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A feu et a sang...JUSQU'A QUAND ?
A feu et a sang...JUSQU'A QUAND ?
Posté le 02.01.2008 par lailasamburu
Je vous laisse a la lecture de ce texte dans son integralite.
POUR REFLEXION...
It is time we returned to our fundamental human values
Story by SUNNY BINDRA
Publication Date: 1/2/2008
WHERE DID MY COUNTRY go? Just a few days ago I lived in a seemingly vibrant country that was going somewhere. A country that was attracting the attention and investment of the entire globe. A country that seemed set to resolve its differences through a properly conducted, peaceful ballot.
Today, I find myself in a land of security trucks rolling across a landscape of burnt vehicles and looted shops. A place where bodies are lined up in morgues. A nation filled with hatred and vitriol which has retreated into its tribal kraals. A place of closed shops and closed minds, where fear rules.
How did we get here? Two things have led us to this awful place. One, the hatred that lies deep in many hearts which was uncorked by a disputed election; two, the lamentable state of our institutions, and the mistrust that this engenders.
If we viewed our fellow Kenyans as fellow human beings, we would not be here. If we had institutions whose authority and respectability we could believe in, we would not be here.
BUT WE ARE, INDEED, HERE, AND we must find a way out. This is a time when temperatures are running feverishly high. It is difficult to get even educated people to demonstrate any sense of balance. The smell of fear and anger is everywhere, and fearful and angry people do not behave rationally.
That is why, more than ever before, there is only one place to go to. We must return to that place in our hearts where our fundamental human values reside. Just because we are angry, let us not forget what it means to be human. Just because we are afraid, let us not forget that we still have to do what is right.
Each and every one of us knows what is right and what is wrong. For some, that knowledge is covered in dust, not having been used for years. For others, it is closer to the surface, but hidden by a fresh layer of anger.
We do not have to teach ourselves anything new. We know it is wrong to kill, and we should not kill anyone. We know it is wrong to deceive, and we must stop the deceptions.
Every person is given an opportunity to be great in his or her lifetime. There is a moment in every life where the right thing must be done. It is a time where a choice must be made: either we choose to do the bad thing, which is seductively easy; or we choose the good thing, which is painfully hard.
Many key individuals were faced with that choice in the past few days, and they chose to do the bad thing. Some chose to deceive and manipulate. Others chose to let anger blind them and strike down innocents. Yet others chose to walk off with the property of others. All of those choices will cost us dearly.
Only the truth will save us now. I have no idea what the truth of this election is, and neither do you. All we have are our suspicions and prejudices, our observations and hypotheses. That is not enough to warrant bloodshed. Let Kenyans take shelter in the truth.
If this election was stolen, then that must be known by all. If this election was won fairly, then that must be shown to be true. In the absence of truth, we are led by conjecture and emotion.
If our leaders truly have our well-being in mind, let them agree on a formula to uncover the truth of what happened. And after that, let us all accept that truth, forgive whoever we have to, and move on.
I do not know what the formula for getting to the truth is. But I do know that it does not involve machetes on one side and bullets on the other. Our leaders must stop seeing the people of Kenya as pawns in their power struggles. I urge them to see the people huddled in churches in fear of genocide.
I urge them to see the tears on the face of the man who found his car – his only livelihood – burnt to a shell. I urge them to see the face of the little child whose mother has just been killed by a flying bullet outside her house.
Bad actions have real consequences. If we are not very careful, we are going to shatter this country. Once that happens, it will be very difficult to put the pieces together again.
It will be very difficult for us to work together in our organisations again. It will be very difficult to have thriving markets and businesses again. Let us not get to that point, for it may be a point of no return.
THE OPPORTUNITY STILL REMAINS for our leaders on both sides of the divide to become heroes. Heroism will not come from intransigence and belligerence. It requires something bigger. If key figures stopped to think strategically for a moment, they would realise that the hero will be the one who goes for peace.
A tsunami of ill-will has indeed swept across the nation, and we are all seeking higher ground. But there is only one high ground worth heading for: the moral high ground.
History is likely to cast a very harsh judgment on some of the key players of December 2007. If any of them wish to be remembered kindly, let them still step forward and do the right thing. Let them place their inflamed egos to one side, and do something bigger than themselves. There is no victory in ruling a country reduced to ashes.
Mr Bindra is a Sunday Nation columnist.
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