If you read George Orwell's Animal Farm, you definitely remember Squealer. The pig who spread Napoleon’s propaganda among the other animals. Justified the pigs’ monopolization of resources & spreads false statistics pointing to the farm’s success. kenyans.co.ke/news/65201-tuj…
Squealer, was an exemplary sycophantic mouth piece. A good example thus, of the many ways in which those in power, often use rhetoric & language to twist the truth. To gain, maintain social & political control.
A silver-tongued pig, who always abused language to justify Napoleon’s actions & policies to the proletariat by whatever means seem necessary.
By radically simplifying language—as when he taught the sheep to bleat “Four legs good, two legs better!”—limiting the terms of debate.
By complicating language unnecessarily, he confused & intimidated the uneducated, for example, when he explained that pigs, who were supposedly the “brain-workers” of the farm, consumed milk and apples not for pleasure, but for the good of their comrades.
In this latter strategy, he would also employ jargon (“tactics, tactics”) as well as a baffling vocabulary of false & impenetrable statistics, engendering in the other animals both self-doubt & a sense of hopelessness about ever accessing the truth without the pigs’ mediation.
Squealer’s lack of conscience & unwavering loyalty to his leader, alongside his rhetorical skills, made him the perfect propagandist for all tyranny.
Squealer’s name also fitted him well: squealing, of course, refers to a pig’s typical form of vocalization, & Squealer’s speech defined him. At the same time, to squeal also means to betray, aptly evoking Squealer’s behavior with regard to his fellow animals.
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Dear Mr. President.
I believe if you never read George Orwell's allegorical novella the ''Animal Farm'' first published in 1945. You acquainted with''All animals being equal, with some animals,are more equal than others? standardmedia.co.ke/national/artic…
This allegorical novella has enough characters in it, that depict today's Kenya, your leadership, it's unfairness's & Utopia if you may. Two main characters Napoleon & his counter part Snowball, for instance depicts the handshake properly. But that is a story for another day.
What is of interest, is the adage from it, ''All animals being equal, & some being more equal than others''. An the case in point, that of Wanjiku lives & their importance to your Administration.
Do Wanjiku Lives Matter ?
Today's political science too often inculcates a dispassionate view of politics among scholars. Somewhere in the "literature reviews," mathematical models, "event counts," & language of "transaction costs" are buried issues and incidents that have real impacts on people's lives.
1980-to 2002, restrictions on speech & association in Kenya chilled discussion of policy & institutional development. Kenyans, civil servants included became noticeably less willing to take decisions, for fear of disapproval, & Govt business in some ministries slowed markedly.
Politics was not fit material for discussion in public places because of the proliferation of security agents in bars, matatus, public transport, clubs, & offices. Kenya had become a Gestapo country. Speaking anything that could be construed as Anti-Establishment was dangerous.
@AfricanUpdates That aviation is an important fully unexploited contributor to economic growth & development within Africa. Can open & connect markets, facilitating trade & enabling linkage into global supply chains. Is in no doubt, but our protectionist Govts & myopic thinking?
Whereas, enhancing air connectivity can help raise productivity, by encouraging investment & innovation; improving business operations & efficiency. The protectionism current is a bane, many continue to ignore.
Air transport is indispensable for tourism for example, where convenient air service facilitates the arrival of larger numbers of tourists to a region or country. But our stagnated thinking, poor leadership & acumen lack especially where changes can tilt the status quo ?
Flood havoc is a repeat offender, for the last 57 years & counting. How come we have never undertaken capability assessment of flood emergency planning & preparedness in Kenya. And based on the outputs of such, built a National Capability Framework ?
If it is not Budalangi, it is some place in Nyanza, Tana River, Narok, or even Nairobi a supposed capital city & seat of the National Government.Where as we speak, all that is lacking, in the likes of South C are whales, sharks & dolphins. As residential estates become submerged.
Facilitation. The efficient management of the necessary control process, with the objective of expediting the clearance of persons or goods & preventing unnecessary operational delays. Which can be handled by the existing NCASC, Is another Committee necessary?
It goes without saying that, ours is a circus. If at all you cared to validate the NCASP effectiveness(Annex 17 Standards 3.4.4 to 3.4.7), Thro a working NCASC, that is, would we need a component of its work replicated through a whole NATFC, essentially made of the same people?
The fire part is not just a wake up call, but a challenge to Kenya as regards NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS & Actions Needed to Address Gaps in the Nation’s Emergency Management Capabilities. But is any of you in the leadership positions at the least bit concerned ?
@NDOCKenya It's current operational status aside is supposed to have a National Prep'dness System to help assess the nation’s emergency management capabilities in preparing for disasters &, in part, to help prioritize sectoral cross cutting Disaster Mgmt leadership, but does it?