Kenya

You would think political leaders would learn from the past, but apparently not in the case of kenya. the situation going on in kenya (ethnic cleansing, neighbor turning on neighbor, friends hacking each other to death...) is ridiculously atrocious. violent people only need a tiny incling/nudge to carry on their acts, and foolish political leaders (somewhat of a disturbing pattern in africa, thought to be of the past) continue to feed the hungry appetites of these cruel individuals, who now have an avenue on which to blame their violence. the violence no longer has anything to do with the elections; rather it's resurrected tribal wars and fears, turning neighbor and friend against each other. now ordinary, peace loving kikuyus and luos are afraid to leave wherever they are, or even sleep, as the perpetrators may come looking for them in the night. could kibaki not have foreseen something like this when faulty elections were carried out, with questionable results? could odinga not have foreseen something like this when he refused to denounce the political violence (turned ethnic violence) and accept concessions by the government or resolution through the courts? are both still so blind to what's going on in the streets that they think a simple political resolution or power sharing will resolve the current issue? this pisses me off. i pray that something, anything is done (and quickly) to resolve what looks like might escalate into full scale barbaric war, even extending past the borders of kenya.

thinking of this reminded me of uganda, especially the kids who got on our bus (the evangecube) and sang loudly for hours and hours. they sang an awesome song in swahili called upendo, i believe. upendo means love. as promised several weeks ago, i'm finally posting 2 videos from uganda: one with the kids singing and the other with wes (one of the guys i went with) about to embark on the "real world" adventure into the villages. enjoy: