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Tribe ni jina, Kenya ni sisi

On Saturday I and a group of young people set out to Nyandarua county to mentor young high school students. It's not the first time I am doing it but there is something that makes this special was that I was going to a county I have never stepped foot into and more special was the young people who accompanied me. They were all from DIFFERENT TRIBES! Norah Moraa is a kisii from Nyamira county, Patrick is a Luo , Monica is Kalenjin and our host was a Kikuyu. As we travelled, joked, posed for photos and mentoring the students, we didn't do it because we were members of our specific TRIBES. No, we did it because we believe that every child in this country deserves better, not only from the government but from the society they grow up in. This is why I love being young, because youths means global. I am a firm believer of humanity, your tribe doesn't matter, what matters is our collective love and commitment to the future and the destiny of this great country. Shun TRIBALISM, commit to the future. Rise above Hate.

LIVE FOR YOUR COUNTRY

So now we are still in the streets 53 years and 7 days after the independence of this great country.  Young people have died  or have been injured as they put on demonstrations in the streets, lemmi do a quick recap to how it happened pre-independence. In those days, the liberation was led by the likes of Dedan Kimathi, General China and the likes. These guys drank, slept and ate the suffering that their followers were ‘enjoying’ .  They gave their all to the change they believed in, they did not relent or give up on the larger goal to fulfil selfish ambitions. They were in the line with their families for a course bigger than themselves. The ‘demons ‘ of the status quo feared them  because they knew how passionate they were to realize the independence of this country. Most of them died for this country to live beyond colonization. This was the same case during the second liberation.

Fast forward to today. A leader wakes up from a posh estate where house helps are paid more than MCAs. They drop their children and grandchildren to schools where presidential debates are held and shortly afterwards hold a breakfast meeting with the business community . After they have done what matters to them, they will now rush to remind you that you are poor because they are not in government, they will tell you to destroy toilets they don’t go to, burn vehicles they don’t own  and of course bear tear gas they cant withstand.  They will afterwards be driven by vehicles your whole village cannot buy even after receiving dowry for the born and unborn daughters. They will have a luncheon with the same people they were telling you to oppose and of course lift a glass for long lives and prosperity. Later that evening, they will hold a presser and throw a minute of silence (which is usually 16 seconds) for the departed souls who were your neighbours, workmates and family members. In their words they will say “ it is unfortunate that  they had to die fighting for this ‘country’ their souls give us a purpose to fight for a better country” and kaput!! That is the end of you.

Meanwhile their daughters are busy interviewing househelps, their sons are busy chasing after pretty young things and their wives are on shopping in Dubai. We shall plan a quick burial for you which of course will be another political rally. Rest in piece (pieces of trash)  brother!! Truth be told, you are not a hero. You are a disappointment to mankind and our country. This country does not want you to die for it, LIVE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. Living for your country does not mean that you shouldn’t stand up for the great ideals ,no. It means that you will work hard to see this country at a better place, not by destroying property, killing people and such like nonsense but by speaking out, embracing one another , paying your taxes faithfully, upholding integrity and voting in leaders who have a vision beyond their big bellies!!