Are we one?

It's day twenty after the attacks on the  Westgate Shopping mall. It was horrible, it was horrific and shocking.

I've spent a significant time each day searching the media reading up on the new developments in the Westgate story and the more I learn the more disillusioned I get.

After the mall attack there was the killings, assassinations or executions of the Muslim clerics in Mombasa swiftly followed by Islamic outrage in which church's were burnt.

So much is happening around us, we are taking so many hits as a people yet somewhere in the ether "Weareone" is still trending its still a moto. The questions begs for an answer though;  Are we one?
Whichever way you ask it, weareone_dering?

A short is aside is that all these quips that have appeared as we find different ways to deal with the questions that we've all be left with in the aftermath of the events of the last three weeks are the way we deal with the questions we've been left with over the different things that have happened. 

Getting back to my main theme, I believe the answer is yes and no. How?
YES
We are one in receiving mediocre service and experiencing the effects of negligence and infighting by public officials - Westgate proved that
We are one in experiencing a sense of loss - should the image of our nation be tarnished even further by misfortune.
We are one in wondering what the future holds for Kenya and wanting to succeed (at what cost is another question)

NO
We are not one though - when it comes to religious extremism. When one religion with people who profess to be its followers can call for tolerance when those members (radical or not) carry out heinous crimes in retaliation for real or perceived injustices.
We aren't one when there is infighting amongst the people charged with keeping watch over our nation
We aren't one when our public servants steal (outright) 30%  of the money we give them through are hard earned taxes to build this nation and there is no recourse....

So the question remains  are we or aren't we one?