Crying for Fresh Blood

Finally somebody has heard the cry of the youth...in our lovely country Kenya, one cannot run for political office if their bank accounts are not sagging with money locally known as chapaa. What happens to "Jabali", a 29 year old with a great vision for his country? Simple, his vision dies a natural death with the mzee taking over the leadership for the umpteenth time!!! A vision is simply not good enough.Comical isn't it? We sit around in exclusive cafés talking in hushed tones about the same old same old. About how we need fresh blood in the national leadership yadayadayada.., but how come no one dare runs for public office? Are we scared? Of what? Okay, if running for office is way out there, then simple solution, vote for fresh blood! Exercise your power "Wanjiku", VOTE. Change the fate of this country.

The Yes Youth Can initiative by the US embassy to empower the youth through civic education to take a leading role in bringing change is manna. Empowering youth projects at the grass root levels goes a long way to ensure that Jabali is be able to run for Senator come 2012...:-) I do not think spending money for a good cause is synonymous to trying to overthrow the government. Is it a case of covering your back Sir come elections?

I had a stimulating conversation with "Baraza" who was a firm believer of the fact that we cannot change the face of Kenya, that some of the evils are so ingrained that dreaming of change is suicidal!!! He dared to say that even if new leaders arise to run against the existing ones, they are bound to lose. That we cannot replace! Are they stuck with super glue? Which mentality do we base our arguments on? A loser's or a winner's mentality? I think this is a classical case of lost hope. When you lose hope you simply stop living!

Let us be alive, let us dare to dream of a better tomorrow for Kenya, a better day, let us be alive!!