Deep within every honest Kenyan lies the truth that the Electoral Commison of Kenya (ECK) did not handle the presidential tallies prudently in the recent general elections. Further, if Hon. Kibaki won the general elections, the use of the para-military and the hurried swearing in (forget that it was sunset) raised serious suspicion in the minds of Kenyans. It breached public trust in the office of the presidency.

Ordinarily, such issues should be taken to law courts for redress. However, people are overwhelmed by grave feelings of injustice that cannot be proved in courts of law normally resort to other means to seek justice.   The eruption of post polls unrest may have received sustenance from other issues such as latent land questions, unemployment and poverty but it should never escape us that it was primarily ignited by the presidential election results. The rate at which lives were lost, people displaced and property pillaged, signaled that we were on the slippery freeway to our own Rwanda if the situation was left unchecked.

The on-going mediation talks and international intervention seem to have temporarily halted the downward spiral but the Kimunyas, Karuas, Mungatanas and Wetangulas amongst are intent on proverbially teasing petrol with a match stick. They are confusing calm for peace. Kibaki himself is fighting against the odds with hopes that time is truly a healer and genuinely believes in the return to business as usual. This betrays the misguided thinking that the civil riots that left over 1000 dead, 350,000 displaced, the country torn apart and millions worth of  property pillaged, were for the people who wanted to cool off steam.

The only normalcy that our country can return to is a normalcy that respects Kenyans and shows some fairness in addressing their grievances. This is not the time for either Raila or Kibaki to taunt us on who won the election. No! It is time for patriotic sacrifice. This is not the time for anyone to remind us that our democracy needs strong Opposition. No! Uhuru Kenyatta then Official Opposition leader was invited into government. This is not the time for hell bent sycophants to remind us how supreme our constitution is. No! They have disobeyed the same law with impunity before; and besides: the law was made for man not man for the law.

This is not the time to scapegoat that a Kenyan may file a suit against mediation talks for arriving at a real power sharing deal. No! Our High Courts have ignored such cases before. This is not the time to chest thump over our sovereignty. No! Our sovereignty has in the past been affronted with their very cooperation. The current crisis  has torn apart our people. Kenyans want justice.  

Since it all started with mishandled presidential elections, it follows that for us to begin the process of rebuilding our lives and united communities, ‘real power-sharing’ is a good place to start. The buck stops with Kibaki, he must rise to the occasion. To all Kenyans, I urge you to respect the diversity and culture of all tribes, recognize that our continued success lays not in spite of other tribes but in alliance with them in a uniform approach toward promoting peaceful coexistence.