This picture was brought to my attention this morning by Jackie N. and Alexis. It shows the ruthlessness, savagery and inhumanity that has been thrust to the innocent. This woman was hacked to death infront of her child. Her child is seen in the picture crying over her mother’s dead body
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When I see this picture, I feel like it’s barely anything, but I was made aware of this:
Please JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY 30th JANUARY to lay flowers of remembrance in NAIROBI, KISUMU, NATIONWIDE & AROUND THE WORLD!
The email I received is very long regarding this, but I’m going to try and post it here anyway. Here goes:
Hello everyone
I wanted to make you aware of some of the efforts that are going on in Kenya towards achieving peace. This movement reflects the feelings of the majority of Kenyans. None of this is shown by the international media whereas our local media is being fantastic in promoting peace. We will be going to lay flowers on Wednesday in Nairobi and we are women of all backgrounds. Please join us on the same day wherever you are (and even if you are not a woman J).
Thanks for your support.
Belinda
A CALL TO ACTION!
“Flowers for Peace and Democracy”
Women, let flowers be our symbol!
Flowers for Remembrance
Flowers for Peace and Healing
Flowers for blossoming Truth and Justice.
In the memory of all those who died, especially innocent women and children, and in the hope we may have Peace, Reconciliation, Truth and Justice in Kenya,
Please JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY 30th JANUARY to lay flowers of remembrance in NAIROBI, KISUMU, NATIONWIDE & AROUND THE WORLD!
Our beautiful country is bleeding. We must restore sanity to our land. It is time for the women of Kenya to unite across social, political and ethnic lines to heal our country and make a statement.
We call on all women – mothers, sisters and daughters of our Nation, their families and friends, both here and abroad – to join us in a peaceful, apolitical statement through flowers in memory of all the Kenyans who’ve been killed, wounded, raped or lost their homes, and to call urgently for reconciliation, justice and peace.
Ten women, representing the diversity of Kenya, will launch the event by laying flowers and messages at Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park in Nairobi. Last week in Eldoret, Lft. General (ret.) Ishmael Opande led a ceremony laying flowers at the Town Hall, Catholic Cathedral and the burnt church. Across the world the Kenyan diaspora are already joining us by laying flowers and messages outside Kenyan embassies.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – Everyone is Welcome!!
We give thanks to the flower farmers who have donated 20,000 flowers, and to the women who have sent messages from across the country and from inside the IDP camps. Flowers will be handed out and messages can be written on site, but if possible, we’d like each woman that joins us to bring her own flower and message. In a steady flow – like a river of peace – people will arrive in twos and threes throughout the day, and all through the week, to leave their flowers in remembrance and move on. There will be no political protest, no violence, and no tear gas, just a vast, gathering monument of flowers with a powerful message of silent commemoration.
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The solution to Kenya’s current crisis cannot be left in the hands of politicians alone. We have to stop this terrible slide of destruction, loss, chaos and death. By standing tall as Kenyan nationals, proud of each other, proud to be from the same country and proud of our unique ethnic diversity, we must come together urgently to heal our communities and stop the violence.
Communal remembrance through flowers is a powerful yet peaceful symbol for Kenyans to unite behind. Flowers are non-political, non-tribal, and non-violent. Their numbers can build without becoming threatening, while their message becomes ever more potent. They are also a mainstay of our economy. As they wither they will symbolise all that we stand to lose. We are not a warring nation. Unlike our neighbours we have never experienced the true horror and loss of civil war.
Let us learn from them and pull back from the brink before it is too late.
Date:
Wednesday 30th January 2008
Time:
All through the day and for the rest of the week.
Location:
1. Nairobi – Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park
2. Kisumu – Nyanza General Hospital gardens
3. Kenyan Embassies in London, Washington, Paris, etc.
Other Events:
1. All-night Vigil organised by Concerned Youths for Peace at the Wild Harvest Church, Emperor Plaza, Nairobi – Friday 25th January.
2. Display of messages from affected Kenyans – see http://www.peacenetkenya.org or http://www.peaceinkenya.net
THANK YOU for joining us!
General Daniel Opande – Concerned Citizens for Peace
H.E. Bethwel Kiplagat – Concerned Citizens for Peace
George Wachira – Peace Initiatives Africa
Mwangi Waituru – Global Action Against Poverty
Lt. General Lazarus Sumbeiywo – Concerned Citizens for Peace
Mutuku Ngilu – Peacenet
Dekha Ibrahim – Concerned Citizens for Peace
Jane Kiano – Maendeleo ya Wanawake
Oria Douglas-Hamilton – Concerned Citizens for Peace
Saba Douglas-Hamilton – Concerned Citizens for Peace
Yvonne Awour Ohdiambo – Coalition of Concerned Writers
Irungu Houghton – Oxfam
Deborah Nyachama – Global Action Against Poverty
Jocelyn Chepleting – Education for Life Institute
Frank Pope – Concerned Citizens for Peace
Mercy Gichangi – Concerned Youths for Peace
Thanks to:
Tambuzi Ltd. – Nanyuki
Finlays Flowers – Kericho
Harvest Flowers – Naivasha
Homegrown – Naivasha
Bila Shaka Flowers – Naivasha
Concerned Citizens for Peace
Peacenet Kenya
Global Campaign Against Poverty
Save the Elephants
Protest
Schaue ich mir an, was derzeit in Kenia passiert, ist diese Art des – zugegeben hilflosen – Protestes sicherlich ein legitimes Mittel der Meinungsäußerung. Zumindest besser, als sich in den Straßen die Schädel einzuschlagen und sich zu willfähige…
This with the burning of women and children in their places of worship and houses is a most heinous crime that negates the humanity of all those involved. These are not people but animals. Calling them animals is an abuse to the animals too, animals don’t do these things. This annoys me, makes me speechless and yes, I would wish to be able not to call the perpetrators fellow human beings.
There are monsters in human form living amongst us… that is for sure. May they get their deserved just deserts if not in this life, in the next. This is INHUMAN
it really tores me apart to think that people could be this cruel even to the innocent children. i was kindly requesting if anyone has an information on where the baby is or where she was located after her mothers death. am really touch as a mother and am very much willing to find the baby and offer her any assistance needed even giving her shelter please. anyone with an information on the baby kindly assist me or if the baby had any other family members who took her in. lets pray for country kenya. i live in nairobi.
What happened to the kid whose mother was butchered. Do you have any contact for the kid.
Concerned Kenyan.
Unfortunately I do not know the whereabouts of the child but I understand that there is a concerted effort by many concerned Kenyans who saw this Photograph, to try and locate him/her. I will support any efforts in that regard.