Won the league. Reached a UCL final. Lost on pens. And rivals think weโre supposed to be SAD?
We just had the greatest Arsenal season in a GENERATION.
Iโm not even a football fan like that but mnaleta local politics kwa football?
Ok, let me ask, whatโs stopping you and your teamโs fans from storming statehouse today? Mnangoja kikombe? Naweza wanunulia vikombe kamukunji kesho mtuondolee hii Serikali ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Rival fans saw those videos of Arsenal fans in Nairobi , they lost their big heads and started blaming the happy human beings for being happy, if they wanted tomorrow by 7 am they can go for maandamano to fight for their country as well
Don't think Arsenal fans care about what you think about their parade in Nairobi. How do you know they didn't turn up for protests?
Also, as tax-paying citizens, they support local sports. People can do whatever they want with their money.
Those attacking Arsenal fans for turning up in huge numbers in Nairobi but not showing up for protests are missing the bigger point.
People do not fail to protest because they love suffering. They fail to protest because Kenyans are not angry enough, not desperate enough and not organized enough to sustain serious resistance. That is the uncomfortable truth.
A football victory march is easy because it is joy, identity, banter, music and vibes. A protest is risk, police, tear gas, arrest, job loss, injury and sometimes death. You cannot compare the two as if people are choosing Arsenal over liberation. People are choosing comfort over sacrifice because the pain has not yet crossed the point where staying home feels more dangerous than going to the streets.
That is why these 8am to 6pm CBD protests, almost arranged like someone is reporting to a job, will never shake a regime properly. People come, shout, run from police, take photos, trend for a few hours and go back home before darkness. The government simply waits them out.
A real peopleโs movement is not an office-hours activity. It is not something you squeeze between breakfast and supper. It is built when the anger is deep, widespread, fearless and impossible to manage with police trucks and press statements.
So stop blaming Arsenal fans. They have only exposed what we already know. Kenyans can gather when they want to. The problem is that, politically, the country is still not angry enough.