Africa’s second largest slum tries to turn its back on violence that erupted after the disputed Kenya election
Robert Remington
Calgary Herald
Friday, February 08, 2008
Calgary Herald writer Robert Remington reports on how over a million residents of Nairobi’s Kibera slum have been coping with the trauma of bloody unrest in the past few weeks.
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“I know it is the politicians who are using the young people to kill other innocent Kenyans. We have refused to be used and that is why we are engaging ourselves in this activity of prayer, because we have been born in simplicity and our lives have been guided by virtues that uphold humanity.
“We are sitting on a time bomb, and that’s why the violence must be stopped. Justice and peace must prevail, but the leaders are dragging their feet.”
Although Buyanza is Catholic, she credits her peace activism to a non-denominational Ismaili Muslim organization.
“I took my nurse’s training at the Aga Khan school. It is unlike other nursing schools because they teach you that you can be things like a nurse leader, or a nurse politician, or a nurse journalist. I have chosen to be a nurse leader.”
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