tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145268928769050672.post5196277323169358723..comments2023-09-05T08:28:11.740-05:00Comments on Elephant Rag: Violence in Western Kenya following ElectionsThe Elephant Raghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08994638012550502527noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2145268928769050672.post-51949700343895822912008-01-03T13:59:00.000-05:002008-01-03T13:59:00.000-05:00I spent a semester at the University of Nairobi in...I spent a semester at the University of Nairobi in 1994 through an exchange program. Even then there were signs that then 'president' Daniel Arap Moi was using mistrust between tribes in order to secure his own power. His political strategy was based on convincing other smaller tribes that they could not trust Kikuyu. <BR/><BR/>At the time, I travelled to Karatina and met many kikuyus and they were as nice as any other people I met in Kenya. However, Nairobi was becoming populated with people displaced due to tribal conflict.<BR/><BR/>Today economic and social corruption have caused what should be one of the wealthiest countries in the world to be amoung its poorest. Such poverty will, in turn, further fuel violence amoung its people. <BR/><BR/>I am so glad to have seen Kenya when I did, but as this pattern continues, my children may not have the same opportunities. And so, for all the wrong reasons, the world becomes a smaller place. <BR/><BR/>-Justin RichardsonJustin Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130481680362568138noreply@blogger.com