Kabaridi
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- Nov 15, 2011
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^^^BTW, it's nice for you that you don't get worked up by this kind of talk but have you asked yourself why some of us do get worked up?
I don't know where you were during 2007/2008 PEV but I was in kenya for part of it...this is exactly how it started. I started receiving the chain emails (I still have some of them) a few months before and there were several blogs and forums peddling in this kind of talk...eti wakikuyu wako hivi..wamefanya vile..wanataka kutufanya hivi etc etc (they were not talking about individuals but wakikuyu, same as Kabaridi's OP). to our eternal shame, most of us kept quiet cos we thought ni ile propaganda ya kawaida tu, itaisha after uchaguzi na tutaendelea kama kawaida....well, we all saw what it resulted in. Now you're saying we should take it easy when we see the exact same thing happening again...I dont know how true this is but there are already reports of leaflets being passed around in RV, damn right we should get worked up! Most Kenyans are not safely ensconced in foreign countries and they are the ones who'll bear the brunt of this careless politicking.
Unrest is usually opportunistic and stirred up by influential people, but be mindful to watch those who loose elections. Since i started this thread i have been waiting for a post where one would ask what if, the issues could be resolved in a court of law, would we be talking this way at the moment? Someone wanted to exploit the situation for their selfish interest. That is the byproduct.