Minister for labor John Munyes has appreciated the role that was played by the church, during the Todonyang massacre that swept 25 lives yesterday. The church in Turkana region has been proved to be playing the greatest role, in solving conflicts between the clashing communities and saving lives.
Munyes who is also the member of parliament for Turkana North, expressed his satisfaction, saying that it was a clear show that the church is playing a bigger role than the government. He explained how the priests of the catholic church stood between and save the lives of the two communities from either sides, and bury the dead themselves. He agreed that all along, the church has been working independently and that the time has come for the government to give it a support.
However, he added that the greatest cause of the massacre was the process of batter trading between Kenya and Ethiopia. He called for the minister special programmes to step in and solve the problem of food distribution in the region. The minister criticized Kenya as a super power in this region and is unable to control the small minor communities like the Merille, which are foreigners living in Kenya but are posing a lot of threats.
He agreed that if the Kenyan would have had food, they would have been going outside the country to borrow. He still insisted that all the Merilles living in the Kenyan land should be move to Ethiopia.
He noted that, the aim of the government is not revenge, but to make sure its citizens are in peace and safe. He said that, the region needs peace to notice faster development, not only in Kenya but also across the borders.
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Congratulation Radio Akicha to bring the voice of the voiceless people who are neglected by the government. This is a big prove that we are not "Kenyans" if our brothers, mothers, sisters and Fathers were killed in Todonyany Massacre and other areas in the great Turkana Couty region and the country can't do anything it is pathetic.
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