People prosper in a society or a nation where there is peace and security.
It saddens to see people lose their lives before they realise their potential because someone decided to eliminate them for no good reason.
Bodies dumped in sewers, river, forests and tea plantations are now the order of the day.
Domestic violence has become a leading factor in increased deaths.
Disagreement between family members over inheritance, infidelity, name them, has broken many marriages.
An individual will go the extra mile to kill their partner because he or she is hurt.
Kenyan politics is also characterised by negative ethnicity and self-interest; it is a life and death affair instead of a competition of ideas.
How many members of the Senate and National Assembly live in fear because they stood for the truth?
Freedom of speech is no longer effective but a big talking shop; humanity and servanthood are not the politicians' obligations.
Land ownership disputes have put many people in graves, many more are in the courts.
The Great Jamaican musician Bob Marley described Marcus Garvey as “A Buffalo soldier in the heart of America.” Indeed, Garvey was one of the leading Pan-Africanist who stood for the rights of the African Americans who were subjected to forced labour, extrajudicial killings and discrimination because of their skin colour.
Today history still remembers him as the champion of justice.
Kenyans are still suffering at the hands of fellow Africans, namely politicians, who are greedy and inconsiderate. Why is it that nearly 60 years after Independence we are still punching below our weight?
Poverty, unemployment, diseases and hunger are still rife.
Have we betrayed the dreams and intentions of our Founding Fathers?
Upon leaders being elected to office they forget the misery of the people and loot resources meant to benefit voters.
When you hear their speeches during campaigns one would think they deserve to be elected, as they speak all manner of pleasantries to entice wananchi to vote for them.
Is poverty a password to leadership? Constitutional reforms in most cases favour the political class at the expense of citizens.
They have killed the present and are busy devouring the future of the youth. Ironically, and sadly, the same youths are celebrating them.
The 2007 and 2017 general elections were characterised by massive killings of innocent and ignorant young men and women on roads fighting for the so-called waheshimiwa who do not care about them.
Who will Kenyans choose in August 2022? Will they elect the same characters?
The time is now for Kenyans to make changes and say no to modern slavery, including the massive public debts.
Having men and women of integrity will solve all our issues because even our institutions will work effectively.
This will only be realised if Kenyans end negative ethnicity and recognise that improved health, food security, education and administration of justice are the agenda that need to be worked on.
Communication and Media Technology students, Maseno University
