Former radio journalist Joshua Arap Sang has reignited painful memories of Kenya’s 2007/8 post-election violence after threatening to sue X user Nyamisa Chelagat.
Chelagat had accused him of playing a significant role in the skirmishes that left thousands dead, maimed, and displaced.
Sang, angered by the accusations, took to X with a stern warning:
“For others to learn a lesson of wrongly accusing people, this one must meet me in court in January so that she can present the evidence she alleges I participated in the 2007/8 PEV.”
He even went a step further, sending Chelagat direct messages and allegedly threatening police intervention.
However, instead of silencing Chelagat, Sang’s threat has sparked a storm.
The hashtag #FufuaICC has since trended, with Kenyans pouring their hearts out, sharing raw, unfiltered stories of survival and loss during one of the nation’s darkest chapters.
One user recounted witnessing a severed head being carried across a bridge in Ahero, while another shared how her mother, heavily pregnant and in shock, developed a fatal condition after the violence.
Another described their father bravely hiding Luo tenants from machete-wielding gangs in Naivasha for two weeks.
The testimonies are haunting. A woman recalled being frozen in fear as she witnessed a man hacked with a machete, the chilling sound of steel meeting bone forever etched in her memory.
Another survivor simply reflected, “From this thread, it’s clear that communities committed atrocities against each other. We must promise: never again.”
Prominent voices have also joined the conversation. Lawyer James Wanjeri noted,
“It’s good that the children victims of the 2007/8 PEV are openly speaking about their experiences. The older generation often lacked this courage.”
Yet, a sense of dread looms as some predict political leaders might soon dismiss the conversation as fear-mongering or insist on ‘moving forward.’
One user aptly wrote, “Uzuri tuko na evdens kwa kalatas! Tunawatolea one by one.”
What began as a legal threat has now become a national reckoning.
The scars of 2007/8 remain fresh, and the voices of those affected refuse to be silenced. Kenya listens, and the message is clear: Never again.
