Only 26 out of 243 promises made by Ruto and Kenya Kwanza in 2022 have been completed, and that is why Kenyans are opposing the attempt to ask them to start thinking about Vision 2060, which pushes the political conversation another 34 years into the future.
We have to be very careful that Ruto does not take promises he made for his first five years, fail to finish them, then quietly box the same unfinished work inside Vision 2060 and ask Kenyans for more time.
Ruto is not stupid, and I Vision 2060 will become a major part of his 2027 campaign, where questions about what happened between 2022 and 2027 are replaced with speeches about what Kenya could become decades from now.
History gives us enough reason to be suspicious of this kind of politics, since leaders in Kazakhstan, Egypt and Zimbabwe etc have all sold distant national visions that later became closely tied to their own political messaging and continued stay in office.
Kenya can plan for 2060, but Ruto must first account for the promises that put him in State House, since a president elected for five years should not escape judgment by moving the deadline 34 years away.
Vision 2060 has now become Ruto’s unofficial 2027 campaign launch, and Kenyans should keep asking what happened to the promises he said he would deliver by 2027 before accepting another grand dream ending in 2060.
Mama I made it!
I occupied Parliament
Remember the #occupyParliament demonstrations?
But tell daddy I’m sorry
I won’t come home tonight
Not because I’m spending at a friends’. No!
Not because I’m among the injured.
No!
Nor because I was abducted as they have to most of us.
That would have been better
I’m in a cold dark place called the morgue Mama
I know daddy will be angry why I wore his shoes
I had to, I know they are bigger but I had to
Otherwise no one could have.
I know he will complain that I have read too much political novels
Please don’t let him blame Animal Farm,
Don’t let him blame Kidagaa Kimemwozea,
Don’t let him blame Tumbo Lisiloshiba,
Don’t let him blame Kifo Kisimani,
Don’t let him blame Mstahiki Meya,
Or Parliament of Owls
They can’t be blamed.
I did it for Our country.
They hailed us for being fearless Mama!
They called it an historic moment; actually unprecedented.
Did you watch the news?
All over the country thousands of us matched forward, wearing mostly black,
chanting slogans and singing revolutionary songs.
They call us GenZ Mama.
Some Mpigs say we have watched too much Netflix and we eat KFC.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes Mama,
I meant MPs.
Did you see how we sang ‘Kudade’ with Mc Gogo?
Did you see how Juliani turned up and we sang ‘Utawala’?
That song you call ‘Nikoo njaa siwezi karanga’?
Did you hear us sing ‘Tujiangalie’by Sauti Sol?
Have you seen King Kaka’s ‘ Wanataka Kutumaliza’?
Did you see how Mulamwah gave us Tea and Mandazi?
Have you seen all the comedians, Content creators and influencers?
I told you it will be Big Mama!
We matched forward Mama Slowly and peacefully Like you told me
We said we were peaceful
They rattled us with teargas and water canons Mama
We coughed, cried and chocked to the smoke but still matched on
We matched amidst the sting of that pink water they sprayed on us with those beastly vehicles
But nothing was more painful than hearing them pass that draconian punitive Bill Mama.
Remember how you used to forcefully give us porridge by locking us between your legs, pinching our noses then pouring a tone of porridge in our forcibly opened mouth?
Leaving us with two choices; swallowing or choking to death?
That’s what they did to us yesterday Mama
But unlike in the past, today’s child chose the latter; death!
We approached the parliament as promised.
We eventually occupied Parliament Mama
Albeit briefly.
The wall gave in and we entered.
I’m sorry I did not taste the rice
As some did Mama
All I tasted was the bullets Mama
They sprayed me with bullets Mama,
That’s why i won’t come home.
My battle is over Mama
But not the revolutionary war.
If you are in town and unable to leave, don’t worry. Mavuno Downtown, Ufungamano House, and Mamlaka Hill Chapel City are hosting people.
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