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• 1. renee  |  January 5th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

  this shows that citizens talking to one another can resolve anything …why are our politicians not seeing this? ….talking does not mean you are demeaned in any way, but it shows diplomacy, flexibility, and a humane attitude

• 2. disappointed kenyan  |  January 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

  As a Kenyan in the diaspora, I had an opportunity to go back home and watch the elections. I am from a minority Kenyan community which forms less than 5% of Kenya’s population. I did not have a voter card so did not vote. However, there was a great sense of euphoria and imminent change in the air. Then it all imploded. The resulting violence was about a frustrated and disenfranchised people venting only how they knew against a system that appeared to have failed them, an irregular inauguration that further heightened suspicions and an overzealous security force that indiscriminately killed a deeply impoverished slum population. It is deplorable that things took an even uglier turn, pitting kenyans against fellow kenyans. This being fuelled by the highly careless statements of the government spokesman and Messrs Kivutha Kibwana and Tuju on behalf of the government! I recollect that these 2 men had been summarily voted out by the electorate! Kenya is now deeply divided, however there is hope, for people at a grassroots level are finding ways to try and restore peace and come together to heal.
  Is the current president the popular choice? Possibly, but no one knows. However, they have acted with remarkable insensitivity and arrogance towards their electorate at large. Humility will have to be sort to deal with people’s perceived (real or not) hurt.
  As for Mr Kivuitu and his Electoral commission, they have earned the unlikely distinction of being the biggest let down in Kenyan history. As a parting short, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta, you were at one point the face of the youthful blood Kenya needed in its leaders. I doubt what you stand for now, is what your father (one of the great Wazalendo’s of Kenya) fought so valiantly for! It was particularly disappointing to watch you gleefully tell the electorate to get on with it as your people “had won”. You the leader of the oldest and founding party of Kenya. To regain any credence you will have to learn to lead Kenya from without rather than from within.
  Sincerely and peacefully,
  A very disappointed Kenyan

• 3. kenyanchicabroad  |  January 6th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

  Hi
  Thanks for all your hard work in reporting in a non-biased manner. Unfortunately the video clip is no longer available…. please could you repost it
  kind regards
  Kenyanchicabroad

• 4. i-once-lived-in-kenya  |  January 6th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

  Heard you on BBC World Service. An excellent discussion. Thank you for that as well as your insightful comments here which have been enthralling and thought-provoking reading.

• 5. Mike  |  January 7th, 2008 at 5:12 am

  Fantastic reporting… thank you so much for providing another voice.

  I smiled as I watched this clip. In the brief few weeks I spent in Kenya last year I met some formidable women. I don’t think this guy stands a chance.

• 6. Shiroh  |  January 7th, 2008 at 9:24 am

  Good work Daudi, now this is what is called responsible blogging.

• 7. Mentalacrobatics » &hellip  |  April 17th, 2008 at 2:01 pm

  [...] and you would be lucky to make it on to Ngong Road leave alone get anywhere near town. I recorded a show down between the police and ODM supporters in Hurlingham where an army of police officers was deployed [...]

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