Despite all claims of rigged, stolen or distorted election results, I think it little explains why
Kenya has suddenly gone insane! The sight in the television during the news time just shocks even the person with the
Pharaoh’s heart. It is hard to explain what is happening!
Do we blame the elections or our leaders? Definitely, there is no election to blame. The problem lies proper with the politicians. It is at height of arrogance that a person seeking leadership position should go around fanning chaos by uttering sentiments that only leave people divided along their lines of means, religion or even tribe. This is basically what has triggered the killings in Kenya.
What is being seen today is hatred that has been fueled over the years by senseless, myopic leaders who delve in the rule of divide and rule. It is the height of inhumanity. To witness such incidents. This is genocide! Much as I respect the ODM leaders, some of them went around creating impression that the Kikuyu have had all the benefits there is to have from the state since independence, which makes the biggest lie in the world. My great-grandfather was a Kikuyu, so was my grandfather, so is my father, so is me, so will be my offspring. The paradox is, my great-grandfather died a poor soul, so did my grandfather. The saddest thing is that my father will lose it the same way; poor. So might me, so might my offspring. And this is the reflection in the vast village. My family does not have any land to till, and we have no money to buy a land to till. Yet, my efforts may bring a difference in a decade or two. Does that mean a favor? Jesus Christ!
The only thing here is perception. You can have what you want in life, or have an excuse for not having it. I can swear with all my heart that what is happening in Kenya results from misconceptions and distorting of realities. How many Kikuyus die poor? How many Kikuyus die landless? How many Luos have millions of shilling in banks? How many of them own huge tracks of land? How many Kalenjins have the same…….money and land, and they live all their lives in opulence? Yet, how many Luos and Kalenjins and common people from other tribes live below poverty line?
The catch here is that we should not insinuate that a rich Kikuyu, Luo, Kalenjin or a member of any other tribe is a reflection of the status of all members of that tribe. This is the greatest jinx we have to break. The imbalance between the rich and the poor in Kenya is there for all to see, and it affects all Kenyans, not particular tribes. Let there be fair distribution of resources, but this should go along the constitution, that allows any Kenyan to own property anywhere in the country. Tribalism and regionalism is denying Kenyans this right.
On the other hand, those leaders who went around fanning chaos can now lie in shame, knowing that the blood shed by innocent Kenyans will ever come back to haunt them. Like a hen, the curse will come home to roost. And there is no hiding, for the country is weeping.
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