KENYA GOVERNMENT IN CRUCIAL MEETING OVER CRISIS IN SOMALIA

Kanini Evans Kariuki

COME on and gather together to find a way out..............for this is a..........trinitrotoluene..........!!!Somalia is on fire. The Horn of Africa nation is troubled. For 19 years now!Powerful explosions erupt. The staccato burst of machine gun fire shatters the air. Endless battles on the battered battle grounds rage.Blood oozes a merciless trickle. Profusely. Humanity in Somalia, yes war-ravaged Somalia, is threatened with decimation.Groans of pain rent the air..........Screams of grief break the peace, the silence. The what?..........the everything..............the world in Somalia turns upside down..................everything is blasted into smithereens.........hell breaks loose................Wails of frustration...........wails of despair pour out.........to the pinnacle of what?.................paranoia?Disillusioned Somali civilians flee to seek sanctuary in their sister states. Others in.....far-away lands...........a vicious cycle of events?Countless Somalis are killed.........hundreds maimed...........thousands get displaced............Crying shame?Even the VIPS are not spared. Some of them are killed. Killed by suicide bombers. Some of them are forced to flee.Flee from their motherland. Some of them are left...........confused.............at sea about it all?And fear hangs over the heads of the innocent.........fleeing Somali citizens like what?.............The Sword of Damocles?....................Disagreement, confusion and chaos reign. Uncertainty takes center stage.Is Somalia pregnant? Is Somalia on the throes of giving birth to a new republic? Will Somalia President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed maintain his hold on to power? Will the status quo remain? Will the Radical groups triumph? Will they collapse?In the face of this instability in Somalia that has caused a lot of brouhaha in the world,threatening to spill over the East African region, the Kenya government held a crucial security meeting on June 24th this year.Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki chaired the crucial meeting of the National Security committee to deliberate on the worsening situation in Somalia...more..http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/107622