Kenya looked as though it might continue to escape the worst ravages of the African troubles. However the recent elections and the fallout from them leave me less hopeful - "Thirty Kenyans including many children have been burned to death in a church, after seeking refuge from the mounting violence over last week's elections.
A mob attacked and set fire to the church in the western town of Eldoret where hundreds of people were hiding, say police and eyewitness reports."
Despite Gordon Brown and the EU's rhetoric don't expect any action from those quarters, instead I expect the Chinese march into Africa to now include Kenya. What march into Africa? I don't remember anything about this on the BBC? Well you wouldn't as the Chinese "assistance" is not the same as American imperialism.
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I think that the situation in Kenya is the result of the people recognising that no change will come about in their situation unless they take a stand and clearly fight for it. The international community is caught us in their own personal drama, and the people who live in the west are wrapped up in consumerism and are too unengaged to know the full impact of the world outside of their own backyards. The annoying this is this tragedy is going to be used as a launching point for otherwise spoilt, arrogant and untalented reporters to create a name for themselves by fabricating danger and in so doing fabricating the importance of thier role in it.
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