Caption: President Uhuru Kenyatta was reckless to invoke our memories on a matter of such magnitude Photo/www.walterastrada.com
A victim of the ugly 2007/2008 post-election violence has expressed his disappointment at President Kenyatta’s decision to reopen healing wounds. According to the Nation, Mr. Bernard Merge lost family members during the bloody violence and termed the President’s statement as ill-timed and reckless utterances.
While in Kisii President Kenyatta said, “Alikuwa katikati ya vita. Yeye ndio aliwasha moto.”“It was probably the most reckless statement, from the President to invoke our memories on a matter of such magnitude. At a time when we were undergoing healing, the Head of State ignited emotions,” Mr Ndege said as quoted by the Nation.The victim complained about the plight of IDPs which the government has ignored. Some have not been resettled and yet the President is unearthing horrors they will love to forget.“IDPs in some parts of the country, including Nyanza and Western, have not been compensated, yet you had the audacity to make such a statement in this region. It was quite absurd,” he complained.The clergy and opposition leaders have also faulted the President. They have advised him to chose a different topic for campaigns.