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[EDIT] One of KP’s readers has left a comment that I’m inclined to agree with no matter how strongly I feel about the need to vocally challenge our MPs shenanigans, the protesters should have formally alerted the police (Wanyiri Kihoro claims they did though, is this right or wrong?)…two wrongs do not make a right.
What happened was unfortunate. But they shouldn’t be hypocrites too about flouting of the law. They failed to notify the police of their demonstration…
First the MP’s will be stealing our money as long as we keep quiet about it.
However at the same note. Using those tactics of demonstrating on a street that is named after one of the people who want a pay raise isn’t too wise.
Go grassroots. Visit people in their homes and tell them that it’s time to change. Just a thought. It was a nice idea to demonstrate but they went about it the wrong way .
Ory and co
I hope this doesn’t upset you folks, but if we all stayed in our little caves of comfort and behaved as good boys and girls and obeyed the law Kenya would still be a one party state by law as it was. Could that make you folks happy? I hope not. Beating people peacefully demonstrating in the streets is barbaric and should be condemned without reservations. Thank you.
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Adongo,
I don’t feel good about those guys being beaten up.
However I still believe that the biggest problem kenyans have is following the law. I am one of those guys who used to be paid money to go demonstrate in the streets by ngilu likes. and when shit happened , I was all alone.
it’s unfortunate but we need to follow the current laws to get anywhere. If that is not the way to go, we need to have civil disobedience ala Martin Luther King. However, if you find yourself being beaten in the streets and a crowd forming to see you being beaten, iko kitu hapo.
that strategy is not working and the money being used for that should be directed towards educating the common man of their being used.
i am just advocating for a new way to do these things.
Makii
I am sorry to hear you were paid to put your life at risk by politicians. There is no excuse for that.
But I doubt anybody paid Orina Nyamwamu, Ann Njogu, Mwalimu Mati and others to demonstrate against that bloody handshake bill.
I was put in jail many times for fighting against Moi’s one party rule. Never once did anybody pay me to express my beliefs. We were often condemned for breaking tha law.
Those same people who condemned us are now the ones enjoying and taking pride in the rights so many Kenyans fought and some died for. We begrudge them nothing. It is their country too.
All we ask for is don’t condemn Kenyans willing to risk their lives and freedoms to fight for what they believ is good for their country.
Good thing is they are not condemning those of us who have chosen other methids of struggle. That’s all.
We all can’t do the same thing, but some choices are more risky than others. I am proud of those who make the hard choices. Really proud because without them society never moves forward. My emphasis is on the word CHOICE.
Would the police have given them a permit to protest had they asked? I wonder…
But I do think that the protest was successful. It garnered international attention and the judge ruled in their favor. Basically, it said to the world that a modicum of democracy exists and can be nurtured in Kenya, that people will not be governed by a polic state any more.
Would the police have given them a permit to protest had they asked? I wonder…
But I do think that the protest was successful. It garnered international attention and the judge ruled in their favor. Basically, it said to the world that a modicum of democracy exists and can be nurtured in Kenya, that people will not be governed by a police state any more.