What were people not allowed to say, can they say it now. I am lost about this discussion...is there information that is being withheld?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:59 PM, william janak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williamjanak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">williamjanak@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">I agree with Makali.<br><br><div><span>Talking to folks out here gives you the impression that beneath the over preached gospel of peace and the supposed sterling performance of the media in promoting that peace that -most people feel their views have been submerged and frustrated. <br>
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<span>There is a deep sense of resentment that certain key questions - the hard questions that ought to be asked about the whole election process are not being asked, even by the media - which has made the issue
of peace such a boring sing son.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
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<hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>><br> </div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:williamjanak@yahoo.com" target="_blank">williamjanak@yahoo.com</a> <br>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US"> David Makali [mailto:<a href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dmakali@yahoo.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> March 11, 2013 5:18 PM<br>
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<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style>I disagree:<br>
This boils down to the role of the media in a democratic society. Is it to abet the erosion of rights or to promote transparency and the expression of the popular will of the people? i see people on this forum trying to tweak the responsbiility of the media
to their selfish interests - peace, investment and other pr concerns. those whose rights have been trampled by a fraudulent election are portrayed as a distraction in the grinding mill of our oh-so-good democracy and pretended peace. their protests are being
pooh-poohed as anti-peace. i would rather not be part of this peace and tranquility bandwagon and stare the hard facts in the face. i would rather opt for the painful truth and justice path. it is the route to long lasting peace and democracy. it is the rationalisation
of injustice and wrongdoing that breeds dictatorship and oppression. we must decline the popular excuses at every election that we are young and maturing, that in the interest of peace, we gloss over our failures and move on. this time, let us get it right.
there should be no violence, but neither should threats of incitement be used against those who pursue their rights or the truth.
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the media has an obligation not just to give voice to those who are aggrieved but to go out on a limb to establish the veracity of their grievances. they cannot abdicate that responsibility as they have so far done on the pretext of keeping the peace. a sleeping
press is not good even for peace. no.<br>
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<div style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Edith Adera <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>><br>
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<div style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">I happened to witness, first-hand, the Ghanaian campaigns and read about the elections; and the comments from Kenya�s IEBC chair, who was an observer, about how they
were conducted, how the media gave the citizens the space to air views even when things did not work including during the challenging of the elections. You know and can attest to the fact that Ghanaians are NOT the lot to silence (your Nigerian brothers are
even more vocal). Ghanaians speak their minds and air their views freely. A Ghanaian once told me �when it comes to politics, every Ghanaian is a political analyst; when it comes to football, every Ghanaian is a football commentator��you can�t silence them.</span><span style></span></div>
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<div style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">My point, why did we have this effect of silencing voices? What are the implications of the deafening silence from the citizenry?</span><span style></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> March 11, 2013 12:37 PM<br>
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<div style="background:white"><span style>Sometimes, it is better not to say nothing or pretend to be stupid for life to go on than to speak (demand your right) and end up with "violence" and life retrogresses - just saying.....�</span></div>
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<div style="background:white"><span style>I think you Kenyans should really commend yourselves, you have raised the bar on electoral conduct and peaceful outcomes no matter how long it takes -- the level of maturity exhibited by
the average Wananchi is awesome. I saw first hand the level of investment that went into this election by government, media, parties etc and by all means those investments must pay off -- democracy is an expensive enterprise.</span></div>
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<div style="background:white"><span style>Edith, in other words what am saying is, dont beat yourself too hard, Nigeria invested in a voters register that did not turn out well but their elections was scored above board, Ghana
invested in biometrics for our last elections and it did not work out well but we scored above board and Kenya has done same, raising the bar. Offcourse we need to do introspection and better the processes and systems for the future, starting now.</span></div>
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�the over-rated, over-hyped, over-done "call for peace" was actually a "tool of oppression"!!</span><span style></span></div>
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<div style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Why do I say this? Many a Kenyans found themselves speechless and voiceless�.you were not given a chance to speak your mind, to question, to freely air your
opinions or liberally reflect on the going ons. �You were promptly slapped with the "peace call� which immediately silenced you! Why should I feel silenced by �a call for peace�? Our national anthem talks of �peace and liberty�, what happened to �liberty�
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<div style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">In my view, what is going on in Kenya is God�s birth of a NEW KENYA. It is NOT (and I repeat NOT) about THE WINNER or THE LOSERS (Do NOT get me wrong � I don�t
mind about that). It is about laying a NEW FOUNDATION for Kenya that is built on TRUTH (RIGHTEOUSNESS) and JUSTICE, especially during this Jubilee period (50 years of our existence as a nation as we enter into the next 50 years � the next Jubilee).</span><span style></span></div>
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