The heavens were silent
the earth weeped in pain
nations were trembling
and hope never came
a terror filled the air and it won't go away
we needed a Hero to come and save the day...

Kirk Franklin's jam "Hero" adequately captures the sentiment in Kenya I think. We needed a Hero to come and save the day. Instead we got to greedy men willing to finally share the pieces of the pie. I suppose you could say its better than nothing. Its certainly better than the no mans land that the country has negotiated for itself so far but...you can't help having this sense of hanging on the edge of your seat. I'm waiting for the laughter to come back. As a nation our sense of humour has always been like a floater keeping us over all the choppy waters of our existence.However in the last few months Kenyans have forgotten laughter and now live face to face with the sobering reality that our lives aren't all rainbows and butterflies. Its been a shock to the system, even more so when we think its not over yet. The agreement has been signed yes, but the hard graft...that's only just beginning.

Lord, we need a Hero.