Yesterday I had a candid discussion with a brother from another religion and he posed questions that we all Kenyans need to ask ourselves every day. If indeed we are as different as we purport to be, why is it that we all undergo the same stages in life. When I get hungry or thirsty does my brother/sister from another tribe or religion not undergo the same. Are the illnesses that my brother/sister from the other religion/tribe suffers from not the same as those that I suffer from. When I die why brother or sister from the other community of religion will have a death similar to mine. Or will his/her death be different? So what are the differences that we see in people of tribes or religions different from ours such that we will not bat an eyelid as we slash them with machetes? Why is it that we will hurl grenades in a congregation full of women yet when one of our own is arrested we are up in arms protesting. My religion teaches me that we were all created in the image and likeness of GOD. I thus believe each and everyone of us regardless of our different faith or tribal extraction we are all a replica of GOD.
Personally the only difference that I perceive between humanity is the haves and the have-nots. However the haves suffer similar illnesses as the have-nots. The haves die just like the have-nots do, only that they have greater resources at their disposal hence the can still afford to be extravagant even as the rot in their graves. As a nation we really need to understand that many of the problems that we face today stem from the fact that we have allowed our political leadership to divide us along ethnic lines. They have poisoned us against our fellow country men and we are now busy plotting on how to counter this or the other tribe. In the meantime they are busy plundering our resources, the same resources that would have been used to provide quality and affordable health care to us. The quality of education in Kenya is on its deathbed because as you an me fought each other to death, our leaders were busy pocketing the little money set aside for education development.
Personally the only difference that I perceive between humanity is the haves and the have-nots. However the haves suffer similar illnesses as the have-nots. The haves die just like the have-nots do, only that they have greater resources at their disposal hence the can still afford to be extravagant even as the rot in their graves. As a nation we really need to understand that many of the problems that we face today stem from the fact that we have allowed our political leadership to divide us along ethnic lines. They have poisoned us against our fellow country men and we are now busy plotting on how to counter this or the other tribe. In the meantime they are busy plundering our resources, the same resources that would have been used to provide quality and affordable health care to us. The quality of education in Kenya is on its deathbed because as you an me fought each other to death, our leaders were busy pocketing the little money set aside for education development.
Who among the current member of parliaments (MPigs as we so fondly refer to them now) has their child(ren) attending the village day primary or secondary school? Which one of them goes to the health centre next door funded by the local authority? NONE. A few months ago we watched in the news as the two ministers in charge of the health dockets flew in and out of the country to seek medical care in the USA. So why do we pick up arms against one another yet our leaders are so united in their selfish quests like the recent proposal to award themselves Kshs. 2billion sendoff package.
LETS US ALL PREACH PEACE IN ALL WE DO.
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