The East African Standard (Nairobi)
17 January 2008
Members of the ODM Pentagon were tear-gassed in central Nairobi, riot police killed four people including a 10-year-old boy in Kisumu, and several others were seriously injured as the three-day countrywide mass protests began on Wednesday.
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I agree that Kibaki's Government should be reasonable and stop using the police to kill people, but is the opposition better than the president? When he sees that people's lives are at risk, why does he insist on the protest? The truth about African election is that all parties are rigging is only who outrigged the other that wins, so non of them is clean. I wish people will realised that is not about them but the two leaders, non of the two have the interest of the poor people in mind. How can the opposition insist on justice at the price of people's lives? How does he want to keep people protesting even when he sees them being killed? Can he not say my people let us give off for the sake of the peace of the land and our lives? If he really care for the people as he claimed, why is he not sacrificing his win to save the people from being killed?
the kibaki government should be reasonable enough and stop turning the peaceful protestes into riots. as kenyans we need freedom of expression. let kibaki be fair and just by giving the wananchi chance to express themselves. this will save the crisis faster. how does he plan to rule a country where people are fighting and being shot by police everyday? it is clear that people are not for him and the faster he concedes this, the better to save our economy.