SABA SABA???!

The cost of living is going up by leaps and bounds, and the gap between the rich and poor keeps widening. At the same time, negative ethnicity has been corroding our soul as a nation. All these have been there since independence. All these except the terrorist attacks that are so common we are not stunned by them anymore. We as a country are in deep trouble. Insecurity is at its highest. Terrorists are having a ball while the only thing our commander in chief seems to be doing is making advertisements asking them to ‘run and hide’.

Violent crime is more common, my friend Freda was robbed in broad daylight at the Odeon bus stop and two weeks ago a couple was carjacked at gunpoint in a traffic jam. Our security organs are too busy looking at which lady cops are in short skirts to have time to gather intelligence. As a result, people are dying left right and center.To make matters worse, corruption is at its highest. The ‘lords’ of corruption are the ones calling the shots in the country.

The opposition is demanding national dialogue and ‘mobilization of the masses’. They think it’s the only solution for our national problems. I hear Raila Odinga has declared the seventh of July, known to all, as Saba Saba a national holiday. He has asked Kenyans not go to work on that day. The government, until now, has refused to dialogue with the opposition. It’s only five days to ‘SABA SABA’ .I am anxious, to say the least, about what will happen on that day. I am waiting to see what happens on that day. Because really isn’t much I can do as I am just a common mwananchi so I will buy a big packet of Wow Wow* and follow the news from my Twitter.

*Wow Wow is the brightly coloured snack found at the bottom shelf of the popcorn aisle in the supermarket.Its heaven sent for us who are not fascinated by popcorn.