{"id":342732,"date":"2017-08-06T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=342732"},"modified":"2017-08-06T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T17:29:15","slug":"kenya-election-power-not-worth-lives-of-citizens-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/kenya-election-power-not-worth-lives-of-citizens-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya election: Power not worth lives of citizens &#8211; Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama is confident Kenyans\u00a0will see to it that their\u00a0upcoming elections on Tuesday are free of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Nairobi based Capital FM, he charged Kenyan Politicians not to resort to violent machinations in their bid to win power.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;s7YhsI5e4WOcEyWuvDnsuttfihteuWp8&#8243;]Mr. Mahama, who is leading a 15-member team from Commonwealth nations to observe the election process, reminded the politicians that they were vying to serve the people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My message to leaders is that you are seeking to serve the people and if you are seeking to serve, then you don\u2019t wreak violence on the people you want to serve. You don\u2019t need to be violent to serve somebody. Kenya is bigger than any politicians and the Kenyan people must prevail. It is a very important election for Kenya and I feel confident that Kenyans will rise to the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think that a single life must be shed because people want to serve the people of Kenya, and so the political leaders must continue to emphasize their commitment to peaceful elections,\u201d Mr. Mahama said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethnic tensions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenyan elections 10 years ago were marred by ethnic violence following disputes in which some 1,200 people were killed and more than 500,000 fled their homes. The violence mostly involved two of Kenya&#8217;s biggest ethnic groups, the Kikuyus, and Luos.<\/p>\n<p>The following election in 2013 was largely peaceful as President Uhuru Kenyatta, a Kikuyu, beat his long-standing rival Raila Odinga, a Luo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_342733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342733\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-342733 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/97170106_msando.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Msando\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Msando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, fears of violent clashes abound ahead of the polls, which sees\u00a0Kenyatta and Odinga vying for power again, especially after\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/02\/kenyan-election-official-chris-msando-tortured-to-death\/\">brutal murder<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of the electoral commission&#8217;s IT head, Chris Msando. He had been severely tortured and strangled to death.<\/p>\n<p>Chris\u00a0Msando had promised to deliver a credible election after allegations of rigging marred previous elections.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Nairobi and other urban centres have witnessed a mass exodus of people to their ethnic strongholds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama subsequently called for a thorough investigation into the death of Chris\u00a0Msando.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama is confident Kenyans\u00a0will see to it that their\u00a0upcoming elections on Tuesday are free of violence. Speaking on Nairobi based Capital FM, he charged Kenyan Politicians not to resort to violent machinations in their bid to win power. 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