GRIEF AND CONSTERNATION STRIKE YET AGAIN.

Our country is struck with consternation and an avalanche of grief. The pain is immeasurable; there are not enough words of comfort. But amid all this grief and trepidation, it is my sincere hope that the state intelligentsia will get to the bottom of this harrowing incident and arrest the wily fellows behind this ugly blot in the history of our nation. Clearly the perpetrators of this heinous act designed it to have psychological effects that would reach far beyond the immediate victims attack. It was meant to frighten, intimidate and draw a wedge between the wider electorate and especially the Christians and Muslims. Curiously, some individuals in the No Team have remotely been alluding to the emergence of religious intolerance should the draft constitution be passed in its current form. Is this chilling incident a fulfillment of their “prophecy?” Could it be that these latter day prophets of doom elected to use a more dramatic, spectacular, bloody and destructive act of violence to engender the much hyped religious war? If I someone asked me whether what was witnessed at Uhuru Park was a subterfuge by the No Camp, my answer would of course be in the affirmative for the simple reason that the political wing of the No camp has been desperate to obtain the sympathy, leverage and influence in the August plebiscite. The temptation to such subterfuge is great among the political wing of the No Team since they have all along been foisting religious intolerance since this is the only way that can make them succeed in swaying public opinion against the draft constitution. After several unsuccessful attempts at perpetuating hate speech coupled with empty rhetoric on religious intolerance among the Christians and the Muslims, desperation seems to have taken toll on them, and with this desperation, these people must have resorted to desperate measures. Such desperate measures may include the bombing subterfuge at the Uhuru Park rally in a bid to turn back the constitutional clock. As for the clergy, they must examine the mediocrity and narrowness in a section of the politicians that purport to walk with them. All they want is to use Christianity as a veil to achieving their selfish goals. This opposition of appearance versus reality only proves that these wily political veterans are very dangerous and are more than capable of thriving on such subterfuge. TOME FRANCIS, BUMULA. http://twitter.co./tomefrancis