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| The Kenyan Coastal Scuffle Could Be the Tip of a Disillusionment Iceberg |
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They should instead go for dialogue and organized civic agitation rather than violence. As the Coastal Provincial Commissioner, Mr. Cyrus Maina, said, let them know that all Kenyans, and Africans at that, are brothers, and ethnicity or regional hatred has no part in the country's future. In as much as the recent donation of land by the young political combatant Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta is laudable, much still needs to be done to the region's indigenous dwellers. Much more land is needed to settle the hundreds of thousands of squatters.
Let the policy makers know that this is but an expression of frustration – a struggle against a perceived bourgeoisie and inequitable resource distribution. Handling this issue should thus be vigorous and socioeconomically-focused not politically-geared, as the region's "politicians" are trying to imply. Politics is never a solution to socioeconomics. The policy makers should give this region the attention it deserves. Let them not dismiss it as yet just another cash cow in Kenya's development aspirations. The area's indigenous are just as Kenyan as other parts of the country.
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