Insecurity is always the key for a country to survive and focus on its economy, the Kenyan Insecurity started during the time of bomb blast that was in the year 1998, Mugiki killings, Post-election violence, cattle rustling and the current killings of Al shaabab. Insecurity is a big challenge to the government and entire society. Food security and HIV has been in the country for quite some time now, the country has put measures of managing and stopping the spread of infectious diseases. Women and children in slums face problems of lacking access to clean water and being raped.
In human beings, security is the most precious thing because it gives peace of mind, when the insecurity cases increase people live discomfort life and in fear. Robbers also interfere with the security may be in a family or in a business, robbers do anything when they get a chance; taking peoples valuables and also messing them up through raping and hurting them physically. The victims’ consequences may either be psychological or physical.
The rate of insecurity in Kenya has increased, most people are not yet answered as in what is causing all these killings and why. The Kenyan police always try their best to keep peace but it fails when the citizens are not cooperating. The citizens should know the law very well and be aware when they are going against the set laws, Kenyans should try keeping peace and preaching it. Most insecurity cases are caused by hate and incitement through hate speech. The people with owning guns should have license, most gangsters own illegal weapons which they use to accomplish their mission. All the police men should return their gun after being sacked or in case of retirement. Kenyans should report any suspicious group which may be having evil plans to the society. Politics is another source of security among Kenyans; politics raise the issues of tribalism which later bring hate among Kenyans, post-election violence was caused by hate among Kenyan tribes. Kenyans should be made aware that humanity comes before politics and people should not lose lives due to silly reasons just because they belong to a certain tribe and support a certain political party. During post-election violence innocent people lost lives even minors who did not even have a voting card and did not even know the importance of voting. A media law should be passed to all the media stations to always preach and teach peace and avoid any hate statements which might bring mental violence to Kenyans which they might later implement it through actions.
The issue of Al- shabaab seems to be more based on the group’s belief but it does not have any political attachment. Murdering people is their game and Kenyans should just be careful while in various gathering. Most people have lost life through grenade attacks in churches, entertainment halls and shopping malls. Kenyans should put up security measures even in their places of stay. Unemployment should not be a reason for committing crime, citizens should take it as a challenge to think harder and start their own projects.
Many people refer to politics as dirt game’. This was a saying heard from many people who discuss about politics both at national level and also at the global level. This argument has been said to be supported by the hate words which are heard during political rallies. It is with no doubt that this words are from opposition parties. It has been the song of each day since when elections were firstly done in Kenya and also when multi part leadership was included to the Kenyan constitution.
It is true that opposition has helped in controlling the working of the Kenyan government. This has been achieved through the critique monitoring of operations of the government and showing the points where need be. This controls a smooth running of the government.
Many opposition leaders have risen and fallen. The first known opposition leader in Kenya was Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. He was the first Kenyan vice-president when Kenyatta go into power and after which he formed a small opposition party known as the Kenya People’s Union (KPU) in the year 1966.the party got burned in 1969 after the arrest of their leader. From there the country became a single party state until 1992 when the multi party the parliament restored multi partism. During this period, opposition was weak due to division of the small parties.
Opposition grew to a greater level from 2002 when the former president Mwai Kibaki was in power. During the campaigns for elections in 2007, many opposition leaders rose and that is where Raila Odinga got his power for opposition. He was nominated as the prime minister of the republic of Kenya where he gained more popularity. This made him to vie for presidency in the next general election which was held on 2013. Unfortunately, his competitor coalition party (Jubilee) won and from there is opposition power developed to another angel. It was in 2014 when he held an opposition rally that was greatly attended by large numbers of people which made him to be ranked as the most powerful political leader on Kenya and 16 worldwide. He is also the current political leader of the time.
The post election violence in kenya had very many effects to the people of the country.The following are some of the outcomes that came from the elctions.
Deaths
Many innocent kenyans lost alot of lives as they were attacked and killed by peopple from other communities that belived that they voted for the wrong type of leader.Several wars took place that saw alot of blood being spilled and many other innocent kenyans being killed in the entire process.Alot of lives were hence lost from the process.
Property Destruction
Apart from just people being killed,property worth millions of shillings was lost due to the violence.Many buildings were destroyed with some being burned to full ashes making it hard for the people to build other stable buildings during that period.Property that was worth millions of money was destroyed by kenyans making the country to lose alot of its valuables in the entire process.
