A Second Heart Still Beats...

Each day that passes with Kenya in it's current state is a day too many for Kenyan's to endure.
Kenyan's who believe in and have enjoyed the relative peace, who harbored no ill will against their neighbors have been betrayed by their government, friends, neighbors and even family.

The government remains broken as the country fragments further; their questionably received mandate has been put to absolutely no use. The opposition is not saying or doing much either. Calls of peace are few and are simply formalities that don't resonate far enough to be heard. It would seem as if there's nothing good to report out of Kenya because 'bad news tv' makes sure of it. If we believe that peace is newsworthy, we must make it so.

The way information filters from Kenya through the international outlets has delivered mostly a pervading state of death, destruction, gloom and doom. There's no denying that the aforementioned is true, but we also have to acknowledge the humanity amid all of it. The whole truth needs to be told as it is on a day to day basis.

People need to hear of all the good deeds of ordinary Kenyans; people who have been expected to be engage in senseless murder and destruction along with equally gruesome counteroffensives due to their different tribes.
It's time to get an affirmation from all media outlets, that an uncounted many have maintained their sanity at this critical juncture and defied the perceived truism in the Kenyan situation.
Most news stories and footage to date have depicted scenes of destruction and truly hateful activity.
Everybody is not killing everybody; it's not that black and white. I'd like to have a repository for information about people who love Kenya and have done nothing to destroy it or the lives of fellow citizens.

Where are the stories of selfless Kenyans who have risked it all to save others? Where are the stories of sacrifice and brotherhood? How can we get the media to provide a sustained stream of Kenya's peaceful side and what they've achieved during this madness? Shouldn't we do it ourselves?

Many internet blogs hosted by Kenyans have been allowed to become disgusting cesspools where hatemongers, bigots and the rest of the bottom-feeding crowd have found each other to celebrate the demise of fellow Kenyans as they spew their venomous rhetoric.

Kenyans on the ground should share their stories [via email, sms, blogs, word of mouth and unbiased news outlets] of how they've risen above the insanity or tell stories of others who have done the same. Kenya's other heart, the good heart, still beats and we would like to feel it's pulse.
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Thank you and be safe.