I recognize that I am not a mobilizer. Others like @CisNyakundi @bonifacemwangi are.
This is my request: we mobilize and revisit this idea of a boycott. GoK is so cruel because the rulers care only for money. Any resistance requires threatening the purse strings of business.
This is my request: we mobilize and revisit this idea of a boycott. GoK is so cruel because the rulers care only for money. Any resistance requires threatening the purse strings of business.
Kenyans need to understand what GoK fears. It's not riots, because they have weapons. They fear Kenyans refusing to work and refusing to buy. Muigai's presidency has been based on what Kenyans will pay for. If they pay for milk, he grabs that. Education? Grabs. Betting? Grabs.
If just 100,000 Kenyans refuse to send MPesa in the Sunday night period, refuse to switch on their lights, to use social media, for just 30 minutes one night, there will be a dent on the revenue. Do it for more than one Sunday, it will be significant.
There are other benefits.
There are other benefits.
It means we are a group of 100k Kenyans who think alike. It would give us confidence that we can actually do something together and ignore petty differences that are used to divide us.
Confidence is the one thing we Kenyans lack.
Confidence is the one thing we Kenyans lack.
We lack confidence because 1) politicians ensure that we never feel like we can do something without them.
2) the media keeps asking us for solutions which they know we can't implement.
They keep us down by making us feel like the problem are too big for us to have an impact.
2) the media keeps asking us for solutions which they know we can't implement.
They keep us down by making us feel like the problem are too big for us to have an impact.
100k Kenyans with a single resolve would make politicians s*** in their pants. 100k wins constituencies.
Politicians rely on us being divided on everything else but tribe. Kenyans united on anything else but tribe confuses them.
Politicians rely on us being divided on everything else but tribe. Kenyans united on anything else but tribe confuses them.
But it would also be a teaching moment for us in our homes. We would explain to our children what we are doing and why it matters. Our kids would get to see courage in action. They would understand that they can affect the world.
No gadgets on means we can talk to each other.
No gadgets on means we can talk to each other.
Basically we would be returning to the traditional story telling time of our foreparents. A half hour without these gadgets of "development" would be good for the soul.
It's a win win all round and it would save us money.
It's a win win all round and it would save us money.
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