On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:23 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Just been reading this article http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000025530&cid=4& and find the matters discussed in the article disturbing. In my travels all over in ke to see the beauty and diversity of the country over the many years, there are numerious times I've seen this ugly subject brought forth. New Constitution or not, it has no impact on the deep rooted problems that are well spread over KE. I think this line in the story above says it all "said they have vowed not to allow strangers to be resettled in the land as it belonged to their ancestors, hence it is theirs".


Aki,
 
In this particular maasai case, they are damn right, regardless of what the current constitution says. It's a historical injustice that must be corrected, even if takes 1,000 years. The govt know just too well what the issue is and if the damn govt doesn't want to rectify the problem, then let it kill all the maasai on order to use this land in question for whatever it wants. There are some things that just can't be wished away. If you've been following the real issues behind the particular land in question, you'll realize that some bungled treaty led to this land being taken away from the maasai  and they started fighting this matter in the 1930s. I am so poor in history but you can easily find out. It's not just about the land. There are many historical injustices that must be addressed and the govt is bent on not letting this happen. That is why all this time Kenyans said they do not want Bethwel Kiplagat to head the TJRC, because he has a tainted past, but the govt, against the wish of majority of Kenyans, stuck to having the man sit there, so that the TJRC does not happen as expected. I stand with the Masaai on this and recite I have to say "quelque soit la duree de la nuit le soleil apparaître". The govt doesn't like it but it must happen.


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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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Damn!!