“I just do not have enough angry Kenyans to work with me to reset this country”
“We prayed to God to scatter the BBI process and we have been vindicated”
“Do you need a document to bring the country together?”
“Somebody give me 1000 committed professionals who are completely tired of status quo in Kenya and together we will fix a big chunk of what is going wrong.”
How angrier could this get!
Those are words of Reuben Kigame, extracted from Twitter and a TV interview.
Kigame is a celebrated Kenyan gospel musician.
One thing is clear, he is not happy at all with the government, to an extent that he would call out for angry men and women, and not just of any caliber – professionals, he specified.
Truly, this nation needs exclusive attention to save.
Anger is a necessary motivator
Whenever in history a great shift came by, there was always an angry person tired of the status quo and thirsty for a change.
You have to feel the pinch of a repressive system to be motivated enough for change.
Mandela – I hate racial discrimination
Think of Nelson Mandela in apartheid South Africa, a governance system designed and dominated by whites to demean blacks in every little way possible.
He hated the system, but funny enough not the whites who propagated it.
“I hate the practice of race discrimination and in my hatred, I am sustained by the fact that the overwhelming majority of mankind hates it equally.” It’s one of the most remarkable quotes by Mandela.
He was well motivated; he wanted a South Africa of equal opportunity, and hatred for discrimination might have helped him get things right.
We need this kind of people driven by dissatisfaction with the status quo and ready to make a difference.
Maybe the Angry Birds make a better impression of anger
It has often been said that Kenyans are tough critics of the government on Twitter, but unfortunately, the aggression on Twitter hardly sees the real world.
So where are we losing the fight? Is it that we are not angry enough?
Well, I think that Kenyans have already grown immune to repression.
They are used to watching the system eat its own while they ignore and sometimes fight in vain.
Kenyans wait until they are pushed to the brink – until it becomes unbearable.
They are like these pathogens which become resistant to drugs over time.
Take malaria’s case as an instance: we are already looking for alternative anti-malarial medicine to replace chloroquine.
Malaria’s causative pathogen is reported to have developed resistance against the drug.
Likewise, it appears as though Kenyans have learned to stomach repression.
Where is the anger, the fury, the determination that Reuben Kigame is seeking?
We’re getting beat by the Angry Birds!
It’s time we stood up for what is right.