Guide to New Year Resolutions for Kenyans.

y fellow Kenyans much has happened since last year December that should serve as an

M eye opener to all of us. We voted, we were paid to fight and kill each other and when the
ultimate prize of the blood letting was evenly spread out; we were abandoned in our usual
squalor and poverty as the tribal kings retreated into their mansions to savour yet another
kill from the sweats of the masses. Now its evident that we really don’t have saviors, nobody really
give a hoot whether we live , eat , breath fresh air , get medical attention , get employment self or
otherwise etc… all our ‘leaders’ are talking about is power and more power for themselves.
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see through these self evident events. Kenya is
a land of plenty and abundance. We have enough resources to keep everybody happy and export to
other deserving countries. In a country were maize , arrow roots etc can comfortably be grown and
harvested on the roadsides we must be mocking God by claiming that we have food shortages.
Its upon each one of us to wake up and realize that we are on a fast moving train whose direction is
being manipulated to favour a dozen selfish individuals at the painfully cost of subjecting millions of
Kenyans to poverty and ignorance. We need a change, we need it now and it must come from deep
within us. Some areas that I think we need to work on:

• Violence doesn’t solve anything, it only worsens the situation. Starting from within the
family setup, schools and villages all the way up, always shun violence and go for dialog. Its
very taxing physically and mentally and most of the times it doesn’t achieve its objective. We
have a right to cessation of service to demand for some liberties but hacking your neighbors
isn’t going to solve anything. Fascist use violence to perpetuate fear and propagate
themselves into power. Say a BIG NO to violence.
• We don’t have tribes in Kenya, what we have are classes.
1. We have the blue bloods who are assured of meals even if they live for a thousand years
without working.
2. We have the strugglers who must find food but they are assured of getting it. They are aptly
named middle class to placate them.
3. Then we have the masses that are still searching for an avenue to struggle for food. Any meal
that makes it to their stomachs is an achievement of a kind.
During the chaotic (poetic) period it’s the masses who took to battle ground attacked
each other and occasionally downed a few strugglers. The blue bloods were untouched
besides their bank accounts that where used to oil the hatred. Love your neighbors and
treasure them, sit down and talk through issues we are all the same and the
future belongs to the majority and the truth.
• Love for material things has eroded our virtues. If a young man drops out of school
disappears from the village then comes back for Christmas driving a prado within the year,
almost every body would applaud him. This very painful fact has permeated into the Kenyan
society to a point where the bigger the loot the more heroic you are. We should go back to
the fundamentals of our culture. We need to work and appreciate wealth creation through our
own sweat. This love for free things is evident when matatus arbitrary raise their fares,
transporters overcharge during festive seasons, the GoK taxes small time strugglers like pool
tables and boda boda etc. Everybody is in it that’s what giving the takers some sort of moral
mask. Be different and stop it from your own end with time we shall all reach
there.
 • You don’t have to be rich to give to the poor. If you are alive and some how you can
get by have empathy for those not fortunate enough. Greed has risen to the point of becoming
a national culture. Individualism has destroyed our family bonds. It’s not uncommon to have
a regular cheap liquor partaker having a brother in the cabinet. Don’t mistake me but this just
shows how broken we are as a society. Make a resolution to give and my preference is
straight to a deserving family or individual for a worthwhile course. If you prefer to go the
church route then become very active in that church so that you don’t fall prey to pseudo
prophets.
• It’s not manly or liberal to break rules. Simple basic rules are in order for the society
to achieve harmony. Pardon me for using the word manly but they are the worst culprits.
Don’t smoke where you are not supposed to, don’t shout down people in meetings; don’t
water the nation with reckless abandon etc. Ladies too have their own issues. It seems to me
that there is a silent crusade to change this country into a nudist camp. This is so serious that
some churches have implemented dress codes.
• Have faith in the almighty and always take suffering as a lesson. We all have our
downs; don’t project your bad times to other people. Don’t forget that the almighty is still
carrying you. Persevere and you shall triumph. Maize flour, petrol, water, electricity prices
and school fees have escalated; if this happens through design don’t you worry for nobody
can live a lie for long. We shall overcome all these and live to see better days.

Lets be our brothers keepers. It really pains me to see that with all these man made harsh
conditions we have forgotten our humanity and we go for each others jugular at the slightest
provocation. I strongly believe that all these are designed to keep us focused on survival and not the
quality of living. Take your eyes off your neighbors property, daughter, focus your thoughts of how
the two of you can propel this beautiful and Godly country into greater heights. By the way have you
ever been to Othaya, Gatundu, Kibera and Baringo? Is there anything worthy that proves that you
will benefit if you vote in your villager?

Be issue oriented and make Kenya a united country.

Happy New Year. Have a prosperous 2009.
Crez