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Issue No. 15 JAN - MAR 2011 E D I TO R I A L BOA R D arim Ogolla - HCDa Catherine riungu -Hortinews jane ngige - KFC Lusike Wasilwa - KarI Stephen Mbithi - FPEaK M A N AG I N G EDITO R Catherine riungu M A R K E T I N G julius Gitau Elijah Karu CO N T R I B U TO R S Gatu Mbaria ngobilo nakitare jeremy Cordingley P H OTO G R A P Hy allan Muturi D E S I G N AND L AyO U T Samuel Irungu <strong>Horticultural</strong> <strong>News</strong> is published six times a year by Karuri Ventures Ltd and circulated to personnel in the horticultural industry, foreign missions and Kenya embassies abroad, extension officers in the Ministry of agriculture, research officers and suppliers of agricultural inputs and services. Karuri Ventures Ltd nature Hse 3rd Fl (522) Tom Mboya St P O Box 1066 - 00518 nairobi Tel: 020 35566911 / 254-722 848970 horticulturalnews@gmail.com news@hortinews.co.ke www:hortinews.co.ke 6 KSH 300, USD $5 KSH 250, USD $3 Editorial Considering that once again, the upcoming election is another high stakes contest under the new Constitution, nothing can be left to chance Make peace your resolution for 2012 The dreaded 2012 is finally here. We use the word dreaded deliberately. Whether or not the year is an election year is yet to be fully decided. But the one thing that is for sure is the year brings back the unpleasant memories of the Post Election Violence of 2007/8, which plunged Kenya into its darkest period in our collective memory, and one that ushered in a most difficult and uncertain period for the horticulture industry from which it is yet to fully recover, five years down the line. The eagerly awaited verdicts of the ICC early in the year to commit 4 Kenyan’s to trial. The fresh produce industry bore the brunt of the violence as death and mayhem visited most of the growing regions. For a highly perishable sector, tones of flowers, fruits and vegetables went into the recycle bin. naivasha, the country’s main flower producing zone was a bedrock of the violence from where gory images as shown by the media and witnessed live by those near the scenes of chaos will never forget. These are the images we wish could just go away but unfortunately, the harsh reality is that we have to deal with them. Farms around the lake, aware of just how bad the situation was then have tried to promote coexistence between communities, but given the nature of our politics especially as we near casting the ballot, anything can go wrong. Considering that once again, the upcoming election is another high stakes contest coming under the new Constitution, nothing can be left to chance. already, there are fears among workers and residents particularly in naivasha where we have the highest mix of communities from all regions that violence could flare up again. These fears cannot be dismissed as baseless and must be confronted with every practical means. People need to be reminded time and again about the importance of upholding peace at all costs, security must be beefed up, intelligence must be gathered on the hotspots while the people at the bottom of the pyramid must desist attempts to divide and incite them against one another. They must be fully aware that when the dust finally settles and life goes back to normal, it is them who are left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives while those who incite them into violence recline to their usual luxurious lives, after losing close to nothing. Let us all become our brother’s keeper as we step into a difficult year and protect what we hold dear – peace and stability. Communications Brochures H O R T I C U LT U R A L N E W S I j a n u a r y - F E B r u a r y 2 0 1 2 Catherine riungu catherine@hortinews.co.ke Magazines
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