1. If Kenya erupted into full blown chaos today, how much would your tribe or political party matter to you?
2. How far to safety can your busfare, uberfare, airfare take you? And how much will your tribe or political party chip in?
3. As you celebrate or condemn the actions of those that "flee" from the hot seat to their second homes abroad, does it hit home that there comes a time when it's everyone for him/herself (not tribe or party) and God for us all?
4. What do you have in your emergency kit? Do you have one? Does it have a passport and sufficient funds (preferably in foreign currency) or just mosquito coils for keeping the bugs at bay in a future Kakuma refugee camp?
5. How is history and how are your grandkids going to judge you 50 years from now in the role you played towards healing our ailing nation?
The late Prof. George Saitoti is quoted to have said that, "there comes a time when the nation is more important than an individual.
My friends, that time has been here with us for a while now.
God Bless Kenya.
End the rant.
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