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To think that you\u2019re better<\/p>\nTo think that you\u2019re better<\/p>\n
Because of your tribe<\/p>\n
To act like you do not care<\/p>\n
Because you are a middle class<\/p>\n
To post patriotic messages on social media<\/p>\n
Yet you result to tribal bigotry in your cocoon<\/p>\n
To vote for your \u2018own tribal king pins\u2019<\/p>\n
Without any justification or principle<\/p>\n
Simply because you have a right to vote<\/p>\n
Voting you must! Moreover, you Will!<\/p>\n
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No, No, No\u2026 It is not enough\u2026<\/p>\n
To expect Kenya to be peaceful<\/p>\n
Yet secretly engaged in cajoling tribal emotions<\/p>\n
Locked in your myopic thinking\u2026.<\/p>\n
Persuaded that the other tribe is the problem<\/p>\n
Walking around with entitlement mentality<\/p>\n
Loathing others and dismissing them<\/p>\n
As a bunch of sluggish tribes<\/p>\n
Who cannot and should not<\/p>\n
Be given a chance to lead!<\/p>\n
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It is not even enough\u2026<\/p>\n
To play the victim<\/p>\n
Always crying wolf<\/p>\n
Even where there is no alarm<\/p>\n
Relentlessly in a perpetual state of lamentation<\/p>\n
Seeing no good in anything<\/p>\n
And doing no good in everything<\/p>\n
Dragging everyone with you<\/p>\n
Down the precarious lane of self-destruction<\/p>\n
Exhibiting negative energies to settle tribal scores!<\/p>\n
\n This is what enough is\u2026.<\/p>\n The real elephant in the room<\/p>\n The ultimate game changer<\/p>\n Do not just vote\u2026<\/p>\n Beloved country will not change<\/p>\n Just because we voted,<\/p>\n but it will change<\/p>\n Because we voted in the right leaders!<\/p>\n We must do so in peace!<\/p>\n Not just in pieces!<\/p>\n Reflections on 2017 Elections by Omondi C. Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To think that you\u2019re better Because of your tribe To act like you do not care Because you are a middle class To post patriotic messages on social media Yet you result to tribal bigotry in your cocoon To vote for your \u2018own tribal king pins\u2019 Without any justification or principle Simply because you have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destiny","category-legacy","category-personal-growth"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Doves\"](\"https:\/\/www.daystar.ac.ke\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/doves.jpg\")