Posted on 08/07/2017 3:02:56 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Former President Barack Obama on Monday called for unity and peace during what he fears could be potentially violent elections on Tuesday in Kenya, his father's homeland.
"I urge Kenyan leaders to reject violence and incitement; respect the will of the people; urge security forces to act professionally and neutrally; and no matter the outcome," Obama said in a statement on Monday. "I urge all Kenyans to work for an election and aftermath that is peaceful and credible, reinforcing confidence in your new constitution and the future of your country." Every Thought Leader Must Either Publish Or Perish Watch Full Screen
Incumbent Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is running for a second term as president against opposition leader Raila Odinga as the two primary candidates out of eight running for election on Tuesday. Kenyans will also vote for the governors of 47 counties in Kenya.
In 2007, more than 1,000 people died as the result of violent clashes in the aftermath of the election after Odinga said the election had been rigged. The election in 2012 did not result in major violence, but people are still concerned about potential violence, and Kenyans have fled the capital of Nairobi in anticipation of the election, the BBC reported.
According to the Independent, Kenyan politics is often divided along ethnic lines and areas where these tensions could erupt into violence also concern Kenyans and election monitors.
"In Kenya's election we have already seen too much incitement and appeals based on fear from all sides," Obama said. "But I also know that the Kenyan people as a whole will be the losers if there is a descent into violence. You can make clear that you will reject those that want to deal in tribal and ethnic hatred. As I said two years ago, the voices of ordinary people and civil society can make sure that Kenya will not be defined by divisions of the past, but by the promise of the future. Today, those voices - your voices are needed more than ever."
Obama added that during his visits to the country where his father grew up, he's witnessed the progress made in the country and hopes to see it live up to its potential.
"This election is one more milestone for Kenya, and I urge President Kenyatta, Mr. Odinga, and all Kenyans to act with respect for the proverb: We have not inherited this land from our forebears, we have borrowed it from our children,'" Obama said. "The choices you make in the coming days can either set Kenya back or bring it together. As a friend of the Kenyan people, I urge you to work for a future defined not by fear and division, but by unity and hope."
- The Washington Times - Sunday, October 12, 2008
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About 50 parishioners were locked into the Assemblies of God church before it was set ablaze. They were mostly women and children. Those who tried to flee were hacked to death by machete-wielding members of a mob numbering 2,000.
The 2008 New Year Day atrocity in the Kenyan village Eldoret, about 185 miles northwest of Nairobi, had all the markings of the Rwanda genocide of a decade earlier.
By mid-February 2008, more than 1,500 Kenyans were killed. Many were slain by machete-armed attackers. More than 500,000 were displaced by the religious strife. Villages lay in ruin. Many of the atrocities were perpetrated by Muslims against Christians.
Russia?!!
I am SO glad you posted this, COBOL. I was just remembering years ago reading an article describing how he sent money and also lent his “advice” on how to challenge election results, to instill fear, to get the desired results....and wondering if anyone saved the article. The Search Gods no doubt had it removed....
‘we have borrowed it from our children,’” Obama said.’
What do I know, but it sounds like Malia got Obama’s attention. She threw herself down into the dirt at Lollapalooza and started thrashing around.
http://truthfeed.com/viral-video-what-on-earth-is-malia-obama-doing/98753/
Is mr Obama now meddling in the affairs of one more country? We put up with this Muslim pig for 8 long years.
“”I urge Kenyan leaders to reject violence and incitement””
He should have voiced that same sentiment when he was the president of the United States. He did the reverse - instigated it all he could.
He DOES realize Kenya is in Africa, doesn’t he? What country there has EVER had peace and unity?
[This guy just oozes insincerity from every pore. He is a phoney, a fraud, a charlatan.
I will never forgive the GOP traitors who bowed to him]
Absolutely correct. Never forget. I frankly don’t trust anyone who was an Obama disciple or kneeler.
He’s so fake, it’s painful.
What about the rat party and the old media liars that put him in office, twice, and are still covering for this rotten racist basta&rd?
He has his sights set on the UN where he hopes to eventually become the world monarch over an earth covered by socialist nations.IMO
Has this turd not pass away yet?
Did the village recall its idiot?
I love your hash tag!
Coming the man who benefitted from Black Panthers at the polls in Philadelphia, dead voters, muli-votes scammers, encouraged illegals, and benefitted through illegals through the efforts of his friends at ACORN.
I think that 1000 deaths following an African election is what passes for a peaceful transition over there.
It’s hard to miss the irony of a Chicago pol demanding a credible election.
It reminds me of this verse in The Bible:
Psalm 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Im for sending him back home to get involved
Socialists such as 0bama want chaos and anarchy.
Why doesn’t Bowbama go to his home country and supervise the elections?!!!!
0bama the whore...
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