Failed Citizenry..

I hear Kenya has found a savior finally, its been over 50 years since it got self rule as a state and has been on a down hill roll.. A majority of its citizens living in abject poverty, health care is a luxury not a basic provision, and so is food. The provision and availability of the basic necessities is highly politicized, political leadership  has continued to encourage negative ethnicity for their own political gain and political survival. a citizenry that continues to be very ignorant of their rights, a citizenry totally dependent on the government to employ them, provide food on their table.. a citizenry that do not read the constitution,  they wait for the politicians to do so for them, unaware of their rights they cannot hold the leadership accountable...

They dance to whomsoever tune as long as it attracts their emotions.. yes, a citizenry led by their emotions and not logic. A citizenry that argues out of ignorance and not facts.. A Failed Citizenry that cannot decipher the personal political interests when they are disguised in national interest, these are the Kenyan people, the electorate that is very unstable, always willing to sell their votes to the highest bidder and when another tune is played they are on and dancing, oblivion is a norm ...

Now they have found a savior, and they have given him support, yet the self proclaimed savior was once one of the most powerful ones, as a matter of fact he had half of the government of Kenya under him.. yet he never saved Kenya then, but when he was out of power, he offers to save Kenya.. and yes kenyans  have given him support... talk of people who forget so easily, talk of poverty acting as a tool for manipulation of the hungry citizenry by the political elite.. Kenyans forget fast, they are less critical, are hungry for power, and negative ethnicity is engraved in them... the elite know this and they will always use this to fulfill their personal interests, until Kenyans change their thinking....

"Be Transformed by the renewing of your mind"- Romans 12:2

IRONY...

Talk of irony, you bite the hand that feed you and you expect to be fed by it still.. you scoop fire with your own bare hands and you expect not to be burned.. you walk into a battle ground and you expect not to get bruised..

you create a monster and you demonize it, you are reckless and selfish and you expect someone to take care of you.. you accommodate any crime as long as its giving you more in the bank.. you walk like a saint yet you know what kind of a hell you are creating.. bending the law any time the highest bidder shows up.. being the first to point a finger at others when the social evil you helped to create bites you.. who are you.. who are you.. Does this image look familiar?

You are a Kenyan citizen that is hungry for money, hungry for self interest, hungry for power at any cost.. you are the selfish being who will trash our constitution all in the name of a shilling.. you are that Kenyan who is first to blame the government when the vice is too big that it shows up at the door step, yes you are that.. your patriotism gone, it moved from your heart to pure presence,  the sense of belonging and responsible citizenship thrown out of the window and what is left is a divided nation .. ethnicity, class and religion.. what is left is a country in dire need of unity. a country in dire need of re thinking their roots, and measuring their patriotic quotient..

"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future..."- William Wordsworth

PREAMBLE

We are back to the same spot, ran a particular lap and we up in the same spot,  we look at how murky the spot is, and work so hard to run away from it. We avoid looking at it keenly, we avoid cleaning it. we avoid looking for a solution to that particular spot, and every two years we are back there.. and running we start, we want to avoid the place as much as we can. Yes that's us, we are that nation, we are oblivious of the stench, we are good at ignoring the building up of the garbage, its a part of us, mediocrity is in our DNA. That is our pride... no wonder so many keep dying of the same drought in Turkana..

We are like the proverbial man that looks at himself in the mirror and forget how he looks like, we are good at forgetting, "Out of mind, Out of sight".. that is us, no innovation, lack of planning, abandonment of accountability,  loss of  somberness..

“You can't plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.” 
― Gordon B. Hinckley

Sovereignty vs Reality

the debate started , she asked: " what happened to our sovereignty? why are our leaders being tried beyond our borders, Are we not a sovereign state?

Another one answered "That is wrong! sovereignty does not imply license to impunity-that is why we have the Responsibility to Protect as an internationally accepted standard that allows states to intervene in a country where there's evidence that there's gross violation of human rights...Hence, sovereignty is a conferred right not an assumed right. meaning if the indictees committed the atrocities but assumed that they will be protected by virtue of the sovereign office then this is wrong because the intent of leadership is to confer to a person who is above social reproach in terms of integrity. In drafting the constitution, we envisaged a president who does not bear the stain of international/domestic crimes..."

