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First and foremost, I begin by making a reference to the keynote quote by one of the most celebrated human rights activist by the name Martin Luther King Jr. He mentioned that “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” The late icon unequivocally highlighted aspects of equality, love and transparency. Therefore, peace and love are important in all societies and are sources of harmony and symbols of principal living. Therefore, they are paramount and unifying aspects that ought to be given dire considerations. In Kenya, for instance, there is a marked deviation contributed by ethnicity, impunity, corruption, nepotism and greed. All of these vices have what it takes to unravel the kind of agony our sovereign nation has undergone and still undergoing.
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