From left; Stephen Giro Waziri, Prophet Paul Mwangi Gatundu and Prof. Eugene Kavune Nzabonimba at Weston hotel, Nairobi on Friday. Photos/Courtesy.
By WMW
Kenyans have been urged to avoid talks and activities that could breed tribalism and create animosity among them.
Dozens of peace ambassadors, meeting in Nairobi on Friday hit out leaders who they noted were likely to divide kenyans among tribal lines, telling the citizens to be wary of them.
Speaking during a peace ambassadors forum, held at Weston hotel, the ambassadors noted that some leaders were fond of whipping emotions along tribal lines in their bid to win sympathy, more so during a time like now, which is electioneering period.
The ambassadors, drawn from all the 47 counties vowed to continue engaging all Kenyans in a bid to build peace and cohesion as the General Election day nears.
Key leaders who addressed the forum included Prof. Eugene Kavune Nzabonimba, Ambassador Mary Wahogo, Prophet Paul Mwangi Gatundu, Mt Kenya Chief Seer Munyori Kinyenje Muhuri, Mr Murungaru Kamiti, Mzee Githiga Gikonyo, Stephen Giro Waziri and Mr Joseph Otieno.
They noted that some leaders had taken upon themselves to mislead and at times incite Kenyans, more over political allegiance.
Prof. Nzabonimba said his organization was setting up an office in Nairobi CBD which he noted would be coordinating activities across the country.
Ambassador Wahogo said their organizations would not allow politicians to misuse the youth for their selfish political gains.
“We shall safeguard the country by all means. No one should be allowed to intimidate or misuse another, especially our youth for selfish gain,” she said.
Mr Kamiti warned that some leaders utterances if not stopped might plung the country to chaos and eventual handover of those behind to International Criminal Court.
The Chief Seer called for concerted effort among all leaders, their social, economic or political positions not withstanding in condemning those out to incite the public.
Prophet Gatundu called on Kenyans to respect each other and tolerate divergent views.
He said peace could not be build where some people felt more entitled than the others.
He also called for address of past injustices, like compensation of former freedom fighters saying trillions of shillings was at stake. The funds, he noted, was compensation being demanded Mau Mau and their descendants from the British government.
Mr Waziri, a youth coordinator for a peace initiative, Youth For Peace 2027 said they had a network across the country where the young people will be engaged in preaching Peace as the country enter the electioneering period ahead of the coming General Election.
On his part Mzee Gikonyo, an official with Mau Mau War Veterans Association urged Kenyans to keep Peace and respect each other.
Mr Otieno noted that part of peace building should involve release of KSh6.5 billion belonging to about 75,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The forum was also addressed by Zimbabwean philosopher and author Joshua Mapango who hit out at African leaders for overdepending on their former colonialists.
Mapango noted that Africans continued to enslave themselves for not fully utilising their natural resources.
Peace, he noted, could not be achieved where the citizens were not on the same horizon, in terms of thinking and utilization of their country’s resources.
The participants are expected to have a follow-up meeting next week.
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