There is a terrible drought in northern Kenya, especially Turkana, and the government hasn't sent them anything. Last night on the BBC they reported that the girls and women are resorting to prostitution to get money for food. They are feeding newspaper to the cattle to keep them producing milk. I can't imagine this will work?!? Many men have migrated north towards S. Sudan to look for pasture for the cattle, leaving the women and children behind. The NGOs trying to help them are very distraught and say the situation is critical. The government is not functioning and politics is overtaking everything in the country.
A Member of Parliament, Babu Owino, young at 29, was put in prison twice for calling the the president a son of a !!!!!. The university students demonstrated to protest the way he was treated. There are many reports of police brutality towards the students as the police response to the demos. Yesterday the students were all sent home from school because the government fears more disturbances with the upcoming elections on the 26th.
The two main parties haven't agreed on the process of the rerun of the elections yet.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa (CAM) is trying to organize 50 volunteers from every parish, of which there are 50. This should give enough observers to be posted at each of the 2,889 polling stations in the four counties that are part of the CAM. My sense is that Mombasa will be relativity quiet but there are other places that are already experiencing chaos which doesn't bode well for the future.
Yesterday I saw a beautiful sunrise over the Indian Ocean and the almost full moon rose over the ocean in the evening. I'm attending the Kenya Health Commission for the Council of Bishops Annual General Meetings on the ocean. What a beautiful way to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis!
PEACE OF THE CALMING WAVES AND SHINING RAYS TO YOU
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