POLITICS : Civil Strife;Ethnic Clashes, Teachers / Doctors Strikes

Hi everybody out there, Kenya is on the path to hell slowly but sure though the stake-holders are making efforts to bring back peace, love and harmony......Well, to begin with the Tana Delta in the Coast has experienced bloodshed due to two warring communities, namely the Pokomos and The Ormas unleashing terror on each other even in the presence of beefed-up security. This follows in the wake of the gunning down of a fiery Muslim cleric in the island where the prevailing chaos saw cops and civilians injured and killed. Now the heat turned-up in Tana Delta and 9 cops so far have been killed including other like 95 civilians. Over 5000 people have been internally displaced as well running for their dear lives in safer districts. The militia men from the two tribes are said to be armed with guns more powerful than the policemen s and in other cases they just hack them to death using machetes, they have the options of using spears, bows and arrows as well.One would be mistaken to think all this is happening in a "no man's land" The president issued a dawn to dusk curfew but the killings went on so the government is deliberating on unleashing the military on them. The cops say their arms are kinda tied so they can't use force lest they be subjected to court proceeding like in the case of their immediate predecessor boss who was sent to The ICC for crimes emanating from the 2007 post-election violence.The cops also claim they've got no enough food supplies nor bullets to speak of, and they've got only a pair of uniforms each to go!They are outnumbered as well for the raiders attack in groups of between 200 and 300.Houses have been torched and razed to the ground!Even cows were burnt to death! Mind you elections are barely 6 months in the waiting. Teachers strike has entered day 12 as per now and it's interesting to note that their genuine grievances can be originally traced back to 1997 during the former president Moi's regime. In 1997 it appears they arm twisted the government into signing a legal notice agreement cause come the new government in 2002, the legal notice was am mended without the teachers participation or consent to include only two categories of allowances namely teachers serving in special schools { 4 the handicapped } and those in hardship areas. They are demanding a 300% pay rise to harmonize their salaries with the rest of the civil servants who get between 12,000/- and 25,000/- for the same job grade/level.It's now 2012 and Kibaki, the incumbent never implemented their demands ever since He took the reigns of government in 2002, i.e. 10 years down the line.The teachers may have genuine grievances but always staging strikes just before general elections and when the national examinations for primary and high school students are about to occur is like blackmailing the government and using innocent school kids as human shields in their pursuit for decent wages and working conditions, as much as their grievances may be genuine. The doctors also begun their strike yesterday and all public hospitals have been left only with consultants to cater for emergency cases: no specialized surgeries or clinics just the bare basics.The Malindi district hospital admitting in the Tana Delta casualties is in a pathetic situation commensurate with the other public hospitals country-wide. The Doctors receive special kudos despite their strike for they have masked it with a human face and their compatriots at this particular Malindi district hospital have been exempted by their colleagues to participate in the strike. The only exception involves logistics whereby the hospital lacks basic such as gloves, painkillers, sutures, chest blood draining test tubes for bullet wounds and they've relied on private hospitals for these necessary medical supplies. The government as usual is always caught unawares and they begin undertaking to save the situation long after individual patriots have shown the philanthropic path.. The data given by medics in Kenya is that there's only 16 doctors to every 100,000 Kenyans whilst the W.H.O. requirement's 100 for every 100,000 people. Funny isn't it? Later virtuals logistics.