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Guide to New Year Resolutions for Kenyans.

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

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 dont 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 dont 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 doesnt solve anything, it only worsens the situation. Starting from within thefamily 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 doesnt achieve its objective. We

have a right to cessation of service to demand for some liberties but hacking your neighbors

isnt going to solve anything. Fascist use violence to perpetuate fear and propagate

themselves into power. Say a BIG NO to violence. We dont 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 aptlynamed middle class to placate them.

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Then we have themasses

that are still searching for an avenue to struggle for food. Any mealthat makes it to their stomachs is an achievement of a kind.

During the chaotic (poetic) period its 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 ourown 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 thats 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.

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You dont have to be rich to give to the poor. If you are alive and some how you canget 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. Its not uncommon to have

a regular cheap liquor partaker having a brother in the cabinet. Dont 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 dont fall prey to pseudoprophets.

Its not manly or liberal to break rules. Simple basic rules are in order for the societyto achieve harmony. Pardon me for using the word manly but they are the worst culprits.

Dont smoke where you are not supposed to, dont shout down people in meetings; dont

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 ourdowns; dont project your bad times to other people. Dont 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 dont you worry for nobodycan 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