Loss of tourists
The violence in kenya made alot of tourits go back to their countries due to fear of being attacked by unknown people.Many feraed and went back to their countries to seek security and escape the situtation that was disturbing kenyans.Tourism in the country declined at great levelsmaking it hard for the industry to grow.
Powersharing
The election made it necessary for the top politicians of the time to divide roles on how they were to share and exercise power in the country.The outcome made it necessary for them to share so as to reduce the level of tension that was in the country during the period.
Slow economic growth
Due to loss of lives and destruction of businesses,many aspects of the economy were slowed down making it necessary for the country to get ays of speeding up the rate of economic growth due to the huge depreciation experienced during the time.
Kenyan politics has been observed to be successful if only a person can convince huge masses of people that he is actually the right type of candidate for a particular seat offered by the electoral commission. The following groups of politicians are considered to be currently the most influential politicians in the republic of Kenya.
HON.UHURU KENYATTA
Son of the late mzee JomoKenyatta,Uhuru is believed to have been natured and acquired the politic skills from his father. Having studied abroad, the politician tried much in the 2002 general elections in which he lost to the former president Mwai Kibaki. However, he did not despair with politics. He continually persisted and ended up being the fourth president of Kenya.
HON.WILLIAM RUTO
The vice president of Kenya,Ruto is known for being very hardworking and very influential mass mover that does not entertain jokes. Being one of Kenya’s top politicians, Ruto is believed to have come into fame during the period in which Moi was the president of Kenya.Ruto was against the constitution and received much support from church leaders but later lost the election. He played a great role in securing votes for the jubilee coalition government.
HON.RAILA ODINGA
Nicknamed as ‘Baba’ the politician is the son of the late Oginga Odinga.Raila has been in the field of politics for a long duration of time since he tried to take part in the 1982coup.In huge efforts to fight for the presidential seat, Raila has lost but continues to get much support and it is indeed true that he is a mass mover. He was the former prime minister of the republic of Kenya.
MIKE MBUVI SONKO
The politician is currently the senator of the city of Nairobi. Sonko is known for being charitable and generous by the way he uses his money and lends it to be used in helping the poor groups of society. Sonko has since played a very great role in politics being used by top politicians to gather and influence crowds to follow a certain way or support a particular idea. The politician owns several vehicles in town flooded with huge number of real estate business. Sonko is indeed lovable by many people.
DR.ALFRED MUTUA
The politician was the former government spokesman of the Kenyan republic under the leadership of president Kibaki. He went ahead to win the elections as the governor of machakos county and has brought numerous changes to the town. He has built the Machakos stadium; brought a lot of medical ambulances and many developments are still taking place in the town. The politician is aspiring to run for the presidential seat in the coming years.
Having experienced terrorism within the boundaries of Kenya as recently as on 21st September 2013 for the first time, and having most of us still suffering and having the pain of the hit still fresh in our hearts and bodies, I wonder who terrorists are. As far as I know, human beings are born innocent and valuing life. From an innocent child, one cannot grow up to kill a person or be engaged in acts of causing death unless one is socialized and trained to do so. The sanctity of human life should always, in all societies be upheld. This means that members of the society should value life as very important and must always be treated with respect. Due to the assumption that some societies are characterized with terrorism acts and death and that specific people from those countries will be the only terrorists and that people from such countries who come into our nation should be thoroughly scrutinized at the borders and airports, we fail to recognize that even people from our own nation could be recruited as terrorists. The more we learn about what makes people vulnerable to recruitment by terrorist organizations, the more beneficial our fight against terrorism will become.
What makes a person evil when they grow up and especially in reference to terrorists and their actions? One would say that probably terrorists are as a result of socialization to killing ways or being in an environment of death. In such cases, the terrorists develop disregard for life. Some would also attribute actions of terrorists to being victims of circumstances, victims of revenge, being psychopathic and under no treatment, being fanatics of major terrorist legends such as Osama bin Laden, Samantha Lewthwaite and others, underestimated people in the society and victims of wars. We could come up with an endless list of reasons why one become a terrorist but the main thing that we should all recognize, the persons targeted to be recruited into terrorism organizations include even well educated, economically deprived, those lacking education, muslims and non-muslims, well off young and old persons of the society, the only thing that exposes these people to being exploited is their vulnerability.
Since terrorism as defined by most people including our president Uhuru Kenyatta, is violence intended to instil fear in a population so the population will then influence policy and decision makers, then terrorists can be said to have an agenda. Terrorist movements often arise in reaction to a perceived injustice, whether real or imagined. They are usually after righting a wrong in the society. In my opinion, this is a cowardly way of doing something about something unfair in the society.
