If we could erect billboards along all major roads in the country, bearing a public interest message, that message should announce to the sons of Rift Valley, who currently wield state power, that Daniel arap Moi’s reign ended 23 years ago and can never be resurrected. We could even add that in those 23 years, constitutional reforms have been enacted, making a state of fear unpalatable and unacceptable in 2025.
Those of us who grew up under the dictatorial rule of Moi and Kanu vividly remember our parents sneaking around with publications such as Finance, Society, Viva and sometimes even the more mainstream Weekly Review, each time they ran headlines or stories critical of the regime. Then, as now, there were power-wielders in government who imagined they could simply beat the populace into submission. Yet, the more people were arrested and tortured, the louder became the clamour for freedom and democracy.
