There are parts of the Christmas story that I had never paid attention to until the reign of Tekayo.
During Christmas last year, extra-judicial killings reminded me of King Herod when he ordered the slaughter of baby boys because he was afraid of they would threaten his power.
During Christmas last year, extra-judicial killings reminded me of King Herod when he ordered the slaughter of baby boys because he was afraid of they would threaten his power.
No different from today. Young people, and young men, are the dreamers. They have energy and potential to lead. That's why they are mowed down by the police.
This Christmas, as we head to a forced referendum, I'm reminded of the taboo of counting people that was forced by the Roman empire. Joseph and Mary were forced to make a journey to Jerusalem while Mary was close to her due date
Mary and Joseph had to make the risky journey because the colonial state had insisted that people had to be counted in their ethnic homes. Kinda like #BBIreport, that is making Kenya a feudal conferederation of ethnic states paying tribute to Ichaweri. Like the Medieval era.
Young Kenyans, your birth was prophesied. You may be forced to move by the colonial ethnic politics away from home. There may be no room for you at the inn where Kenya's leaders wine, dine and steal from us. But it is precisely because you are excluded, that you can deliver us.
You are the child in the manger to deliver us from the monstrosity which Herod has imposed on us. You may have to flee to Egypt for a while, but you are the ones to redeem us from the evil that is awaiting us in 2021. #bbireport
Our ancestors are tired of my generation which is resting on the laurels of others and pretending that Kenya is independent.
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