SELF DESTRUCT!

Have you ever been in a situation that no matter what you do, things just won’t go your way? It’s like the old belief that you got bad luck from walking under a ladder or got 7 years of bad luck from breaking a mirror. Come rain come sun, nothing seems to work out for you. It is like there is an old hag somewhere who has dedicated her life to making your life as miserable as it could possibly be.

That is what I think is happening to my beloved country. Someone somewhere has entrapped our guardian angel, enslaved our fairies and trapped our genie in a dark dungeon in hell. Looking at everything that is going on, I am inclined to think that we are the main agenda, in every AGM, of the witches and sorcerers association of the world (WSAW). I wonder why nothing ever goes our away.

Traditionally, we have four seasons in a year, which are evenly distributed. This is a good thing right? Especially considering the fact that were located in the tropics. What more could man ask for? Unfortunately, this is not so, instead of taking advantage of this God- given wonderful climate, it’s the same climate that makes us suffer so much that you wonder if it’s a blessing or a curse. The dry season for example, four months of sun and wind (adequate) but instead of taking advantage of these wonderful conditions, we’re constantly are crying about drought and famine. January of every year is becoming that month of “Kenyans for Kenya” it’s a shame that desert countries like Israel and Egypt donate food to Kenya. I mean, really! We are not even ashamed of ourselves accepting these donations.

Come April and May, the skies open up and we’re “blessed” with rain. This is that time we should rewrite our wrongs so that we don’t end up suffering when the New Year comes. This blessing rapidly (0-100 in 3 seconds) turns into a curse as floods ravage our beloved country. Property is destroyed, crops are washed away, animals die, buildings collapse. Instead of enjoying the showers of blessings, we end up crying over our losses. All this goes on amid water rationing. You’re left to wonder, who cursed us??

They say diversity is the spice of life, A lot of diverse communities we have in Kenya, but that does not necessarily mean that we will prosper because of our different cultures. Instead, tribalism is a nagging thorn in our flesh. We’re constantly fighting within ourselves, we cannot tolerate the other tribe, it’s an abomination to marry from a rival tribe, we cannot form business partnerships and we just hate each other. Mind you, were from the same country. I shake when we decry racism and we cannot tolerate each other of the same color just because they don’t speak as we do. Nanialituchawi?

We have one of the countries with the highest literacy rates in the world. Ideally, this translates to rational thinking and leads to economic development. But this isn’t so; we are still grappling with poverty and disease, yearly famines and so on.  Our politicians are so greedy that they can steal even from church mice let alone from themselves. Sighs!

You could be forgiven to think that Kenya is cursed. No one would blame you if you thought that we as a country are possessed with the spirit of self-destruction. Personally, I see my country as one of the most blessed country in the world. I can’t begin to imagine what would happen if we had winter, earthquakes (and our every collapsing buildings), volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes and other ravages mother nature has to offer. My premise is that we have cursed ourselves (if sorcery really exists). We have turned our blessings into a curse. We have taken a good thing and turned it into the most awful thing ever conceived. Am still hopeful that all this will change, one day that excess sun will be able to power our homes and industries, that rainfall will be stored and used for irrigation during the day seasons so that we do not have Kenyans dying of hunger. I am hopeful that we’ll lean to see ourselves as one and not a tribe; I hope to see selfless politicians who put the needs of their constituents before their selfish wants. I long to see a prosperous Kenya.