Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata: Is It Justifiable

Go ye therefore unto all the world preaching the Good News starting here in Jerusalem, then Judea, then Galilee; unto the four winds of the world These are the closing remarks of Jesus to His Disciples shortly before He lifted up. Well, depending with which theological school of thought one belongs ‘four winds’ can be interpreted to mean many things. Indeed the gospel did begin in Jerusalem and everywhere the Word is spoken is testimony enough that the gospel is now worldwide. We are the ‘four winds’ whenever and wherever it is communicated in our hearing. Talk about the radio, TV, print media, internet, open air meetings, church, street preachers, highway (matatu) pastors e.t.c. Actually, we can easily conclude that Jesus is the most advertised ‘commodity’ in our times. Personally I speak about Him every Sunday through song and speech. But, have we ever stopped to think about how far we need to go in reaching the unreached? The response to the call to propagate the gospel has not been...

Folks this is no snapshot from a horror movie but real-time event: a routine lynching exercise carried out to eliminate witches and wizards who are taught by many to be quite a problem. It is said suspected culprits are marked and warned over a period of time before the 'sungusungu strike". This exercise is practiced all over the larger Gusii region but is not often captured on camera as this. Usually it takes place after something bad bad has happened like death, exhuming bodies, strange illnesses, accidents and other strange happenings. Irate mobs; normally organized groups like the dreaded sungusungu carry out the tracking and burning alive of suspects with the blessing of locals. Their houses are torched, their property destroyed and relatives traumatized from threats and fear. Of late many questions have been asked concerning the legality of the whole exercise. First there are no investigations carried out, there is no judicial system where suspects and victims can appear...