http://blog.jaluo.com/?p=1693
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:07:59 -0800 [03:07:59 AM CST]
From: kunasa
Subject: Re: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:55 +0000
From: nganga…@ . . .
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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On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:46 AM, mathias aguta wrote:
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 understand 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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— On Fri, 11/21/08, Otieno Hongo wrote:
From: Otieno Hongo
Subject: Re: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 11:30 AM
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
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On Nov 22, 12:21 pm, Jim Wanyama wrote:
Brother,
We share something in common! I have your passion within me, that’s why
I feel you to the hilt! Yes, we need a revolution in KENYA. Our country has been stolen with spite. Thieves still laugh at us with scorn, perpetually appearing on national tv, from morning till late, brandishing their dirty strokes with malice that makes heaven quake with disgust. I support your agenda, and I’m ready and willing to partner with you when you arrive. A peaceful revolution is possible, and it’s the only way for Kenya. Let we the young people rise up and start something. It’s about planning first. Then comes the sacrifice. ? Yes we can’ even in Kenya as it has been in America.
Jimmy.
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:41:55 -0800
From: veronicaochieng@ . . .
Subject: Re: NON-MILITANT REVOLUTION
Dear wanabidii,
With our politicians trend, unless we are very careful, don’t be surprised if we wake up one day and find that Kenya has been auctioned!!!!
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— On Sat, 11/29/08, mathias aguta wrote:
From: mathias aguta
Subject: RE: Kenya was AUCTIONED!
Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 1:20 AM
Veronica,
Kenya was auctioned many years ago! Grand corruption, foreign loans that never did anything but go into private pockets, privatisations that saw national assets in the hands of foreigners…..Kenya was AUCTIONED!
Whta remains now is for wanabidii and other patriots to reclaim it. We may need to repay the loans, slaughter the corruption monsteer, re-purchase the nation’s privaysed wealth…. But the only answer is to reclaim Kenya from greedy politicians, like those MPs unwilling to pay tax so we can use it to reclaim our country, our pride
mathias.
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My felow kenyans, i truely share the view that our country was auctioned.But i belive that we can get this country back without staging any strike or demonstrations.The only thing we need is to get united and put in place a proper work plan which we will use to reclaim our motherland.I personaly have the plan and i’ll unveil it soon on this platform.So dear kenyans dont loose hope.There is a way out of all this problems. BELIEVE ME THERE’S A WAY AND WE ARE GOING TO RISE UP AGAINST ALL ODDS UNTILL WE GET OUR COUNTRY BACK. AND FOR SURE WE CAN.
H.LIBALA MUHALIA GEORGE.
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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:09:33 -0800 [11/29/2008 07:09:33 AM CST]
From: haileselassie muhalia
Subject: RE: Kenya was AUCTIONED!
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Please do share this plan.
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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:18:42 +0300 [11/29/2008 07:18:42 AM CST]
From: Kelvin
Subject: Re: Kenya was AUCTIONED!