Let's teach youth value of dialogue to curb unrest

Kenyan youth think riots is the only way to express themselves. Anti-riot police engage youths in Kibra slums in Nairobi on August 12, 2017 when chaos erupted between NASA supporters and police after IEBC declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the General elections 2017. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

How often have you heard that history is written by the victors? Thanks to this flawed academic approach, our children are taught about world wars, regional conflicts, ethnic violence, dynasties and empires.

Judging by this pedagogy we can easily conclude that might is right and violence is the best weapon to bring change and overthrow despotic and corrupt regimes. We glorify violence and consider Gandhi’s non-violence approach to freedom as a once-off experiment peculiar and particular to the great man.