Is Revolution the Answer?
Wadau, nimejam mbaya sana. I live in Ontario, a Canadian province of roughly 16 million people with an economy 5-6X times larger than Kenyaβs. Over the past eight years, the provincial leader spent about $44,000 Canadian dollars on travel, and people are furious he spent that much. Like wamekasirika mbaya sana. Mind you, this guy travels and signs business deals left right and center. He is in charge of a province with close to a TRILLION dollar GDP.
Now compare that with the motherland, where his stealership (sorry, highness) spends more than $13 million US Dollars a year on travel. Despite all those trips, what tangible economic benefits can ordinary Kenyans point to?
Like what deals did he sign that we can point to and say, βyeah, thatβs good shitβ
For comparison, Singaporeβs prime minister often flies on the countryβs national airline. Yeah, he flies KQ ya Singapore. Yet weβre constantly told Kenya is on its way to becoming βthe next Singapore.β
My question is this: if our only solution is chanting βone term,β what stops the next thief from repeating the exact same pattern? At what point do we stop focusing on personalities and start demanding institutions that hold every leader accountable? How do we send a message? Sitaki kubaniwa, but me naona we send a message that we are not about this bullshit.
