Who said this is Kikuyu-Luo battle?

"Tawala Kenya, tawala...Rais Odinga tawala Kenya tawala.."

This were the words that formed the song chanted by protesters in Kisumu, the opposition home turf. The words of the song translated as "Lead kenya, lead us...President Odinga". This song was done despite governement's stern warning that the so called nationwide "peaceful" demonstration were illegal and they will not allow people to demonstrate. The roudy youths carried leaves and branches and barricaded roads. Some youths set fire a coffin with a potrait of President Kibaki symbolising the death of democracy.

It was not only in Kisumu that protest took place, the three day nationwide protest called by the opposition leader that is meant to push the government to meet their demands was also taking place in other parts of the country. In Nairobi, police guarded the famous Uhuru Park (freedom park) where opposition leaders planned a massive rally. There was alot of tension and most busineses renained closed. Police fired teargas and live bullets in the air to disperse a group of chanting opposition leaders and their followers as they attempted to make their way into Uhuru Park. Elsewhere, in mombasa and eldoret, the police had to deal with similar situations.

What is surprising in the violence that has since rocked the country, following the disputed presidential election, is that the focus has shifted. It is now not a Kikuyu- Luo war so to speak, but a war between a government which does not want to compromise and respect the will of the majority (the people of Kenya) and citizens. A governement that is employing military tacticts as a depserate means to cling to power. Who said this was a Luo-Kikuyu tribal war? If so, why is it that all over sudden the focus is now between the governement police and the demonstrators? I am now hearing more of the police shooting and killing innocent demonstrators than the early reports of Luos or Kalenjins killing the Kikuyu.

Yes, the kikuyus are displaced, why? because they fear that they may, like so many were in the begining of this crisis, victimised by the actions of an irresponsible leader. Infact, if Kibaki cares about the kikuyu, then he should clearly resign for their sake. Most of the kikuyus are now refugees in their own country. Infact, even the Kikuyu's themselves do not approve what happened. It is only a handful of his loyal supporters that are supporting him in what appears to be a case of  goverment using excessive force on ordinary 'wanainchi' or citizens who are just excersising their democratic right to protest just as they did when they voted.

This is why I insist that this is not a tribal battle, it is a battle to salvage the country from the arms of capitalists and economic vultures that are sucking the bloods of kenyans. The EU, US and UK should impose heavy sanctions on this regime and ban the regime from traveling to those regions for the sake of democracy and respect for human rights. Kibaki is certainly between a rock and a hard place and the only good thing he can do to Kenya now, is to accept that the people of Kenya did not elect him as the president.

The orders to "shoot to kill" protesters are unacceptable in a democractic country. Anyone who does that  should not be spared for the killing of innocent Kenyans. Accountability for such actions should be extended to all those involved whether in government or oppossition. Kenya is a democracy not a military state with a military ruler. If the current violence continues, the economy, just like democracy, will be in crisis. Eventualy, push shall have come to shove and guess what? Cabinet members will all relocate abroad with the money they have made out of plunder and corruption and leave ordinary Kenyans to suffer.