I think the most painful part about fighting for change is watching people you genuinely believed were part of the movement slowly water it down, shake hands with murderers, laugh with them, sit comfortably around the very oppressors they once condemned, then come back with all sorts of explanations and excuses for why they were there, why it was necessary and why we shouldn’t read too much into it. And you’re left wondering, was any of this ever real, or were some of these people simply well calculated psyops from the very beginning?
And then you find yourself asking an even harder question, are the lives we lost not personal to you? Because for some of us, they are. We remember the young people who lost their lives fighting for a better country, the families that had to bury their children, the blood that was spilled, and maybe that’s why it’s so difficult to understand how someone who stood beside you through all of that can suddenly sit comfortably, laugh and shake hands with the very people we were fighting against 🥹
And somewhere along the way, you begin to understand why people like Patrice Lumumba, Dedan Kimathi, Thomas Sankara and so many other African heroes were killed so brutally. It wasn’t always because they didn’t have people around them. Many did. The problem was that some of the very people they believed they were fighting alongside had already sold out long before the fight was over.
Perhaps that is one of the hardest truths about fighting for change, eventually you realise that people really do have a price. Politics is indeed a dirty game, and I have a feeling 2027 will expose even more about people’s character.
But I really hope the few who genuinely believe in change don’t give up. Is it easy? Absolutely not. But I believe there is something deeply fulfilling about knowing that even if you died today, you never sold out, never shook hands with murderers and never became comfortable with people who have blood on their hands simply because they offered you money, access or power. Does that make you a hero? Absolutely not. It simply means you remained honest about what you stood for.
And eventually, when money no longer matters, when power no longer matters and when all the noise has died down, I think being able to live with yourself knowing you never betrayed what you believed in is what will matter most.
WANTAM!
Sifuna: Kazi imemshinda anasema Sifuna hawezi kuwa Rais eti sina experience. Experience gani unahitaji kujua hufai kupiga teargas ndani ya kanisa, ndio ujue hauwezi kuchukua kijana vile ulichukua Ojwang ndio unyonge kwa cell.
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There’s a reason they won’t push this as Grand Coalition, because they know very well this is the kind of coalition that has the potential to serve Kenyans, not their interests.
A Maraga, Omtatah and Sifuna led government has the potential to right so many wrongs in this country. That is exactly why the conversation will quickly shift to who can bring votes, who has numbers and who is “electable”, not because they care about Kenya but because they need politicians they can control and who will protect the very system that has looted this country for decades.
This idea that we need Person A, B or C because they will “bring votes” needs to end.
Go out there and campaign for the candidate you believe in, talk to your family, talk to your cousins, talk to your grandparents, form groups, have conversations, convince people… this is how democracies are won.
No one has a monopoly on votes in this country. As someone once said, THE VOTER IS THE KINGMAKER!!
Why are we waiting for the same political class that helped ruin this country to tell us which direction Kenya should take? Until we understand that the opposition is not a group of wealthy politicians fighting each other but you, the people, demanding better leadership, we will keep surrendering our power to those who have never had our interests at heart.
WANTAM!!
But why threaten a community over their democratic right? Walete curses zote, infact let them tripple the curses but Luo Nyanza should be allowed to vote with their conscience, not fear of curses . Mae WADAGI . Ati community political path. Mae ne Othi gi JAKOM (May he RIP) .
That the Ruto Regime gave a Sudanese Warlord Kenyan diplomatic passport, and protects his Nairobi homes 24/7 with over 30 security officers but abducted Ugandan Opposition Leader and Human Rights defender, Dr. Kiza Besigye in Nairobi and ferried him to Uganda, to be tortured and will most likely be killed by Museveni, was very unfortunate.
Ruto is fully responsible for everything happening to Besigye.
I want to ask you a simple question, and I want you to answer it honestly in your own home, in your own heart.
Are you better off today than you were when William Ruto took office?
Look at your table.
Look at your payslip, if you still have one.
Look at your children's school fees.
Look at the price of unga, of fuel, of everything that keeps a family alive.
Are you better off? #Ukombozi
President @WilliamsRuto trying to deflect piling political pressure for his removal in 2027, recreate a historical momemt for himself and set the agenda but... Who told him this is the time for new imagination? With El Nino beckoning and a year to elections? We are not boarding.
Ruto can read all the reports, charts and manufactured data he wants, but the real economy is on the ground, where businesses are closing, taxes are choking traders and families are struggling to survive.
His investor-confidence jaba cannot rhyme with empty shops, collapsing businesses, job losses and Kenyans whose incomes disappear before meeting basic needs.
You cannot govern through PowerPoint presentations when the country outside State House is suffocating.
We care about decorum, but some truths have to be said bluntly. Ruto is doing worse damages than violating common governance decencies. The moment is soon coming for Ruto to be held to account for his atrocities against Kenya's citizenry. #RutoMustGo
As my friend Wehliye says, it is really sad that MPs are openly admitting they were bribed to impeach Rigathi Gachagua & so-called independent constitutional institutions like @DCI_Kenya & @EACCKenya are nibbling their thumbs! In civilized countries, such MPs would have had their careers end in in ignominy in Federal Prison! It is only in Kenya where political leaders admit to committing crimes & violation of the Constitution & tell to our face:
MTA DO???
Let the MPs know that one day, their day for reckoning will come! History doesn’t forget. Time doesn’t lapse.
Employers in Kenya can no longer keep workers on endless renewable short-term contracts for jobs that are permanent, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
The judges said employees doing continuous long-term work may be entitled to permanent and pensionable terms.
Ahmed Hashi – Governance Analyst: If Odinga were alive today, he would be President, but he's not, and his successor is Sifuna. He doesn't know much about statecraft, and he's the kind of person we need because the same old people who are already in the system will not change anything #CitizenDayBreak