President Kenyatta has signed the controversial bill into law. No problem. For those of us who were born with their backs against the wall, the only option, that has always been available to us, is the hard way. The only way. This country is for us all, whether you are that Ogiek octogenerian I found sleeping inside Mau Forest on a flea-infested cow hide, or that St. Andrews Turi girl who was toying around with her fathers chopper in Molo last year. In 1969, when the blood of my forefathers flowed on the streets of Kisumu, the survivors did not return home and live happily ever after. They woke up and, collectively, decided to speak on behalf of my mother, me, my daughter, and my would-be daughters daughter. The third generation after the Kisumu massacre must not rub their stomachs and dance themselves lame to the latest bendover hits. Because were currently being bent over, and they are shoving it down our throats saying tupende tusipende. Tumependa, tutapenda. But as I have told you before, be wary of that weak, helpless, timidly-looking person you keep stepping on his sore toe. My late grandfather taught me to be afraid of oppressed people in large numbers. If we rise, we rise with honour. If we fall, it must be so. - Aristophanes: The Frogs
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:49:11 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015