Kenya is right in pacifying Bashir.<br>Bashir is still important to Kenya as the Sudan Head of state.<br>The fact that Bashir is an 'enemy' of ICC does not make him an 'enemy' of Kenya. A pacified Bashir will be good for Kenya in the larger scheme of things, even as that does not make Bashir any less a suspect as accused by ICC.<br>
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but 'everyone' should know that 'everyone' else is capable of critical thinking, not less the so called 'government'.<br><br>I wish all journalists would temper partisan and populist emotions with some cold reason; but then that is like wishing that pigs would fly.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:48 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Grace,<br>
Our media too needs to set the agenda right. �Much of what David wrote was heavily influenced from what he read in foreign media. �Earlier I made a comparison between what happened in Daffur and in Congo. �In 2003 some 5 million people died in the Congo. �You may recall the Banyamulenge atrocities inside Congo but in spite the fact that there were indictable people by ICC, the issue was brushed under the carpet.<br>
<br>
Congo is a mineral rich country with a government that hadly know what is going on in their country. �Some people want it that way. �Below see a quote from the Financial Times and see why I made that conclusion.<br>
<br>
"Given the muted response to the evolving fiasco in Congo, there is<br>
much less international appetite for outrage, or even for an accurate<br>
count. Western countries are less enchanted with Mr Kabila than they<br>
were in 2006, when he won a UN-supervised election, promising to bring<br>
peace and economic recovery. He has done neither.<br>
<br>
But unlike Mr Ouattara in Ivory Coast, Mr Tshisekedi does not enjoy<br>
significant backing from anyone outside the Congo.<br>
<br>
He is his own man. That is one reason a large number of Congolese<br>
persist in believing that he might turn things round. At 78, he is<br>
representative of a generation of opposition leaders who dedicated<br>
decades to the fight against dictatorship. Most, including Mr Gbagbo<br>
have proved disastrous in government."<br>
<br>
<br>
You cannot be your own man in Africa if you need the support of Western countries. �This is a worrying statement and confirms that our media has largely failed in setting the African agenda and begin to influence the rest of the world.<br>
<br>
Virtually all mineral rich African countries are at war from the west to central and eastern Africa. �Is is a coincident?<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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Ndemo.<br>
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