Pope will not reconcile Kenyans. Ethinicity is home-made

I have read, with utter disgust, two of my colleague writers on Standard's Ureport, that the Pope might reconcile Kenyans and help end the ethnic hostility. These two articles, "Let the Pope reconcile Kenyans" by Nelson Mandela and "Kenyan woes may be solved by the Pope" by Kamweru James, are with all due respect-- utter ridiculousness. Here is why.

Ethnic hate has been with us since independence. Over a span of over 50 years, Kenyans have tended to it religiously and as a result, it has grown to full bloom. Today, largely speaking, it is passably fashionable to hate or discriminate along ethnic lines. Negative ethnicity is deeply embedded in our circles. So much so that we view everything that happens in society with ethnic lenses. The national fabric, if we ever had it, is threatened to the core. Across all spheres and statuses, ethnic hate is the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.