My aunt was found at her home, sleeping even. She wasn't feeling well, so she stayed home asleep during the day. A group of men broke into her house thinking nobody was there. A man driving past noticed what was happening and called for help. The police arrived, woke my aunt up, and made sure she was safe. That man later became her husband. They've now been married for 8 years and have 2 children. π€π
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.
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The trips are endless, luxurious, and incomplete without large convoys, complete with a fleet of helicopters. The millions of shillings in mobilization handouts on each trip add to the reckless spending spree that President William Rutoβs regime has adopted for his domestic trips.
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I will never shame Erick Shieni.
I saw him fall.
I saw the confusion. I saw the screams. I saw young people running in every direction. And in the middle of that horror was a young man whose only weapon was hope for a better Kenya.
Erick did not die in the comfort of his home. He did not die hiding. He fell at the gates of Parliament, the very place where the voices of citizens are supposed to matter.
The image of his smile still haunts me. A young Kenyan full of dreams, full of life, gone in an instant.
Tomorrow, I will return to that Parliament gate where he fell. I will stand where his blood was spilled. I will lay flowers in his memory and in memory of every young Kenyan whose life was taken too soon.
We are not going there to cause chaos. We are going there because forgetting would be a betrayal.
They may block roads. They may intimidate us. But they cannot erase the memory of Erick Shieni.
Tomorrow, at the Parliament gate, we remember.
Tomorrow, we mourn.
Tomorrow, we honor our fallen comrades.
Rest in power, Erick.
Gen Z are wrong, they are the problem
Millenials are wrong, they must pay more taxes.
Standard media are wrong, they are extortionists.
Everyone is wrong, except the president.
This week, I'm Rex Masai and Boniface Kariuki.
Light a candle for the fallen heroes from this evening.
Vigil at churches, schools, and towns, and CBDs and more.
The one infront of the gun lives forever.