Our country has undergone many changes in the last two years and will be undergoing a lot of changes in the next few months. We have faced many problems in the near past because of the violence we experienced in 2008. This year and next year will be very important to our country and it is vital at this juncture that all of us, as Kenyans, decide to embrace peace and practice tolerance.

We need to learn to live together as Kenyans, humbly working together without judging each other. It does not matter where you were born; whether you are a man or a woman or what you do. You are Kenyan. You have a right to live, work, and travel anywhere in this country. May it be in the north, the south, the Coast region, the Rift Valley, anywhere in the country, because you are a Kenyan.

Bad politics has given us bad experiences and Kenyans are afraid of a repeat of violence. What I am saying is, let us join hands as Kenyans and let us shun violence and decide to live in harmony, respecting and helping each other. Let us tell politicians that are perpetuating violence and intolerance that their days are numbered. Kenyans want peace and an environment that allows them to work together.

Let us also remember that young people of this country, myself included, have their future ahead, not behind. Any form of violence, any form of intolerance that pits one tribe against the other or one group against the other, is ruining our future for us. So as young people, we need to come together and say we don’t want anybody who is preaching violence and division. We want to be united and to move forward so that we can enjoy the promise and reality of a good life for many years that are ahead of us. That is the only way we can be able to walk proudly, and say we are proud to be Kenyans.



Dr. Alfred N. Mutua, EBS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SECRETARY/
GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON

28th June, 2012