Kenya, Coming to birth, Not yet

Kenya is a country that has been severally described as an haven of peace.
With that notwithstanding, the past few years have proved to be pivotal to the stability of this country. To be precise, Kenya is still under the York of black colonialism by the few who want to cling on power.

In August 2010, we as a nation was reborn.  Kenya eventually replaced the independence constitution with a new set of laws that were best described as the way forward to getting to where we all wanted to.

Kenya promulgated constitution that ensured that devolution was the way forward and with that notwithstanding, equity. Through the new law we ended years of presidential dictatorship and began a new Era of thinking and building the nation together.

We were optimistic that we were near that Canaan.  Canaan that you and I will forever cherish but barely less that 5 years on,  IEBC is no longer an independent commission,  it's now a government branch. National police service is no longer independent but enforcement agency of the executive.

Less than 5 years on and the void laws are being passed by our August House. A time and again I have argued on this blog,  the back stops with revolution.  Revolution that only brings sanity to the Insecure tribal kings. Time and again I have boldly questioned the manner and moral authority at which we keep on judging. Tribalism is what our politics thrives on and the change can't occur as long as no unity in this nation.

During the 1990s, the agitation for the  multiparty democracy was eminent and the course was unstoppable. Kenyans were tired and fed up with poor and unchecked leadership and the nation needed to have divergence in decision making.

A lot was said but repealing of section 2A of the defunct constitution was the first win in over 28yrs of independent Kenya.

The match towards that was not that smooth, it was rough and weary. People lost their lives, others disappeared without trace while rest were left with a story to tell to the latter generations. 

At this point, memories of my mother prop up,  she was my first teacher of politics. I remember her story and believe her story is shared by many others who were there during those days.

She told me about the struggle to bring sanity in this country by then and how viable they were.  She told me that we were the country's tomorrow, and the future of Kenya relies on today's choices. I was too young to make out how realistic could it be.

16years down the lane since my mom breathed her last, the same old story is being recasted but this time round with new actors. The cast has newcomers and some old faces of the 1991 edition. The show is just the same. We may be bragging about civil liberties but we have rights to hold demonstrations for whatever reason.

The men in blue and green may be to blame for the massive chaos in town but the commanding chain is to blame. We don't need to attend legal lessons to understand chain of command.

In the past 2 weeks,  opposition has expressed their displeasure with the IEBC( an independent body created by new constitution) and the need to have a complete overhaul in the commission.  I just find it interesting to see how the government side is responding by killing those who turn up for peaceful demonstration.  I once saw that idiocy in Uganda but this is Kenya. We are not a police nation, we are  civilian led nation.

In Africa,  police have a common practice of saying, "we are going to deal with those looters" when they get news of peaceful demonstration which have political theme in them.

Am perplexed and wondering about the maturity of the man occupying the house on the hill? Picture this, if he was the guy in the opposition, he would be agitating for the same change that Cord are pushing for.

  I have been going through some texts from persons whose names suggest they come from either Luo or Kikuyu tribes and to be frank,  Kenya is going for civil war soon. We don't need to have the likes of Mutahi Ngunyi or any other political scientist to predict the eventual end of once peaceful nation.

It's no longer political, it's tribal. It's no longer national it's personal differences. When you read the book 'coming to birth ' by Oludhe McGoye, you'll  realize that change is no longer an easy thing to attain.

Like Paulina in the book, I feel confused with the subject politics and what it means for this country.  Paulina heard about the then Luo veteran politician Tom Mboya assassination in 1969, Njenga was prosecuted for the murder, but oludhe writes that he looked not even aware of the charges against him.

In 1975 JM Kariuki was assassinated, up to date, no one knows who did it. Oludhe asks, 'is it Njenga again?' In the recent past, political assassination have taken place but is that they way forward for this nation. Muchai died, Jacob Juma mercilessly sprayed with 10 bullets and all no one has response.

Kenya, needs Mandela. Kenya needs fighters like Winnie Mandela but is the end attainable? Like Mandela, I say,  it's time to turn to the page, page that has love peace and unity. Page that President Obama believes is the only way to prosperity of this rainbow Nation.

A nation that no longer depends on family name but the need to have a nation for all.

In 1967, political marriage between Kikuyu and Luo died. In 2016 the hatred has carried on between the two tribes. It's evident that time to have a nation free from this vice is now and we should restrain from pushing this country farther to the wall.

I love good politics, they are the backbone of good and thriving economy. Don't ask me to kill,  I can't do that,  I love to see a country that my mom could have been happy to live in. A country that she fought for.

I can't remain silent and let others fight for me! I want to be part of that fight and see this country reach that Canaan. Foght that has to deliver the future that my mother wished I could have. It can't be attained if my surname works on my disadvantage, that my vote is predetermined on tribal lines.  I am really disappointed with the future of this fight.

Everyday, like the rest of Kenyans, I wake up and go to work.  I serve Kenyans from all diversities And walks of life. We laugh and share the good things that come from our abodes.

I feel disappointed when a Kikuyu brags about his tribe being the occupant of the house on the hill.  The rest that follows is jibes about how stupid Raila is and am left to wonder, is this the politics central province are left with? To be frank Raila has always been right that this country need a messiah and this is the time to achieve that goal. If you don't need the rest of Kenyans, then it's time they tell Kenya that enough is enough.

Am tired by psychopathic and idiocy thinking of both political divide and we must find a solution before we loose the nation altogether.

The truth has it that, in 2017, a civil war is eminent, if the government will not desist from using excessive force on citizen who express displeasure with how the country is run.

We are a democracy not a military state neither are we a monarch.  We hire leaders by voting and so displeasure is obvious.

I need love not hatred,  we are one nation, we are a rainbow nation but all that can't be if the war of words on social media is anything to go by.

We can't be in Canaan if Waiguru misappropriated money meant for NYS and she hides in her tribe. We can't be I  Canaan if we keep on clinging on the expired elders who have in series failed this nation over the years. 

Like Mohammed Affrey I say let's forget about elders and run this nation based on  the written law and standard procedure.

Time has come to face reality, tribe only give you your middle name but you choose your own legacy and identity. And for sure, Marjorie Oludhe needs to rewrite her coming to birth book as Paulina may be retiring to a nation of chaos.

This is a story of our lives as a nation.  It's a story that might be told to generations to come.  History books will forever judge you for whatever you do for the unity of this country but not for the silly and faulty orders to our men in uniforms.

Am certain our leaders will read this and let's see change.