KENYA, THE LAND OF FORGETFULNESS.

Kenya is a historical country; we tend to forget easily. We are a nation that is easily swayed by trends and emotions. We like history and hate novelty.

Looking into our history, we've had events that should not be forgotten but trends overshadowed them. We've had similar scenarios that almost look the same but happened within different times.

Tribal politics have always been detrimental to our development and at the same time, a burden to some communication. Since independence, tribal profiling has had a big impact on the country and the tribes involved. We lost Tom Mboya just because Jommo Kenyatta feared that Luos were hostile towards him and they might overthrow him and what followed was retaliation from the opposing tribe that even saw the president being pelted with stones and rotten eggs..

This saw hatred between the two tribes; Luos and Kikuyus hating each other for someone's course.

This continued in the next governments. Hezekiah Ochuka who was hanged for plotting to overthrow the Nyayo regime was a victim of tribal politics. And as if that was not enough, the country lost Minister for Foreign Affairs Robert Ouko under unclear circumstances and up to date, we still don't know what happened.

All tribes were involved in the failed coup but it was the Luo tribe that suffered greatly as they were profiled as rebels and homes were invaded as Jaramogi was out under house arrest. This made people believe that Luos were meant to be in opposition.

 Those involved in the assassination are now dead and dead men tell no tales. These two tribes have mutual hatred for each other. The learned people from the Luo tribe like Prof. Ouma Muga, Barack Obama Snr. ,Anyang Nyongo and others were victims of the tribal profiling.

The result of this was seen in the post election violence in 2008 when Kibaki STOLE the elections and announced himself as the winner.

But the problem is that we easily forgot about it and even the electoral commission has never been interested in conducting credible elections. After each election, the country is always plunged into crisis as we have easily forgotten about the lives lost in 2008. We continue to lose lives.

We have seen people campaigning by pushing hate on other tribes . All political parties in Kenya are tribal.

How many corruption scandals must we have as country before the judicial system acts on those involved.

The Goldenburg scandal shook the whole nation and we all wanted to see the perpetrators brought to courts. With the change of leadership, we also switched to other things and we forgot about it. The likes of Kamlesh Patni and Amos Wako are still enjoying themselves freely. The judicial system is only concerned about dealing with petty crime offenders like chicken thieves and drunkards.

Recently, we saw the Aror and Kimwarer dam scandal that really hit the country. Cases were filed but no one was convicted. The CS involved Henry Rotich was found to be not guilty as there wasn't enough evidence to pin him to the crime. The Kenya Kwanza government still wanted to give him a job. We easily forgot about that as his tribe protected him.

Then came the KEMSA scandal, the fake fertilizer scandal and NHIF scandal. We have forgotten about them. The problem with Kenyans is that the moment the media stops focusing on a certain issue, we just move on to the next thing..

We saw a case where dead bodies were found in River Yala. The police launched investigations to uncover the truth . Instead of the truth, we found ourselves in another scandal, The Shakahola massacre. The government's discovered a mass grave in Shakahola forest and the lead suspect, Pastor Mackenzie was arrested and arraigned in court. What was intriguing about it is that there were fresh bodies that were still being dumped there as the lead suspect was under arrest. My question was how could one person burry more than six hundred people without the knowledge of the government ? And why was it that some bodies had some organs harvested ? Instead of the government launching investigationa in hospitals that dealt with organ transplant, they investigated churches . They even arrested Yesu wa Tongaren. As this was happening, we had already forgotten about the Yala issue. The media had switch gears.

Recently there was a discovery of mutilated bodies at Kware in Mukuru. The government's has since pinned the case on a young man who claims to have been forced to confess on his involvement. 

The lazy police department hates investigating. Two weeks later, nobody talks about Kware as we are now dealing with the new handshake government.

We are a nation that is easily swayed by trends and emotions.

Raila has been contesting for presidency five times and each time, a particular tribe performs a ritual to curse him to lose. The funny thing is that we then go back to him, begging him to fight for our rights that obviously the government violates. We only remember him at the time of crisis. We seem to think that he knows the solution to our problems but we don't elect just because "watakojoa Kwa bararabara". 

The funniest part is that when he negotiates for his personal interests, we brand him all sorts of names . Just the way you forget about him when voting is the same way he does when negotiating.

Once again, we move with trends.

After every election since 2007, the people have always protested but gained nothing. Currently,Gen Zs have been claiming that they will help shape the country. How can they do this without leadership ? When have we ever seen protests changing anything ?

We need new strategy.

Police brutality is something that has been and will always be there and there is nothing we can do about it. When we report rogue officers to the IPOA hoping that they will deal with the offenders is wastage of time. 

Let's not forget how a foreign journalist was killed by the police who later said that the incident was about mistaken identity. What else do you expect from a baseless IPOA ?

We should not forget about those who stood with the offenders but mark them as enemies. It's the police that has been understanding the rights of citizens enshrined in the constitution.

Lastly, some people have been celebrating the inclusion of ODM members into the cabinet. What we need to understand is that the monkey is the same, it's just that it has moved into a different forest. How can we forget what happened in the handshake government with Uhuru, where looting was a norm ?

So all the problems Kenyans want to be addressed should come after we've solved the issue of forgetfulness. This is what has cost the country. 

Overdependence on the media is what makes us forget as trends easily change our brain frequency. 

We have been lied to that the NADCO report will solve the crisis in the country, remember we have the TJRC report that should be implemented but the elites fear being implicated. 

We allowed western interference into our internal affairs forgetting what other countries have gone through under the same.

Having so many reports will take us nowhere, let's implement the ones we have and LET'S NOT FORGET.