These were some thoughts I had when we (Kenya) was going through a tough time during the post-election chaos.
Who is to blame?
Is it the politicians. The so-called leaders who rant and rave everyday. Crying for justice. Justice for who? For their own desires or for the people who voted them in. They talk to portray their "active role" in society. Yet their walk leads them straight to their palatial homes. Leaving behind the homeless, the unemployed, the hungry, the poor.
Who is to blame?
Is it the foreign bodies. The humanitarian organisations who come handy when a crisis looms. The NGO's and foreign embassies who have something to say when hell breaks loose. The people who create a "dependency syndrome" in our people. Instead of empowering them to rise up and do something that they would call their own.
Who is to blame?
Is it the churches and religious bodies. Who preach prosperity in good times but have a different message when poverty severes. Who preach but do not act. Words that do not feed the mouth of hungry babes. Words that do not place a roof over the cold, disease-stricken adults. Words that encourage but leave the victims in the same condition.
Who is to blame?
Is it Kenyans. The citizens of the country. From Muthaiga to Kibera. The ones who vote in the same leaders they want out. Complaints of every kind spilling from their souls. "Why can't my MP give me a job? Why can't the President feed my children? Tunaomba serilkali itusaidie." People who have knowledge. People with skills. People with an individual mind and can think of ways of fleeing poverty. People who need to know and be aware of their rights.
Who is to blame?
Is it God. For letting this happen. For causing strife and war to occur. For allowing ethnic divides. For keeping quiet on the whole issue.
Who is to blame?
That, my friend, is the question.
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