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    It Was Fire and Blood Everywhere
    It Was Fire and Blood Everywhere
    It Was Fire and Blood Everywhere
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    It Was Fire and Blood Everywhere

    By Samson Basil Magara

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    Kenya went to the polls on December 27, 2007. The incumbent president was declared the winner. The opposition protested the results. They took to the streets bringing all businesses to a standstill. Violence broke out in major Towns in Kenya.
    In western Kenya where the opposition enjoyed much support, there was looting and setting on fire property of their rivals.
    The opposition supporters came out armed with arrows, bows and machetes and started killing and torching houses belonging to other tribes they have been living with for over forty years and asking them to leave. The politicians were unable to sit down and sort out the chaos.
    African Union intervened and they agreed to sit down under the chairmanship of Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of United Nations. Kofi spent a whole month in Kenya and he finally succeeded to make the two groups to agree to work together in a government of national unit. This cooled the political temperature in the country.
    The conflict had displaced people from their homes, families have been separated, and people have been chased away from their workplace. The conflict has had an effect in the social integration in Kenya.
    With the leaders agreeing to share the government, the Kenyan population is promised of peace and stability. The credit goes to Kofi Annan who worked hard to broker the agreement. The people of Kenya have agreed to honour Kofi by naming all new-born baby boys after him. The wildlife wardens have already named a baby rhino after him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateAug 13, 2020
    ISBN9781728355719
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