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TO LIVE OR TO DIE

By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you

Kenya is weeping not because of its current occupants, but because of the wrong principles it was founded on

raila.pngIn his famous quotes, former Germany chancellor and NAZI leader Adolf Hitler once proffered that “By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make people see even heaven as hell or, an extremely wretched hell as paradise” It is absurd to see poor Kenyans hoodwinked by their tribal chiefs to believe that they are living in paradise yet they go dinnerless and lunchless. My brothers and sisters of this great land of exceptional talents, the home of adeptly incomparable athletes; the ancestral land of outstanding world icons, I greet you all.Fellow Kenyans, what I am writing here today is not burlesque, it is genuine and unadulterated. It is hate-free and it concerns you and me, yes; it concerns the all of us. Our country is bleeding not because of its current occupants, but because of the wrong principles it was founded on. I know and understand that to the countless inconsolable enemies of democracy, this is ugly stuff. This is ugly stuff that the haters of free speech will seem to always subtly downplay or strenuously whitewash. Currently, Our President and his deputy are eliding their troubling tribal politics whenever they go public more so when the sound waves of the word “National dialogue” happens to pay their eardrums an impromptu visit. Poor Kenyans countenance the fact that the president is an unimpeachably great tribal icon because he is safeguarded by the tyranny of tribal crackpots. Unarguably, members of every nook and cranny of this world knows categorically that Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidency was acquired at the expense of falsehood, bribery, authoritarianism, impunity and false certification. The certification that not only does no good, but also weakens people’s grasp on the truth especially on the 50 1% drama. That, IEBC can ideally explicate. Kenyans have been abandoned by their greedy leaders. Their dreams are no longer valid because they have since been transformed into pitiful nightmares. The president no longer cares about us. We are all suffering together, Kikuyus, Kisiis, Luhyias, Kambas, Luos, Turkanas, Mijikendas just to mention but a few. That is why we need a ‘Moses’ to get us out of the ‘Egypt’ we are in. Raila Odinga might be politically obsolete, but, his message is as fresh as a daisy. Fellow Kenyans, let us not judge a book by looking at its cover because not all that glistens is gold. The Agenda items that Raila has are beneficial to all of us. Let us say no to the skyrocketing of prices of basic commodities. Let us stop pretending that all is well because the president is our own.Albert Nyakundi Amenya, Chief Banana Pedlar from the County of Bosongo/Kisii.

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