Kenya got its independence from British colony 1963, after a bloody and critical struggle, Kenyans were subjected torture and any kind of inhuman. After many years of freedom fighting, Kenyans reached and achieved their dream. After Kenyans sustained their freedom, they established great political and economical relation with their former colonizer, that rapport has granted Kenya a sense of security and development.
After several decades of despotic regimes, 2002 Kenya took historic and heroic step towards the democracy after a decision to transform Kenya from one national party to a multiparty system of governance, but the tragedy occurred in the 2007 election when former president Kibaki rigged the election and his rival Odinga has refused to concede.
Bloody violence has ensued and engulfed the nation, massacre torture and human beings right abuse widely spread over the country, united nation intervened the situation and the formed united nation secretary General Kofi Anan was sent as mediator and, at last, the power sharing deal was signed by the two rivals; Kibaki and Odinga.
After the agreement united nation has started to investigate the violence to identify the masterminds of the chaos. Prominent politicians and people with high profile were accused of being part of the 2007 post election violence. The son of the Kenya founder and first president Uhuru kenyatta and the eminence, former Mp, the son of Eldoret William Ruto and many other politicians among; the journalist were indicted by International criminal court.
The two prominent politicians uhurru and ruto, accepted to face ICC challenges and remain in the political scene.
They subsequently announced their candidacy to the presidential seat separately, but in later part of 2012 they signed coalition agreement and put the 2007 election difference a side.
In the other corner of that game field, the premier of Kenya and vice president were rolling up their sleeves to face the most critical and vital election in Kenya since its independence.
January 4th 2013 Kenyans voted to elect the 4th president of kenya and many other government positions, less than a week, votes were casted and Uhuru was announced as Kenya 4th president. Cord alliance challenged the result in legal process, but the supreme court approved uhuru as the fairly elected president.
The election of Uhuru and Ruto as Kenya top leaders was the turning point in the relationship between Kenya and its western allies. Although, many countries warned of the consequence of electing uhuru Kenyatta but Kenyans spoke loudly through the ballot boxes.
Unfriendly words were exchanged by president Kenyatta along with his friend and western countries.
President Kenyatta commenced to establish relation with eastern countries like China, cutting the relation of west indirectly and as a reaction many western countries cut off the donation and aid to Kenya. President Kenyatta started creating good relation with and cough the attention and sympathy of other African leaders, African union requested the ICC to adjourn the Kenyatta and the ruto trial. However, the case of the president Uhuru future isn’t clear due to lack of witnesses who proves the crime of the president.
Let us look at Kenyans future as Kenyans have shifted from western to eastern countries. Kenya survived as a parasite on western for many years, politically and economically it used to depend on western and their siding with eastern will bring consequences, in the other hand 55% of Kenyans are educated and well-informed, also Kenya is matured politically so they may manage their political fluctuation. As I am an eastern Africa political researcher I do hope Kenya will pass these current challenges and the other fifty years down to the road Kenya will achieve their ideological and political independence.
God bless Africa.
By: Abdirahman Mohamed Harun(Harun m Harun).
