Friday, July 4, 2014

CRY, MY BELOVED NATION! Why Should We Go Against Each Other??


I am a Kenyan citizen no 24907***, born in Kericho. I found myself born in a Kikuyu family, of my Mum & Dad. My Dad(May he continue RIP) spoke a total of 10 Kenyan tongues, related well with the people of the languages he spoke. From Dholuo to Kipsigis, Maasai to Luhya, Kikamba to Kisii?.....Kooro?....Chamgee?...Sopa?...Murembe?...Waacha?..Mbiyore?... He smoothly spoke and you would have thought he belonged to that specific community. Did he go to school to learn that? Nope! He loved coexisting with his fellow countrymen. Tht explained further by how fast he mastered all those lingual differences. He taught us to live together as one. I have been brought up in a cosmopolitan town, grew up with different friends from diverse cultures, went to school and learnt of the different communities we got as Kenya, and maintained that relationship. Unlike some of tribal people who only got to mingle with other cultures when they were already adults, I got to have it all: Learnt of other cultures, played with them, lived amongst them, worked with them and loved them. I would like anyone who thinks am lying here to stand up and lay claims that I Abused or belittled them because of their tribe....
MY NAIVASHA EXPERIENCE:
Our country is burning inside because some selfish politicians want us to fight each other. Using petty excuses to bring attention and cause unnecessary tension. No one should tell you to go and burn your neighbours house and do so blindly! My friend, Audi Kim can attest to this: I nearly had my head chopped off at Naivasha(during the 2007 clashes) after some youths wanted us to do some dirty work for them and we were not for it. A shining "njora" was placed on my neck and one of the so ruthless men thundered that we should take them to some unwanted pples houses. We were at the middle of the road, between Naivasha Mixed High & KAG church. Kim & I were both shaken, and luckily, before any damage was done, the police appeared in the nick of time and shot in the air to disperse tht group. Our only mistake, we didn't speak fluent Kikuyu!...(FF>>) Now.....Fellow Kenyans from different ethnic backgrounds, should we go back that way because some politicians didn't get what they wanted? Every govt is worth its tenure, and that's why there's elections after every 5 years. Rem, this govt in place was elected by the majority, hence it being in power. So, trying to undermine the will of the people who voted it in is not democracy. Let the politicians in CORD stop polarising Kenya because we need to coexist as a country. Nobody is an outcast in our motherland! When they call us 'thieves' and 'takataka', they should say what I as a Kikuyu stole from those millionaire n billionaires politicians!
Luos should not move out of their homes in Naivasha! Kikuyus should not move out of their homes in Bungoma or Coast! Let us not foolishly and carelessly claim that "when raila takes power, you kikuyus will give us all tht property you stole"! I repeat, our parents and i worked hard to get what we got, and Jomo, Kibaki or Uhuru never brought anything to our palms to warrant such treatment & branding! Otherwise, we should and MUST reject their calls to assemble and cause havoc in our country

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