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Unity comes from struggle

11/9/2016

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PictureSource: Book in Africa
I often wonder why history and theory are important when Kenyans don't care for them. But I stopped wondering this morning when I read the president’s speech at the flashy launch of the Jubilee party.

Honestly, I was going to ignore the Jubilee party launch, since I really don’t care for Kenyan political soap operas. But when I heard that the president has mentioned Lumumba in his speech, I was livid. Lumumba is an icon of Pan-African history, which has been the refuge of many of us Kenyans who find Kenyan political discussions so stifling. To the Kenyans who embrace it, pan-African history has given us the tools to unite across tribe and age. 


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Why I'm going to vote (Reloaded)

10/9/2016

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 So this weekend, Kenyans are being treated to the carnival of the newly formed Jubilee Party. By God's grace, I have been overwhelmed this week by other matters, and so I didn't have the presence of mind to follow the news and share in the lethargy with which Kenyans are processing the splash of power and money. Many Kenyans feel that the 2017 elections are a done deal, and I think that that is partly the point of the Kasarani carnival - to overwhelm us into thinking that we really don't have a choice. 

So this morning, I remembered that I felt the same way during the TNA carnival four years ago when I wrote this post. If you didn't know that I wrote it in 2012, you would think I wrote it yesterday. But the only difference is, this time, is that I'm not that excited about voting. Since the IEBC demonstrations by CORD, my sense is that politicians decide how to share power and resources, and the citizens are simply there to give the charade some numbers. Our voice does not really count.

My gratitude goes to Chifu wa Malindi for preserving the post. Thank you for being a griot. A historian.

​Why I'm going to vote

Posted May 21st, 2012 

I don't want to vote in the upcoming Kenya general elections. And I'm angry because I think that it's hardly a coincidence that I don't want to vote.

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