It is like some leaders and Kenyans have forgotten what Kenya went through in 2007/2008 after the 2007 general election.
This is the time one see how politics is being driven around the country. People think that their favorite leaders are the only ones to tour their region and address them as they listen keenly, clap for them and cheer even if they’ve done nothing since they joined politics.
When certain leaders tour regions that are not termed as their strongholds, youths become rowdy, cause chaos, and even burn t-shirts that belong to the other party.
What is transpiring in different rallies when politicians move around the country to mobilize Kenyans to come out in large numbers and register as voters during the mass registration exercise is actually pathetic!
In Kenya, we are all brothers and sisters but most us have become inhumane. When one sees a colleague from a different tribe, he or she perceives him as a stranger and can do anything to harm him or her. Some people think that they own Kenya while others think that they are oppressed in their country. This should not be the case because as we look back to 2008 you find that over 1,000 people lost their lives, thousands internally displaced even up to now some are still living in camps for fear. More so, the country’s economy plummeted because businesses were disrupted, foreign businessmen relocated to other countries and the tourism industry suffered too.
What is really killing Kenya and its political sphere includes tribal lineage, egocentricity, force to ascend into power, incitement and hate speech.
These are things that we as Kenyans should rise up against to make Kenya a great nation, a nation to be admired by other nations, a nation of its own standard, a nation of its own class, a nation of peace, love and unity.
In our National Anthem verse one line four and five reminds us to dwell in unity, peace and liberty. Where is this unity? Who is supposed to bring peace? And where will liberty come from?
Why are we being used by some politicians to cause chaos in rallies organized by other politicians for their own interests? Why are we being put on the forefront to do all these and yet their children are overseas studying or rather working and doing various businesses? Ask yourself why these politicians never use their children to jeer, mock or disrupt their opponents’ political functions of their opponents?
My prayer and my plea to fellow Kenyans is that let us not be misused by politicians and make our lovely country go back to where it was in the 2007 post-election condition.
The only weapon that will make you achieve what you want and elect the leader you wish to lead Kenya is to register as a voter and speak through your vote when the general election comes.