Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Mudavadi is right, we should all take responsibility

Its peak season for Kenyan politics which means that politicians running their mouths just so they can make headlines is nothing new. Kenyans seem to think that Mudavadi is one such politicians and to be honest when i first read the statement, those were my exact sentiments. How dare he blame us for the mess created by politicians? For me this was a true reflection of what they call the "silly" season in politics. But then his "silly" comments got me thinking and sadly im inclined to side with him......... at least to a certain extend. Why you may ask?? People, haven't we for the last four years talked about how a neighbor slashed a fellow neighbor to death. How a businessman well known to everyone in the community was kicked out of his land by the same boys he use to give Kibarua? So my question is, if i took a panga and slashed my neighbor, or at least know a person who did this, how can i now stand and blame William Ruto or Francis Muthaura for the death of that same neighbor. Of course we must have someone take responsibility for enabling or allowing kenyans to murder each other the way we did and thus the Hague process is completely valid. But really, shouldn't we also take some responsibility for the mere fact that since 2007, only one person has been found guilty for killing another during the post election violence and yet we live or still know the people who picked pangas against our very own neighbors? As i write this, the Tana River fire has barely gone out. And yes like the Kenya's we are, we are blaming it all on politicians and of course by doing so the crimes will go unpunished (unless you count the one night sleep over by Godana in a cell as punishment). What about the goons who decided to slash the women and children like animals? Or just because some politician somewhere incited them they are free of any blame? Im sorry if i don't agree with all the Kenyans who are begging for Mudavadi's blood but we as kenyans must also take POLITICAL responsibility for the mess we have made out of this country. Well you know what they say, 'personal is political', we kill our fellow country men/women so that we have power, power to control land, power to vote in our clans man and the list goes on. Politics is all about power, so don't tell me that only your area politicians was driven by the need for self preservation. Enough of blaming it all on politicians, after all they were all in their nice Runda homes as we murdered each other.