KESH

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

For some Kenyan parents, there is no wedding to attend. No child to laugh with. No future grandchildren to hold. Sit with that for a minute fellow citizens.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

This isn't about denying anyone the right to celebrate their family. It is about whether we can truly talk about national healing while families are still waiting for accountability, answers and justice.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

One parent is celebrating a daughter's koito while another parent is wondering what their child might have become, who they might have married, or what their grandchildren might have looked like. And so I find myself asking, where is the reckoning before we move on?

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

There are parents who will never walk their children down the aisle, watch them build careers, fall in love, get married, or hold their grandchildren. Some are still waiting for justice. Some have had to bury their children and somehow find the will to continue living.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

My discomfort goes beyond @LarryMadowo What struck me was seeing the President celebrating his daughter's marriage, watching her begin a new chapter, and knowing that there are Kenyan parents who will never have that privilege with their own children.

[Steve Mwema @mwema20]

You can reverse so many things in politics. You can undo economic damage. You can NEVER reverse deaths. Especially those caused to UNARMED citizens who were only agitating for their rights. We saw live people being shot, and we will NEVER forget. We will always remember!

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

NO,NO, NO Mr. so called President!!!

You don’t get to talk about threats when your administration has spent the last few years becoming the biggest threat to ordinary Kenyans. And this habit of calling everyone who disagrees with you “anti-development” has to stop. Kenyans have every right to question you. That’s not being against progress. That’s holding the people in power accountable.

You keep asking Kenyans to rally behind your government. For what exactly? To celebrate more taxes? More borrowing? More broken promises? Support is earned, Mr. President. It isn’t demanded. So please stop with this nonsense of blaming the opposition every time things aren’t working. You asked Kenyans to trust you with the country. The least you can do is take responsibility for what has happened under your watch.

The opposition is not responsible for the state of our economy. You are. You’ve been in charge. If businesses are struggling, if taxes have become unbearable, if millions of Kenyans are working harder than ever but getting nowhere, that’s YOUR RECORD, not theirs.

WANTAM!!

[Shadrack George @doctor_shadrack]

@C_NyaKundiH The average Kenyans must restrain themselves from being used by selfish politicians

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

Kisii deserves leadership that inspires confidence, attracts investment, and unites its people. Not one that leaves citizens questioning whether they are safe to do business or participate in public life!

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

It is deeply frustrating to think that our county leadership thrives on fear. This town can only prosper when investors feel protected, businesses can operate without disruption, and ordinary citizens are free to express themselves without fear.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

My prayer is that this goons narrative changes going forward. That we will be known not for our disunity, but for our unity, maturity, and the ability to support one another while respecting democracy. Gusii deserves better. We deserve to do better.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

As a Gusii, I long for a community that competes with ideas, not intimidation. A community that welcomes every leader peacefully, regardless of party affiliation, and allows wananchi to decide at the ballot.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

It breaks my heart that lately our politics is defined by division, hostility, and pulling each other down instead of engaging respectfully with different opinions. We can disagree politically without becoming enemies.

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

For the first time in Kenya's politics, we have serious presidential candidates from our region. Why does it feel like we are struggling to stand together even long enough to give one of our own a fair hearing?

[KESH @KeshwaKenya]

Watching how other regions rally behind leaders they believe in has left me reflecting on the state of our own Gusii community.

[June 25th @Jasiri_WVR]

Protestors are not Tanzanians, but the murdered protesters are Tanzanians? Make it make sense.

[Obi Wan Cannonball @athletician234]

@MonroseMurugi Bado alisema muache kusema ruto is rewarding athletes out of generosity there is that kitty that was set to reward top performance athletes when Kibaki ascended office

[Monrose Murugi Media🇰🇪 @MonroseMurugi]

According to him, We can FIGHT AGAINST the Cybercrime Bill by Attending Court proceedings in LARGE NUMBERS when it's being challenged in court. The country's attention & Media attention will make them fear, & we may win. However, if we show up in the streets, they'll kill people.

[Linda Tsungirirai Masarira @lilomatic]

My Sister, President @SuluhuSamia, You Are Betraying the Dreams of African Women

I am a woman leader. I believe, with every fibre of my being, in the power of women to heal our nations, to lead with compassion, and to build a more inclusive and just Africa. It is precisely because of this belief that I can not remain silent as a sister leader, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, you have dragged Tanzania down a path of tyranny and fear.

What we have witnessed in Tanzania is not leadership; it is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of the women of Tanzania who looked to one of their own and hoped for a new dawn. It is a betrayal of the democratic principles that countless Pan-Africanists fought and died for. The recent sham election, where you were declared the victor with a Soviet-style 97% of the vote, is not a victory. It is a funeral for democracy in Tanzania, and you are the chief mourner.

True women’s empowerment is not about putting a woman in a presidential chair. It is about what she does with that power. Does she lift others up, or does she crush dissent? Does she foster a culture of competition and debate, or does she silence every opposing voice? By jailing your main opponent, Tundu Lissu, on trumped-up treason charges, by disqualifying other candidates on spurious grounds, and by barring the main opposition party, CHADEMA, from even participating, you have not shown strength. You have shown a profound weakness, a fear of competition that is the very antithesis of healthy leadership.

We, as African women, are taught to be nurturing, to be builders of communities and bridges of understanding. What, then, is nurturing about a heavy military presence at polling stations? What is compassionate about security forces gunning down peaceful protestors, leading to the unnecessary and tragic loss of hundreds of Tanzanian lives? The internet shutdowns, the abductions, the torture of activists, these are the tools of a dictatorship, not of a democratic leader who believes in her people.

President Samia, you had a golden opportunity. The world applauded you when you began reversing some of the harsh policies of your predecessor. We dared to hope that Tanzania was opening up but we see now that those were merely tactical retreats. Your administration has intensified a crackdown so severe that it has shattered the very possibility of a free and fair election. You have not just tilted the playing field; you have set it on fire and told the other team they are not allowed to play.

This is a pivotal moment for Pan-Africanism. A democratic Pan-African movement can not be silent when a leader, regardless of gender, subverts the will of the people. We can not celebrate women leaders simply for being women; we must hold them to the same, if not a higher, standard of democratic accountability. To do otherwise is to engage in a hollow and meaningless identity politics that does nothing to serve the African people.

I stand in solidarity with the brave people of Tanzania who are demanding electoral justice. Their fight is our fight. The struggle for democracy in Dar es Salaam is intrinsically linked to the struggle for freedom in Harare, in Kampala, and across our beloved continent.

To my sisters across Africa, I say this: Our fight for a seat at the table is meaningless if, once we get there, we use that seat to bar the door to others. Our empowerment is hollow if we do not empower our people. We must shun the tyranny of a single voice and champion the beautiful, chaotic, and necessary chorus of democracy.

I believe in women’s leadership but I believe in justice more. And until there is justice for the people of Tanzania, I will not be silent. The African Union and all democratic nations must not legitimize this electoral charade. The soul of Tanzanian democracy is on life support, and it is our collective duty to fight for its revival.

#StandWithTanzania
#NotInMyName

[Namatai Kwekweza🇿🇼 @namataik_]

Barack Obama once said,
📍"Africa's democratic progress is at risk when leaders refuse to step aside when their term ends."

📍"When the leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife."

#2030Musipo #NoTo2030