All is still quiet in Mombasa and through out the country.
Three petitions were brought to the Supreme Court challenging the rerun of the presidential election on 26th Oct. The court will need to answer the petitions by 20th November, assuming they can raise a quorum. President Uhuru is now being called the 'President Elect'.
The Opposition Party has begun to form 'Peoples Assemblies' the first being in Siaya, an opposition stronghold. They are pushing for fresh elections once again. They want an interim government to rule for six months to address all election issues first. Raila is in the US trying to get support from the international community for his political agendas. He claims the country is 'hurtling towards a dictatorship'.
The Catholic Bishops all met in Nakuru this week. They are calling for a national dialogue which will address the difficulties of holding elections, electoral reforms, reconciliation, criteria of addressing long term issues of governance, transparency, poverty, unemployment, economic inequality, conflict resolution, injustices and accountability...among others!
There is an eight page tribute to Bishop Korir in the Daily Nation today...the day he is being laid to rest. Perhaps his absence will now make others take his life very seriously and show them another way to solve their problems.
For my part, I got stuck in a big jam on Tuesday morning going to Giriama. We had to drive all the way around through Kilifi and what usually takes one hour took three and a half hours. But my trip to Bamba on Wednesday only took an hour and fifteen minutes on the new road through Mariakani. Before it was always two hours or more and impassable when it rained. I saw my little boy with the terrible rash and he is MUCH better. No more itching and most of the skin is dry and healed. Thanks be to God!!!
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