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CHAPTER
ONE
Ethnic Tension
We must work from the basis that Kenya is a garment of many colours,
which is beautiful because each colour is present. We cannot be one
colour because we would be dull. Some colours cannot run over others
because we would be ugly. We must all stay in place and be bright. That
is an ideal situation of where Kenya ought to be. 1
Wambugu Ngujiri, testimony before TJRC
I have only daughters and none of them has a boyfriend who is a Luo.
I would want to sleep as a mother knowing that wherever they go,
whichever part of this country they will eventually set up homes, they
will be treated well. 2
Pheobe Asiyo, testimony before TJRC
That we are born of different tribes we cannot change, but I refuse to
believe that, because our tribes have different backgrounds and culture
and customs we cannot create an African community or a nation.
Tom Mboya, Freedom and After (1963) 70
1. TJRC/Hansard/Thematic Hearing on Ethnic Tension and Violence/Nairobi/p. 35
2. TJRC/Hansard/Women’s Hearing/Kisumu/16 July 2011/p. 37
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