Hello Wanabidii,

I hope you all had a fantastic Obama day there in Kenya!!! The excitement was more than words can describe.

May this day serve as a reminder that a day is also coming to Kenya (and even now is) when we will cease to judge each other by our surnames, tribes and other prejudices because change will have come….let it serve as a notice to those who openly and secretly perpetrate tribalism and hatred that a day is coming when those antics will not work ….where we will elect people to office based on their competence and not tribe. It has taken American over 200 years to come from a voteless era for the Black man to having a Black man in the Whitehouse. About 40 years ago a Black man could not vote in America, or marry a white person, or sit in the same bus! Many, like Jesse Jackson who was with Martin Luther King when he was shot, never thought it would happen in their lifetime ….but when the time had come his eyes beheld that which he only dreamt about. Yet 40 years ago every Kenyan of age could exercise their right to vote, not withstanding issues like
rigging. If God could accelerate things for Americans, He can also do it for Kenyans.

And therefore we must keep on dreaming for a better Kenya. Remember even Joseph in the Bible dreamt of becoming the Prime Minister of the then powerful Egypt, the seat of that present day civilization and it came to pass! Dream dreams for Kenya! Do not despair when you see the riggings, injustices, tribalism, hatred, corruption etc…. cos’ a day is coming when the walls that hold all these hindrances will collapse and give way to a better world for us. We shall win the battle for democracy by chipping away daily at the walls of our obstructions. Who knows in our very lifetimes we will be amazed as we behold the past melt away with all it’s frustrations to give way to a new era in Kenya. We are on the brink of acheiving it. Soon the hate preachers will find themselves with no audiences.

I like the ndugu who wrote on this forum saying that a time should come when you can stand in any constituency in Kenya and be elected in it……just like Nairobi is a “free for all” zone, one day you will not need to come from a specific tribe to be elected by it’s people because change would have come. But we must be patient and wait for that moment. Teach your children about justice and equity because it is them who will steer our nation and give it greatness. Let’s not cry about the past but forge forward to achieve more than our present leaders have been able to do for us. If you have a dream to be a leader let it not just end as a dream….take action – don’t hold back, pursue it with a passion…you may fail once or twice…but who knows what God has planned for you?!

Happy Obama month!

Cheers,
Serah

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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:28:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: s_akelola@
Subject: RE: Obama day