A public debate has since risen over whether it was right for Boniface Mwangi to sell pictures of the traumatic post election violence that left a mark in the lives of many affected Kenyans at the time.
A citizen by the name Jake Owiti has declared that is very immoral of Boniface to profiteer off of images he shot during the post election violence.
This followed the discovery that Mwangi sold pictures of Kikuyus and Luos killed during 2007 Post Election Violence for sh 3 million.
It is very immoral of Boniface Mwangi to profiteer off of images he shot during the post election violence. #AfterTheRevolution pic.twitter.com/QenzJ4se0s
— Jake Owiti (@OwitiJake) May 15, 2019
Boniface Mwangi has in turn fired back defending that he published two books about with PEV work and given hundreds of talks about tribal violence.
He has further clarified that he didn’t fund the violence and neither did not kill anyone. ” I risked my life to take the pictures and tell the story. The images our grand kids will see from PEV will likely be mine. Lest we forget,” Boni stated.
I have published two books with PEV work. Given hundreds of talks about tribal violence. I didn't fund the violence. I didn't kill anyone. l risked my life to take the pictures and tell the story. The images our grandkids will see from PEV will likely be mine. Lest we forget. https://t.co/fu4a6VgHtG
— Boniface Mwangi (@bonifacemwangi) May 15, 2019
The 2007–08 Kenyan crisis was a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former president Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki’s opponent, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral manipulation. This was widely confirmed by international observers,as being perpetrated by both parties in the election.
In part due to the ethnic and geographic diversity of Kenyan politics, no singular narrative can explain the reaction of opposition supporters to the announcement of Kibaki’s swearing-in, which was done on December 30, 2007 in the evening.
In addition to staging several non-violent protests, opposition supporters went on a violent rampage killing Kikuyus, Raila Odinga encouraged supporters to engage in mass protests which he announced on local television and radio stations, most noticeably in Mombasa,Eldoret, Kericho,Kisumu, Nakuru and parts of Nairobi. Police shot hundreds of violent demonstrators, including a few in front of TV news cameras, causing more violence.
Do you think Boni did wrong by selling the pictures or he has the freedom to do so?