Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:55 +0000 [11/21/2008 01:06:55 AM CST]
From: Nganga Joe Mungai
Subject: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
I have been watching the political scene as issues develop, just like everybody else with interest for a number of reasons. Forget all the others but this is the major one; I am a Kenyan and I love my country.
Read on but you may not like me for what you will read but I care the less. Its brunt but painful to some but I believe it’s healthy to most of the folks.
We need a REVOLUTION in this country. Make no mistake about it, not a military revolution. I do not and will never ever advocate a military one.
The revolution I am talking about is one where we refuse to go to work, refuse to be governed by the idiots that our politicians have become.
We have to stop these politicians from messing our lives!
They kill, they steal, they incite us through our miseries key among them joblessness and poverty to rise against one another etc,etc etc and all we do is keep quiet!
WE NEED A REVOLUTION LEAD BY THE YOUTH !LEAD BY SELFLESS YOUTH. Forget the Kibakis,Railas,Kiunjuris,Orengos,Kajuangs,Kabando wa Kabandos ,Rutos etc etc of this world.They all have one mission to exploit you to the bone.
I was in Kenya recently and I stood outside the Westgate Shopping mall.I saw the wealthy do their shopping ,drive off in the immaculate cars.The next day i went to the village I come from and what is there is abject poverty!
I am coming back to Kenya in January 2009 and will be part of the revolution that I believe at some point has to happen.
How many of you are willing to stand and be counted?
Nice weekend
Joe Nganga
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:46:53 +0000 [11/21/2008 01:46:53 AM CST]
From: mathias aguta
Subject: RE: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
Hello Nganga,
Thank you for your concern for Kenya. The peaceful revolution you suggest is a great idea but in an impoverished country like ours we know that withdrawal of labour (sit-ins, strikes, picketing) rarely bears any results. Poor workers, in need of their daily bread, fearful of the cosequences of losing a job will always troop back to work amid threats and intmidations from employers, ably supported by government. Refusal to go to work, with our incompetent and copmromised trade unions will only hurt those we’re out to help. We’ve seen leaders call for demos and strikes but are impotent to help those laid off following stikes; retreating to their comfort zones as soon as the going gets tough. That’s the reality of a poor nation and a poor people.
I do not know what you mean by “refuse to be governed” by… and undersatnd not how that can be implemented.
What I understand is that you, like majority of Kenyans, are fed up with our style of politics and governance. We should and must do something about it.
I believe the one and ONLY powerful revolution must remain the power of the vote. If citizens use this tool correctly, without selfish influences, they will send a more powerful message to thier failed leaders. A massive defeat of a government at a free, fair,open and well-managed electoral process, where well-informed voters make well-informed political choices, is a far more effective revolution than one where the intention is to make the country ungovernable, leading to suffering and misery to many.
Joe, yes we need a revolution. The form of the revolution is the question. In my view, the youth can and should be sensitized, with political messages and and the need to stand up for their rights. They must then be called upon to execute an electoral revolution – where all leaders who have failed us are voted out.
We have started by calling on our MPs to pay tax on their incomes. This message must be disseminated to the youth to carry on. We must move on to targeting individual leader who do not live up to the peoples’ expectations. These must be publicised, made known to our youth who must carry on the momentum. At election time, if such leaders will not have resigned from office, Kenyans must mount an all-out campaign, without borders, to vote them out.
Can we start with the 1012 elections in mind?
Mathias.
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:43:03 +0000 [11/21/2008 02:43:03 AM CST]
From: Nganga Joe Mungai
Subject: Re: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
I heard a very intersting story about how Kenyatta grabbed the infamous Gicheha farm near Nakuru town.
He was looking for some land to grab and was being driven in his car with mama Ngina.
The old man was feeling sleepy and he told his guys my land starts here and will end when I am awake .The old guy slept as the driver drove on and on.After quite some time Mama Ngina saw some two bulls fighting and woke Mzee up to watch the bull fight.Mzee said ‘weka Beacon Hapo’ to mark the further end of his land
We need Gicheha farm amongst other farms grabbed by the past and present leaders returned.We hear they want compensation for having stolen our land.The have built factories like Brookeside dairies,Spectare International, etc,etc offered a handful of Kenyans employment just to hoodwink us!
We NEED A REVOLUTION!
Joe
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:30:38 +0300 [11/21/2008 03:30:38 AM CST]
From: Otieno Hongo
Subject: Re: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
Dear Mathias,
When the same government controls the electoral process, then it is difficult to achieve this through the ballot as well, we all saw what happened last year. Peaceful revolution can take many forms, just read the writings of Gandhi for example. Gandhi’s philosophy of non-cooperation with the oppressor worked in India until the British left by their own volition. What we might need is to look at ways of refusing to cooperate with the political class. When Gandhi said that he would use salt to bring down the British Empire, the british governor and his cronies had a good laugh but when everybody started making their own salt and boycotting the British factory salt, the brits could not beleive it and had to plead with the Mahatma to stop his protest. To Gandhi, salt was but a metaphor. We can find our metaphor…I leave the rest to your imagination.
Regards,
Hongo