It is sad, worrying and
disheartening to note that even after addressing this vice, Kenyans are still
deeply divided amongst ethnic lines. Words serve as the most powerful weapon to
bring down a state. A lot of caution and maturity should be exercised in regards
to what comes our mouth. Sadly, it seems like we never took any lessons from
the 2007/2008 post election violence. We do not know what it means to live in
fear, live in suspicion and see a loved one’s life cut short from this world.
The pain of losing an investment and the permanent memories in living a
lie. Probably most of us happen to be amidst our communities as people
slept in cold nights.
We are seeing Egypt as role model state
oblivious of the myriad of problems women and children are facing, clueless of
the number of children that have been left without parents, families rendered
homeless and the number of people going without food. This is why we can dare
open our guts and talk about REVOLUTION like it’s some kind of a holiday. It’s fun to say it because we are
not the ones living with scars, we are not the ones sleeping in cold awaiting
resettlement. Probably it is the best way to hurt those who are in power right?
Before we passed the new constitution, words
from the experts was that it will take probably 20 years before we begin
gaining the fruits of the new supreme law. Every government wants to leave a
legacy and in the process of finding its ground, mistakes are inevitable. No
human being has ever reached the heights of success before landing on mistakes
and learning from them. That is why we should not be quick to fault the current
regime when it tumbles. Absurd words like REVOLUTION only make us zombies.
History is fraught with lessons for the wise .How long did it take our
forefathers to lift this Nation? So before we talk about such words, let us
think intelligently and wisely.
Reagan Nyadimo
Kenyatta University
Published Mon, July 29, 2013/ The Standard
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