The Catholic Church has started a campaign to stop forced marriages of teenage girls. The forthcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections in December will be nothing but a sham unless the Kenyan Government stops intimidating its opponents or using violence to disrupt political rallies, says Amnesty International . On 19 November 1997, the Kenyan government withdrew charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, and promoting warlike activities against writer, human rights campaigner and presidential candidate in Kenya's forthcoming general election, Koigi wa Wamwere. Tribalism, racialism, discrimination at all levels are prime evils in every society in the world. In Kenya, ethnicity has been major factor contributing to violence and economic decline.
Politicians have over and over again used the term tribe to create instability in the country.
The international community, businesses and donors should redouble their efforts to improve human rights in Kenya as the government's record worsens in the run up to elections later this year, said Amnesty International as it launched a new campaign against human rights abuses in the East African state. The situation is worst in Turkana district where an estimated 39 per cent of children are malnourished. The orgy of violence that has swept through the Kenyan town of Mombasa since last week has now spread to other parts of the country's Indian Ocean coast, prompting Western governments to warn their nationals against travelling to the area. Kenyans must fervently hope that the country has reached the nadir in the conduct of its political affairs. Lower than this, the country can only implode into chaos.