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Ou reside la solution...???
Ou reside la solution...???
Posté le 31.01.2008 par lailasamburu
Solution lies in unearthing the truth and embracing justice
Story by WANGARI MAATHAI
The current situation in Kenya is unfortunate, sad and very disappointing. Kenyans had worked so hard to make the country safer, more prosperous, more democratic and more peaceful.
On December 27, 2007, Kenya voted. The Presidential Election was hotly contested and close. Thereafter, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) made the now controversial announcement that President Kibaki was the winner. Then chaos erupted.
Both direct and collateral victims of the tragedy, and indeed many Kenyans everywhere, are reeling in pain, shock, anger, frustration and shame. How could it happen here? Pictures of street demonstrators in running battles fill TV screens, print and electronic media throughout the world: Kenya is at war with itself.
KENYANS AND THE INTERNATIONAL community plead for dialogue but the two rival parties will not budge!
The numbers of internally displaced persons continue to rise. They are weeping, in pain and traumatised. Some have lost their relatives, homes and livelihoods. They have no time to nurse the wounded, bury their dead or mourn. They are on the run. People in different political camps are attacking each other everywhere. In the meantime, pleas to the leaders fall on deaf ears.
The resurgence of tribal clashes is particularly painful and frustrating. It is a beast that appears especially during the elections. At the end of every occurrence, victims are encouraged to forgive, forget, and allow time to heal, reconcile and move for-ward. People do try to forget and move forward, but they are deeply wounded and painfully traumatised.
Healing and reconciliation have never been given a chance. It is easy to advice victims of tribal clashes to heal and reconcile from the safety of high offices and safe homes, but it is dialogue between the two leaders that would create the necessary conducive environment for healing and reconciliation.
Unfortunately, whenever tribal clashes break out, the Government seems to be completely unaware and unprepared. Understanding the causes of tribal clashes would help those who ask the question: ‘Why would Kenyans, who have lived together as neighbours, suddenly turn on each other with such hatred and destructive intent?
Kenyans must deal with the reasons these clashes recur. As solutions are sought, Kenyans need to know the truth about these clashes and why they recur. They need justice before they can begin to heal, reconcile and move forward... in that order.
There can be no healing and reconciliation unless and until the truth is laid bare and justice is administered. This time round, let Kenyans not sweep tribal clashes, demonstrations, murders, rapes and destruction of property under the carpet. Let the truth be known! Only when the truth is known and justice is received can anxiety be reduced and the wounds begin to heal. Only then can reconciliation start and people begin to look into the future with hope.
The road to the truth can be long and painful, and Kenyans must be ready for it. It is much easier to bury the truth and move forward. But without truth, how do we administer justice? And can healing and reconciliation be possible without justice? This road is not easy, but Kenyans can begin by laying bare and subsequently putting to rest the reasons they recur.
For instance, Kenyans know that there are perceptions, prejudices, biases and stereotypes, which are perpetrated by communities about each other, and they go back a long way. They are divisive when they are used as tools to cause resentment, dislike and even hatred.
WHY NOT CRIMINALISE THEM AND punish those people who use them to ‘divide and rule’?
Secondly, Kenyans know that historically, the colonial government forced the displacement of large numbers of people to make way for white settlers.
At independence land changed hands, but the issue of land ownership and distribution remained unresolved. Why not sort out this issue once and for all?
Kenyans, and indeed all Africans, need to embrace their micro-nationalities because they need culture, language, values and purpose. They do not have to melt into the nation state: It is impossible anyway.
Prof Maathai is the 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner.
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Truth, a bitter pill to swallowPosté par chota le 04.02.2008
Laila, saw that you visited my blog. Glad you did. My French is limited but I managed to navigate my way to this page. I agree with Wangari's views. We have to come to the bottom of the tribal resentment before we can ever hope to fix it.
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