Given the mire that our country is wallowing in, this is not the time for us to continue resting on our laurels. Truth be told, our country is languishing under the incompetence of the “leaders” we let sail into the August house.
Why is Mungiki wreaking havoc and leaving terror everywhere, when our country boasts of having one of the best security forces in East and Central Africa? Does it mean that there is nothing that can be done?
Sometimes the poignant words of Jonathan Swift ring in my mind and I sigh heavily and let them run the breadth of my mind:
“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.”
Sometimes it seems to me that laws are put in place to stifle, strangulate and asphyxiate some people while some others toy around with them and have a field day. (Otherwise what do you make of the Anglo Leasing and Goldenberg masterminds enjoying the free air while someone who stole Ksh 100/- rotting in jail!)
I know some of us have ever read “The Nation’s Prayer” but I reproduce it here for the benefit of all of us:
“God give us men!
A time like this demands: strong minds, great heights, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who posses opinions and a will;
Men who have honour; Men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue;
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking;
Tell men, sun-crowned who live above the fog;
In public duty and in private thinking;
For while they rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds;
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps;
Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps.”
Kenya needs serious men and women who can give their eye teeth to afford the electorate the best their country can and could offer. That’s what we should ruminate over this election year.
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