Jessica Stern wrote in the Washington Post: By now “we should be better at plucking a terrorist out of an airport security line. After all, we have some idea of what he’ll be like: young, socially alienated and deeply religious. And he’ll come from a country like Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen. “ According to my opinion, we should be careful about the people who we receive in the airports and borders especially in Kenya especially from countries like Somalia, though we should not dwell on that too much and forget that terrorists could be from elsewhere or even within. The terrorists who attacked Westgate mall had found ways to manoeuvred through the country up to the site without being noticed, which means there were people giving a hand. These people could pose a potential risk of being targeted by terrorist organizations for recruitment either for financial reasons or others.
The terrorists’ claim is that they are revenging against an act that is occurring or has already occurred. Nelson Mandela said, “If you talk to people they will talk to you. If you hit them with stick they will hit you back.” This could be the philosophy they use to hit back at nations trying to go against their acts. Some terrorist masterminds however, take advantage of the frustration of vulnerable people and manipulate their minds. They have a powerful influence and control on these people’s minds. They justify their unscrupulous tasks using religious and communal arguments. Most of them are convinced that they are fighting for the course of their community. In some communities these terrorists are referred as national heroes. So naturally most of these terrorists never actually think about what they are doing or what will be its after effects. They are nothing more than puppets in the hands of some belligerent terrorist leaders.
All I can say is that nobody truly knows where terrorists thrive from or why they choose to become terrorists but if you ask a terrorist why people like me don’t feel strongly enough about a course to die for it, he won’t know the answer either, just that he has a reason for himself. If you feel strongly enough about something, you might be willing to die for it, and take a few (innocent) people with you, just to draw attention to your course. Scientists have proved that “If people are not given an equal opportunity to express their opinions and issues, they can feel they are not respected because of who they are—their group identity. An important indicator of potential violence is when we see a given group splinter into factions, where some new factions form because they feel the peaceful approach is not working and the political system is broken. Since the current political process has not worked for them, some of the factions may increase their potential for violent strategies of influence.” This means that scientists have proved that many people often join terrorist organizations because they are looking for an identity for themselves and when in such groups, they get the attention they need to address unfair situations in the society. Scientists also say terrorism is usually not the result of one individual’s anger or hatred but of a group, a community or even a nation. Terrorism is the result of a desire to end that perceived oppression, but also a way to give more meaning to their lives.
I am of the opinion as from the beginning of this article, that people are not born terrorists. Terrorists are made and they are also made to believe that the nations they target will respond to the attacks with military force, influencing political outcomes, sparking widespread Muslim anger and violence against those nations. While this backlash has not happened yet, for instance in the case of Kenya, they get disappointed and target the same nation even the more. To understand who joins terrorist organizations and where the terrorists thrive from, one should ask themselves: Who holds strong political views and is confident enough to try to impose an extremist vision by violent means?
Shock reined the ICC court when a witness on the case against the Deputy President of Kenya, Hon William Ruto, revealed that he had been bribed. The ICC witness 356 claimed that he had received 1.7 million Kenyan Shillings from USAID agents in Kenya to form a case against Ruto in ICC. During the cross examination session with the Deputy President of Kenya`s lawyer, Karim Khan, in ICC headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands the witness claimed to have been coached on what to say in court about the post election violence and contribution of Hon Ruto.
During the ICC hearing on Monday 27th January 2014, the Deputy President of Kenya’s lawyer named the former US ambassador to Kenya, Micheal Ranneberger as a main attributor to the funding of couched ICC witnesses. Ranneberger played a big role in the indictment of the deputy president of Kenya, Ruto and the President of Kenya, Hon Uhuru Kenyatta. The ICC mole, Ken Wafula was also named as one of the facilitators of the funding the witnesses on the case against Ruto and the President of Kenya. The ICC court is yet to investigate the truthness in the unfolding of the Kenya post election hearing in The Hague.
However, the confused witness 356 who agreed to receiving a bribe, shockingly refused the evidence brought forward by the Ruto’s lawyer. Such news on the hearing against Ruto and President Kenyatta leaves Fatou Bensouda in trouble following the recent claims of her involvement with an ICC registrar in bribing 3 mungiki members in Kenya, to act as witnesses in ICC court on 6th January 2014.
ICC Court was formulated from a Rome statute, and it adjudicates cases on crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and crime of aggression (crime of aggression will start being an active role of ICC in 2017)
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