Heal the Nation

by Mukuru slum news reporter



Pawa 254 a non-governmental, non-profit making organization in Kenya has launched the second phase of its peace initiative campaign dubbed "Heal the Nation slum screenings"

"The Heal the Nation DVD is a 30-minute documentary providing eye-witness accounts of the tragedy that befell Kenya after December 2007 General elections.

In this DVD, post election victims and perpetrators meet for the first time ever to narrate their horrendous experiences in which loss and regrets are the common denominators.

In the end 1500 were killed and more than 500,000 displaced.

The documentary reveals the scars form the conflict and opens conversations that could lead to national healing and reconciliation".

The screenings which premiered on 3rd Saturday and are to go all the way to December 2012, were received warmly especially by Mukuru slum residents in Makadara constituency.

"We need peace especially during this General election.Its the only thing that can unite us as Kenyans.Let us not be divided along tribal lines.All the 42 tribes in Kenya make one Kenya without one, Kenya is incomplete". Urged Sylvester Mariko a pastor in the slums.

They wisest say that a wise man learns from another man's mistakes and Kenyans as wise as we are ought to have learnt from the Rwandan genocide if not from our very own post election violence of 2007.

And just like Johann Krigler the South African judge said in his visit to Kenya during the post election violence, surely if Kenyans  don't address the need to reforms, the events of January 2008 may look like a Christmas party in 2012.