Kenya: First Lady Mama Lucy Slaps a Male Staffer

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2007-12-29 05:33

And the story defends her actions! Excerpt:

"When it comes to Mama Lucy, Kenyans have a male chauvinist view of how a First Lady should behave. Nobody ever asks themselves why she slapped Musyimi. Nobody asks why Mama Lucy visited the offices of the Nation Media. Do we know what pressures she works under? Why are we against her freedom of expression? Don’t we as human beings have the right to be angry?

THERE WERE ALWAYS ALLEGATIONS that during his rule, Kenyatta whipped his ministers and yet that was never an issue. We do not recall President Kibaki being criticised by liberally using the word pumbavu (fool). When will these double standards end?

It is arguable that when women beat up men they are doing so in self-defence. The collective violence that is visited on mothers, sisters, daughters and wives must be resisted. Mama Lucy has been a victim of violence by men and she has the right to defend herself."

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"Mama Lucy has been a victim of violence by men and she has the right to defend herself"

So, if her ex-husband slapped her a few years ago when they were married, then she has the right to slap this other guy now. He and she may become future husband and wife, and she is just defending herself in advance. Is this the scenario we are supposed to believe?

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sun, 2007-12-30 08:05