Heroism Of Local Kenyans

The events appeared like a well choreographed Hollywood movie. The scene was bloody and the atmosphere was filled with gloom and grief. Indeed it was frightening and ugly.  It was a spot not for the faint at heart. The cast was purely ordinary village based Kenyans playing their usual un-noticed roles, only that this time there was a common focus……saving humanity and to be specific, saving fellow Kenyans.  The victims were four government employees traveling along Bomet – Narok road.

The country had not yet recovered from a Sunday shock; where a cabinet minister, his assistant, two security guards and two pilots had died out of an unfortunate plane crush. The focus of the entire nation seemed to have been diverted to the plane crush incident. The Bomet – Narok road accident scene attracted people of all walks of life. Women and children un-relentlessly wailing from a distant while able men armed with all forms of tools and metals carefully and tirelessly were trying to rescue the officers who were trapped in the wreckage. A good number of people were barefooted and wore torn and dusty clothes, an indication that they had abruptly rushed from their daily farm-related chores to give priority to emergency. They picked several persons in such a rush and confusion to give them directions on how to the rescue the victims from the wreckage.

The accident occurred in a land inhibited by the Kalenjins. Surprisingly, none of the accident victim(s) was a Kalenjin. However, the crowd was never bothered to question about the individual tribe of the victims. They knew that they were Kenyans and had a responsibility to save their lives. Unfortunately three victims later succumbed to the injuries but one person fortunately survived and was taken to a nearby hospital. May the Lord rest the souls of those who succumbed to the injuries in eternal peace. During the whole rescue mission, everyone stood united. There were people who even went to donate blood at the hospital where the victim had been taken. Without realizing that they were Kalenjins, they endeavored to rescue life. Surprisingly, nobody looted anything from the accident scene. They offered themselves to save fellow Kenyans and not their community members.

I must admit that I am honestly proud to be a Kenyan. We have a sense of responsibility over one another and whenever we are attacked, we are always quick to stand up for each other.  We have constantly demonstrated this togetherness. And just to highlight a few;

•  Our millitary going out of their way to safeguard and protect our security and territory.

• We have constantly been quick to rescue our brothers and sisters whenever faced by ugly and unfortunate incidences.  We have always been quick to support each other and even donated pints of blood to save each other lives. Indeed we kind of have ‘one blood’ flowing in all our veins out of these events.
• We have constantly given leads to the local administration(s) whenever we suspect   wayward persons within our society.
• We have gone out to rescue our brothers, sisters and friends infested with jiggers.
• We have been quick to rescue our unfortunate brothers and sisters whenever unstable buildings collapse on them.
• When struck by drought and famine, we have always come together to feed each other. Wholesomely supporting programmes like Kenyans for Kenyans.
• We have learnt to live together; in our residential homes, social places, work places and churches. We have ‘infected’ our children with this oneness and they have demonstrated this by harmonious living while at school and in their social places.

This is the spirit we should all cherish and safeguard. Let us all continue to love and respect each another.  Let us continue to struggle and believe that one day our political leaders will sincerely join our course to help create one formidable society.  Thank you fellow Kenyans and am honestly proud.