Post-election violence; lest we forget.

[Natta]

Machetes were being wielded all over the city and in all these, tribe influenced survival. A neighbour you previously shared everything with now became an enemy simply because a politician said so. Roads were blocked by rowdy youth who insisted on seeing every Kenyan’s ID so as to know which tribe each person belonged to. Woe unto you if you belonged to the ‘wrong’ tribe. Bodies were strewn by the roadside, others on burnt vehicles, while others were murdered in their own homes. For days on end, Kenya self-destructed as weapons went up and people slaughtered each other like animals.

East Africa in Focus – Social Blog Blog Archive Post-election Violence; lest we forget.

[judo chop]

thanks for positing this.

let us hope it happens NEVER again