By Murigi Ndung’u
As Kenyans continue to watch
helplessly at the deteriorating state of affairs, fervently invoking the last
rays of hopes for a bright national future, the rest of the world remains
almost as green as the natives
themselves. Power is an intoxicating factor but sadism colours it’s blindside.
With this in mind, we have to consider the various challenges presented. Do we
dump our beloved country for the future of our fame, at the expense of our
differences? Nay.
It is possible to cast our antagonism
into the field and forget about the future we once dreamed of, but this
suicidal kind of reasoning would only betray the efforts of the pioneers of the
republic whose toil made sure we get a sovereign nation devoid of negative
foreign influence. Now for the Kenyan folks, the victims of the lost human
dignity, do we have to wait and watch where fate drives us?
But as the bearers of the blunt,
don’t we have a say, are we to observe ‘mum’. Keep quiet about our suffering
and give a dumb ear to our own tribulation? We have a say, a powerful
archetype, we have to act about it in a civilized manner.
The conflict of personal interests
should never be the crippling factor to our forward mindedness. If at all we
have to be the slaves of our own fame, then we don’t have to ride on a storm to
acclaim our celebrity. Humanity is of utmost importance regardless of what our
ambitions are.
“No one can make you inferior without
your consent” courtesy of Eleanor Roosevelt. A major problem that is concurrent
in Kenya is the line of ethnicity. This has always gnawed at the proper
national functioning disabling the forums of technical development and
advancement.
Presently we are faced with the ugly
ordeal of determining where we belong, the conflict of identity crisis. Should
we pledge allegiance to politics of the day and forget that as the nationals,
only two classes exist, the upper class and the lower class, the haves and the
have-nots.
It’s ironical though that the
have-nots are used by the haves in airing what the haves intend to say. Kill
fellow have-nots so that the haves can continue to accumulate more power and
worship, and have a more god-like position by heightening the disparity between
the two families. What we consider as the bastion of humanity is only what gets
at our backs and claws deep into our throats.
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