Press Statement by Mully Children’s Family Kenya

Being proud citizens of Kenya, we are immensely concerned about the current situation in our country.

The on going violence and the current destruction and loss of property has led to the loss of many innocent lives. The security of the country has deteriorated putting its people at risk and leaving its citizens to wonder when peace and security will be restored.

In the midst of all the blood shed, the most vulnerable group are the children who have to witness and go through acts of violence and abuse that they cannot comprehend.  Lives of young innocent children are being affected and scarred for life.

As an organization working in the rescue, care and rehabilitation of orphans and vulnerable children for the past 19 years, we are concerned with the current situation as a similar scenario witnessed in the clashes of 1992, left many traumatized children some of whom were taken into our care while others also received care from various organizations across the country.

In the infamous clashes of 1992, thousands of children where orphaned, raped, abused and displaced.  Despite the fact that some of these children have now gone through our family’s care and support and are now responsible citizens, the physical, emotional, psychosocial and even financial cost of dealing with these atrocities remains very high.   These children are forever left with scars.

Having been involved in the rescue of children during the above mentioned catastrophic time in our country’s history, and having rescued over 6,000 children from 1989 to date while at the same time impacting thousands of other families in Kenya, it is our moral obligation to inform both the citizens and leaders of our great country that it is imperative for all Kenyans to prevent and avert a similar or much worse scenario that will lead to bloodshed.

As responsible Kenyan citizens, we should all work together, as hard as we possibly can to change the current state of affairs.  No stone should be left unturned. No peaceful option should be left unexploited. All in the interest of a strongly unified and peaceful Kenya.

Our Nation is greater than any one individual, and its people’s lives priceless.

At this moment of grief and turmoil,   I would like to emphasize on the great need for a Government that will bring about national unity.   We believe that the leaders of both PNU and ODM should sit down and work out a power sharing structure that should be witnessed, facilitated and validated by those with the interest of the country at heart both local and international leaders and organizations such as religious leaders, the African Union, European Union, United states of America, United Kingdom and Common Wealth representatives in order to ensure Equitable share of power and an inclusion of all warying political parties.

We are one nation, one community, one family; our sisters are being abused, our mothers raped, our husbands and brothers are being killed and our children being orphaned.  Let us rise above ethnicity, tribalism and political affiliations and reside by the words of our national anthem “….May we dwell in Unity, peace and liberty!..”

I would further like to implore the leaders of ODM, PNU and ODM-K to call upon their supporters to restrain themselves and refrain from any acts of violence that will lead to further bloodshed and hooliganism.

May God bless Kenya and bring peace to our beloved country to restore the lost glory.

Charles Mulli

Founder and Executive Director

Mully Children’s Family & MCF - Charitable Foundation International