However another one asked: "How comes some of these countries that have been pushing for these trials are not even signatories of the Rome statute. And also why do the west act as the leviathan yet we do not have that in the current international system?"

Another said, "I believe in equality...just because you can Marshall up a greater economic power, doesn't mean you are more sovereign than others"

Yet another one had an answer to counter that. And this was the answer: "That is the wrong way to interpret things-its narrow way of disguising Pan - Africanism as a ticket to impunity.. Just because we are Africans, does it mean that we should not be held accountable for atrocities we commit?" USA might not have signed the treaty but then they hold the veto power over the ICC and this is a procedural issue to which the accused consented to in their individual capacities not a selective issue.

Some answered: "I bet you are biased!"

Yet there was an answer: "I am talking as a student of international law not as a politician...I request you to assume for once these same case would be taking place in country X-as a scholar would you find my points fair..?"

 

“ If our people lose the courage to confront what is wrong then we become collaborators.”-  Jerry Rawlings (Former President of Ghana)

THE UNREACHABLE, THE DEMOCRACY

Kenyans, we may go to the streets a lot, we may match a lot, we may chat a lot about Democracy,
we may compose poems, brainstorm on slogans, we may sing songs many for Democracy,
we may talk a lot, we may hold dialog es, we may have conventions, hold conferences all in the quest for Democracy,
we may thirst for it, yearn for it, look for it but never realize Democracy..

we are a nation under seize, as a matter of fact we are not a nation yet!
we are people under division, a people that are apart, a people that do not understand each other.....
we are a people that does not tolerate each other, a people who do not know the word acceptance, and if they know of it the are not willing to practice it....!

yes that is the reality on the ground..

we are good at denying it, we sweep things under the carpet, we bury our head under the sun, we have decided to ignore it, and never to talk about it..

yet, this is what hinders us from achieving that which will benefit our well being, this is what make us toss in our beds, this is what hinders the countries development both economically and politically. It is this societal  makeshift divisions, that make our lives unbearable, it is what make us weak and not powerful, it is what makes our control not to be felt by our leaders.. it is that which makes this thing called Democracy to far to reach .. it is that which makes our feature so hazel...

“I think, tribalism is a mental prison…and pride of identity coupled with arrogance is one of the leading factors that limit one’s ability to abandon it.” ―
           Duop Chak Woul 

THE OCCUPY LEADERSHIP

The leaders run as fast as they could to find out what lay on the other side.. They pretended to care and the run was for the good of all.. The villagers applaude  them, cheered them, watched them, fed them, supported them... They saw a good opportunity to go up, the villagers saw a people who were to push their agendas all for the good of all, They saw a great way to bring every persons  needs out to the public eye, to empower them as a people, to strengthen their economic welfare, to represent their petitions, to be good ambassadors....

However the situation changed as as the BIble says" only God can judge the motives and the desires of the heart"... they changed! They started dancing to their own tune, they for went their calling,  They forgot, they set themselves apart, they  became selfish! Lost focus! Sought for their own good!
So they started asking for wealth, the proceeded to demand! When it it did not work, and they did not get what they wanted, they proceeded to scheme on how to rob ... They became forceful, they stole, they stole and the villagers could not take it no more,

...and they reacted, they were tired, they were exhausted, they decided to take matters into their hands... They decided to take the leadership positions, they decided to take matters into their hands, they decided to # Occupy Parliament and #reload it...Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason.  ~José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, translated from Portuguese

THE CARD FACTOR

we have a big job ahead of us, we have alot of development agendas to pass, we have a country to build, a citizentry to uphold, a people to create jobs for, a nation to provide basic needs to; health, education, housing...

yet we are have a choice to make, one that will raise our living standards, one that will make the lives of our kids better, one that is going to lighten grand childrens loads...

we have to use the card well, use it to make objective decisions, that are not influenced by your ethnic affliation... it needs to make our voices heard, our problems known, our issues solved, we need unity of thoughts.. good thoughts, informed, wise thoughts..

come march 4th, remember the struggles of kenyans, remember the current situations being faced, remember the future of our grandchildren, remember how we got into this pitiable state, evaluate your options, choose the best, choose in accordance to the best future of this great country kenya...

     #God bless Kenyans, God bless Kenya#