Thread by @alaminkimathi

Even where I forgive, I should remember too well and document, NEVER TO FORGET!

Let me add this Facebook post on the subject, written by veteran journalist Mugo Theuri who spent 49 days in the Nyayo torture chambers and years in prison. Thread.

Those advising that we should forget and move on might sound wise, but superior wisdom warns that those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.

Jomo Kenyatta was a vicious tyrant, an opportunist who betrayed the freedom struggle and the aspirations of the nation.

But by the time he died we had forgotten that he had killed all our heroes. We had nothing but praise for the murderer of our dreams.

What happened when Moi took over? He promised to follow the footsteps of Kenyatta.

And true to Jomo's footsteps, kill the remaining heroes, hound others into exile, brutalize others in torture chambers, fill detention camps. A d to better Jomo's record, go to church and mock your victims.

We have now gone through almost 20 years of Moi's political students.

We have now gone through almost 20 years of Moi's political students. We are crying of our mistakes, but we are fighting to elect another of his students. Another ten years. Jomo Kenyatta 15 yrs, Daniel Moi 24 yrs, Mwai Kibaki 10 yrs, Uhuru Kenyatta 10 yrs.

69 yrs in 2032 and we'll still be hearing, "Forget and move on."

I can't forget.

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