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police” illiterates, jobless rascals living in that the white man brought, the
some wild places in the rural areas, white man stole their land. Meaning
The Rift Valley Regional Command- get sophisticated weapons, which that when the Afrikans opened their
er George Natembeya admitted the government of Kenya does not eyes after prayers, they had the Bible
that the bandits own sophisticated have and which are only used by and the white man had the lands.
weapons, which are often used rich foreign armies, should someone You can pull out some sense in the
for wars by international armies. in the interior ministry, customs, im- sentiment, but the question right
He went on to say that the weap- migration department, airports, the now is this, do we ever question
ons were powerful and capable of army, the police etc., not be on their our politicians when they boast of
deadly mass destruction. He was way out by now and be prosecuted having thousands of acres of land
quoted as saying “While our officers for negligence of duty? Or what do in their procession? I mean land that
are using AK47 and G3 rifles, the you think? is as huge as hundreds of thousands
bandits (in Laikipia) are using M16s of acres. When one political family
and other heavy machinery which Secondly, if Mr Moses Kuria, a has about five hundred thousand
are usually used by foreign armies member of parliament of Kenya acres of land to themselves alone,
who come for training in Kenya. We can come out to say they receive another has about two hundred and
don’t know how they (the bandits) “goodies” for their constituencies fifty thousand acres of land, another
get these heavy weapons.” Please to shut them up in order to pass two hundred thousand acres, and
pay attention to the part of the bills without due questions, should the list continues, in the same coun-
statement that says that the guns both the members of the executive try, who then really used the “Bible”
the bandits use are only used by the and the entire parliament be out of or let’s say the position of authority
foreign armies who come to Kenya the door and under prosecution by to steal the land from the hands of
for training. now? Or is giving of bribe (good- Afrikans? You be the judge.
ies) and the receiving of bribes no
The second statement was made by longer against the law in Kenya? Mind you, I am in no way approv-
Moses Kuria, a Member of Parlia- Or is the law just for the young ing of the evils the white man did
ment for Gatundu South constitu- man on the street who is trying his in Afrika. I hate the thought of it.
ency of Kenya. He was recorded on level best to make something out And neither am I excusing those
the 7th of September, 2021, to have of life or just for the woman selling who used and are still using reli-
said, concerning the national budget vegetables at the street corners? Just gion as blindfolds for stealing from
“What used to happen was every maybe I am too naive to understand Afrikans. They will have their just
year before we passed the budget, what this all really means and how rewards. But, I am saying that, the
we would be called to State House, it’s supposed to be effected in the sooner we begin to look again at
both members of Jubilee and society. Just maybe. But is it not a what really is the problem of Afrika
NASA. We would be given goodies bigger self deception and foolery to and to do everything that is possible
for our constituencies, we would be say that the laws and constitution of to tackle them at their root source,
told to shut up and pass everything Kenya are “supreme” while it only we will only remain jokers who are
as it is.” affects the common citizens who not fit to be called people. For to
have no godfathers and political point at effects and not deal with
For perspective, Jubilee is the cur- backbones, leaving out the many causes, while expecting changes
rent ruling party while NASA which spoilt brats we have in the executive is the same thing as madness. For
is now defunct, was a coalition of and in the parliament where the laws crying out loud, we have a lot of
opposition parties. are made? madness and mental disease going
I find these issues very telling of on in Afrika that needs healing.
what really is the problem with Men do reap what they sow For instance, when we compel our
Afrika and why nothing seems to be It has become a very popular no- people to take the Covid-19 vaccine,
moving as it should in our beautiful tion, especially recently, to hear Af- that is not a cure nor even a preven-
continent. rikans say that the religion that the tive solution, for a virus that is 99.9
white man brought to Afrika is what percent recoverable, just so that we
Number one, if according to Mr is making things not work in Afrika. can have our share of the global
Natembeya “We”, that is, the Ken- Some even go to the extent of say- Covid-19 cake, is that not madness
yan government do not know how ing that, while the Afrikans closed and the actual definition of political
bandits who are often pictured as their eyes praying using the Bible foolery?

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