They see peace messages as unwarranted connivance with the incumbent to maintain the status quo, and a perpetuation of the hegemony of one or two ethnic groups. PEACE MESSAGESAs a counter-measure to the galloping peace messages, there has been very spirited activism in social media. What this argument fails to acknowledge, however, is that the status quo, broadly defined, has generally been peaceful. Once the violence starts, some will likely claim that it was simultaneous, in the hope that everyone will forget how hard they worked to disown peace, discourage or out rightly ban peace messages, predict violence, justify violence and extoll its benefits. Knowing how devastating conflicts can be, I am asking my fellow Kenyans to keep the genie of war in the bottle.

Source: Daily Nation August 01, 2017 17:37 UTC