Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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FRM2011 wrote:
Let me ask a question here. I know its pointless but I will try it anyway.
There is a section of the population ( >40% ) that has been made to feel their voices cannot be heard and they do not matter anyway.
When they try to exercise their right to picket, a right granted by our constitution and reinforced by 4 high court rulings, we have ended up with 67 dead protesters. All killed by police in cold blood.
And now those people have decided to take a more passive approach. They want to have their voice heard by saying nothing. By keeping off. Going by the reaction here and elsewhere, I can say without fear, someone has heard them loud and clear.
Apart from Uhuru, we know almost everyone else in Jubilee is there to enrich themselves at the expense of the state. Hitting their pockets is a the best way to send a message they will hear. By taking away the one thing they love most.
Kameme Fm has been fundraising for prople who lost their property in Kawangware. No word for those who lost their lives. Three of those who died in Kawangware were Kiuks. But to Kameme, property rights trump the right to life.
The NASA team are simply saying, "we beg to differ, the right to life is supreme above everything else."
Lets all sit back and wait to see how this goes.
My take, Safaricom may survive but the other two................
Now we are getting somewhere by asking the real questions like you have and having a sensible discussion. As you said 40% are feeling disenfranchised. I get that but you need to understand where Jubilee is coming from also. They believe they have the remaining 60% and they are feeling provoked by NASA. The question becomes, what would you as @FRM2011 do if you were an african president and feel cornered yet the people who elected you are also piling pressure for you to stop being a weakling? It's tough. And don't forget that there are people who dislike Raila the same way other people dislike Uhuru or Ruto. We all know that no matter what Uhuru does, he will never gain love from his haters, so who do you think he's better off pleasing? Similarly, if Raila came into power he would treat his '1/40' tribe even worse or so they believe.
BBI will solve it :)
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