had 300 crates crushed (i actually buy crates of soda from him), was trying to figure out what he did to lose his business. as of Jan 7th, neither the Engen nor the soda depot had re-opened. I told someone the same thing. When youth are burning everything in site, the elite are eating at Karen Country club. On the day of the thursday violence at Arwings, a friend spotted Railas son at Karen Country club having dinner. I am sure Kibaki and Lucy were having food delivered from France. Yet the guy who owns the soda depot that had 300 crates crushed (i actually buy crates of soda from him), was trying to figure out what he did to lose his business. as of Jan 7th, neither the Engen nor the soda depot had re-opened.

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