I am encouraged by the on-going peace making efforts in the North Rift. In my mind any efforts to heal the bitter relations between the Kalenjin and Kikuyu communities in the region would pay significant dividends. I know that there other communities in the region especially the Luhya too have a stake in the outcome. But just as in pest control, you first trap the rats before the weevils.
Of course, such efforts should not be used as a smokescreen to get the Ocampo six off the hook - but recognition that these communities have an urgent need to find a formula to co-exist and to use legal mechanisms to deal with economic and political disagreements. If truth be told, Kenya cannot sustain these kinds of long term grudges without crippling the economic back bone of our nation. In my estimation, if the communities consolidate the peace momentum without sacrificing community interests at the altar of short term political gains for some of the players, it would fundamentally change the economic and political landscape. After all, once bitten twice shy. Those who view these efforts from a short term perspective of losers and winners will do and say anything but let me remind them, you make peace with your enemies not your friends. As the good book says, blessed are the peace makers - not the political wheeler dealers. I rest my case.