The Time to Act is Now

For far too long, we the people, the true custodians of this nation, have been reduced to mere spectators in the affairs that shape our daily lives. Like a crowd at a theatre, we have watched the powerful perform on a stage built by our sweat, blood, and taxes, clapping when they please us, booing when they disappoint, but always remaining outside the inner circles where decisions are made. 

That era must come to an end.

Kenya is bleeding. Not from a lack of potential, but from a lack of political will and moral courage at the helm. We are witnessing a grand betrayal, of our Constitution, our dreams, and our dignity. 

The cost of living continues to soar while the quality of life nosedives. Our youth are jobless, our elders hungry, our women overburdened, and our children hopeless. 

Every Finance Bill is a loaded weapon pointed at the poor. Every public project becomes a feeding trough for the elite. And every promise of reform is followed by a deeper cycle of repression.

Yet in all this, the ruling elite count on our silence, our resignation, our passivity. They want us pacified, distracted. & divided, so that we remain a cheering squad, clapping for politicians while crying in our homes. For this, we say no more.

It is now time to stop being spectators and become active participants in the running of our country. We can’t continue being passive recipients of injustice thus must rise as authors of a new chapter in our national story, one written in the ink of resistance and the language of people power.

Article 1 of our  Constitution states unequivocally that all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya. And if power belongs to us, then so does the responsibility to wield it boldly and justly.

Our democracy should not  be a ritual performed every five years at the ballot box, it must be a daily duty, a constant struggle, and a living practice. We must transform our neighborhoods into hubs of political education and collective action. For when we do not govern ourselves, others will do it for us and always against us.

We were not born to be spectators in our own oppression. History has never been changed by those who watched from the sidelines. It is shaped by those who dared to act. From the Mau Mau resistance to the Second Liberation, from the cries of Mathare to the fires of Dandora, it has always been the people who moved the needle of justice.

This moment demands the same spirit. Whether you are a mama mboga or a boda rider, a student or a worker, an artist or an activist, you have a role to play. The revolution is not a distant dream, it is a present duty.

We must organize ourselves not around personalities, but around principles. Around justice, equity, human dignity and most importantly around the Kenyan dream where no one sleeps hungry, no one dies from preventable disease, and no child is denied education because of poverty.

Comrades, the hour is urgent. We cannot afford the luxury of indifference. We must not inherit a nation broken and hand it to the next generation in ruins. The country we dream of is possible, but only if we fight for it.

Let us stop cheering. Let us start changing.