Eventually I had to,,,

“eventually you just must learn how to show up for yourself appropriately.”

For context, I love my country so much. I am really proud to be a Kenyan.

A little over a month ago, something I would call a revolution erupted. My people had been quiet for so long.

The government would wake up and come up with insane and punitive policies and most of the time, the impunity would be received with silence.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was the latest finance Bill. It started like a mere hashtag on the socials, it read “rejectfinancebill“.  Personally, I tend to be really ignorant when it comes to such matters.

In my head I figured it was just going to run over for maybe a week and it will all be forgotten. Boy was I wrong! The opposite happened. It just kept gaining an insane momentum.

In between all that, it came to me that acting all ignorant and unbothered about such things, I was being unfair to my nation and my fellow Kenyans who were out there pushing and fighting for our country. I decided to enlighten myself a little.

It is sad that a lot of innocent lives were lost in the process. They will forever be our heroes. But it was such an awakening. There’s a powerful force that emerges when people decide to get over their ignorance.

Eventually the government had to pay attention to its citizens. People were not relenting. It was enough of being taken for granted.

It was very hilarious to watch the government fumbling and going on and on about someone funding the protests. Literally our own government was astounded by how enlightened everyone had become.

For a long while it almost felt like, us, the people of Kenya had been moving on autopilot. Blind to all the unfairness we were being subjected to. We had to wake up eventually.

That has literally been my case for a long while. Moving on autopilot. It got to a point where I got really tired and I literally had to step up for myself. I realized, no one else was going to fight for me. I literally had to get over moving through life casually like it meant nothing. So I summoned myself and I had to protest against ruining my own beautiful life.

Cheers.