PHA-Exch> If the Kenyan elections were flawed, PHM must say so!

[Santuah, Niagia]

Colleagues,

 

It's absolutely necessary to exercise restraint in the wake of the
difficulties in Kenya.   Partisan positions are not necessarily what
will bring peace and a return to normalcy.   Be that as it may, it
should be stated clearly that PHM fights for more than just health.
The socio-political determinants of health are often more important to
ensuring health than direct health service delivery.   In spatial terms
Kenya is not too far away from anyone.   Unfortunately the news that
comes to us comes through filters that we should be very cautious about.
No one can say with a high degree of certainty how the crisis in Kenya
came about much less how to resolve it.  

 

If indeed there were electoral malpractices that render the outcome of
the Kenyan elections, PHM must say so.  The unacceptable cannot be
accepted simply because "we need peace".   Peace cannot be built on the
wobbly pillars of injustice.  And there is no injustice that reeks to
hell than the act of subverting the people's right to free choice.

 

Let the chips fall where they may.

 

Wasalaam

 

--N. Santuah

PHM, Ghana

 

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