A Scarlet Talk; The Narrative of Dynasties and Hustlers.
I am not so much into politics in as much as it is a hot topic. Being a political writer, there is always something to write about. If not for a throw of words here, there is a political rally there. But most important is the political turmoil tale tales.
Sometimes you wonder whether some people have extra eyes because they will have a peek into some minute things in a political scene and end up making a huge story about them. The fuss that surrounds most of those stories cannot fit anything less of a propaganda.
In other cases, it is about the politicians themselves. I am often surprised at the crop of politicians we have in this country. I have caught myself thinking a number of times of the need to have a strong code of conduct for our politicians.
We may look like we came up with a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to help curtail the misbehavior of our so-called politicians, yet it seems to a be a soft underbelly. Mine is a thinking of having a more robust yet fully independent arm of keeping in check the conduct of our politicians.
An example of a funny narrative is the dynasties Vs Hustlers movement thing. It started as Kieleweke Vs Tangatanga before mutating to the recently ‘banned’ tale of what is believed to be more to do with the privileged Vs the not so privileged.
From a neutral ground, we can agree that the folly is more about the perennial problem of poverty. The narrative seeks to make a fool about the issue of poverty that has marauded this country in a very serious way than we can imagine.
While other countries are in the race to bridge the huge gap between the rich and the poor, we are singing in its glory. Out of it, we want to build a kind of Cosmo which is ideally a purely-two-societal environment not meant to meet at any point in time.
The so called, dynasties seem to have triggered a bitter after taste for the hustlers while the dynasties have the feeling that it is a free society and nothing like privilege. A keener approach unravels the truth that the so-called hustlers are not what we think it to be.
The American nation prides itself as a land of equal opportunity where anybody in it has the same opportunity to succeed and make the very best of themselves as everybody else. Working hard and smart becomes the corresponding factor of determining the success of a person in most cases.
Coupled with that hard work is the depth a person is willing to go into to innovate and be creative in a bid to achieve their dreams. The grounds get leveled up, the policies become right, the environment welcoming and the people proper thinkers so that there is at least some form of equity and equality towards the opportunities available.
Back here at home, we build the narrative that it is all about privilege and lucky in rubbing shoulders with the privileged ones otherwise some people’s destinies are already cut. So, no hard work. Just play you cards right and your cloth is cut to size.
We pride in building a society that beliefs for you to succeed you have to dim the light of the other one or you have to trample their successes. It is kind of a culture that got ingrained into our DNA since independence days and we have mastered the art of bettering it as time goes by.
I took a moment to remember the vision Kibaki had as he took the mantle of power in the year 2002. That day, I remember sitting quietly and keenly in front of our Greatwall TV that had no color. My dad was seated there too with my brothers as well.
We watched every detail the color notwithstanding. On that day, I didn’t remember that the people were wearing the same color clothes; black and white. We were just excited that we had a new president in place. In his acceptance speech, Kibaki called all of us to embrace his vision.
He wanted the country to be a working nation. He wanted the people to fold their shirts and blazers and get down to work. That way we would succeed and the country would succeed. But because the vision was right and the mindset already corrupted, corruption marred the whole thing and all people wanted was to have the pie for themselves.
Yet for those who managed to work diligently and with hard work realized the opportunity was there and that they could succeed genuinely. It was open to all. The environment was bit leveled up, the policies were better and the implementation fair.
Others curtailed around the whole system and came out with big smile and today it turns out to be a finger pointing rat and cat race of mockery when we need to instill in the populace the diligence of anybody achieving their dreams irrespective as long as they work on them.
Instead of glorifying morass, we ought to make our policies right and in a way that encourages the free spirit of opportunity and the assurance of achieving those dreams as long as one has the grit, the desire and purpose to go after it.
In the fairest terms, the dynasties Vs hustler’s tale qualifies as a misgo and stupefying mockery which qualifies the people steering it as the same standard as of us the electorate. In other words, we and them agree that we are lost and if that is the case, we have no future and that we may never catch up with the rest of the world.
Ultimately the choice is ours. We stand to be judged by history. Let it not be that we became part of the bad history markers through our choices. Let us stand to be counted by what is right. And that is right leadership. When we do what is right, we join the rest of the world to make this universe a better place.
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