For the past one month or so we have read in newspapers and watched on our television sets the atrocities being committed at the Tana Delta by rival ethnic communities. Some of us have had the chance to witness this first hand and I don't envy them any bit. I really feel sorry for those that have lost their loved ones and property in this mayhem. Just like the majority of you I long for a peaceful coexistence with my neighbour without regard to their colour, gender, height, weight, ethnic origin or any other distinctive difference.
This presidency that many of us were so optimistic about in 2002 has let us down not once but countless times. During the nyayo era our economy had been crippled by endless corruption and embezzlement of public funds. One of the many promises that led to the landslide victory of the current president was his promised to unilaterally eradicate corruption. As we near the end of his second term, a majority of his cronies and members of his kitchen cabinet have been mentioned in one scam or the other and corruption has become a way of life for the high and mighty in Kenya. I only hope the new found judicial independence will be our saving grace.
