KENYANS ARE TIRED

The fuel prices have for another period gone up.

Kenyans are suffering through the harsh economic situation, they wade through problems. 

The Government they hoped to help them and be their Messiah is now sweltering them.

Kenyans voted in current leaders having in mind the cliché "Better option" only for better to be bitter.

A year has turned, no happiness, nothing to celebrate, no pride to get.

 Today, fuel prices have hiked and reached Ksh. 210.

Is this not worth lamenting?

Imagine your father promised you cake, brace yourself for that cake and surprisingly he brings you ugali, how will you react? Then the father in defence tells you that go get cake for yourself, and he has not given you recipe of preparing it, he even refuses to give you wheat.

Natural resources on Kenyan land belongs to the Government. The constitution article 71, states clearly and the individual citizen have no authority over such resources.

Could it be that way, then in DR Congo citizens would not be in impoverished state, in Niger state every citizen could have been rich.

In Kenya, petroleum was discovered in Turkana. The common person has no authority over that instead, the Government took up the initiative on the oil that was discovered. 

The performance indices per county ever since we adopted devolution has not been that positive most of the time.

In Migori, at Macalder, the gold mining area. The miners were crying foul about a month ago over gold mineral which they said they do not benefit from the mineral, since after mining the mineral is being packed in a tipper truck then ferried to somewhere out of their vicinity, they alleged that it is the national Government's involvement in the mining scheme and taking away gold without the residents being given a penny. Later an official from a Government official came out and urged the miners to obtain license such that they be operating on the legal grounds. When a business is licensed, automatically it is recognised and taxation will follow.

When a citizen discover gold, cobalt or any other mineral leave alone petroleum the Government will first relocate such a citizen and then take ownership of the land.

"I see Kenyans on Twitter complaining about the cost of living from morning to evening. How will that help? They are complaining about the high cost of fuel, why don't they drill their own oil? I am willing to help them drill," ~ CS. Trade, Moses Kuria said.

Such statement are unpalatable especially from the public figure such as Cabinet Secretaries or any other executive member.

For instance, could that petroleum be all over the Kenyan soil and citizens given the chance of drilling it on their, could this not lead to anarchy? Where would it be sold? How would the economy of the country be like? And that is why Government exist.

The Government exist to ensure equality in terms distribution of resources, to destroy the buffer that may be established by high class and lower class.

Should it said that we elected those full of bravado and has no interest on 'mwananchi'. Then it is true people change. The leader should be one in front in unifying a nation, words from a leader should not be that which demoralises citizens.

We are Kenyans, even the leaders serving and representing the plebs are Kenyans, no one is a stranger or a visitor in this country. When Moses Kuria utters such statements, he seems to be one called from Planet Mars to serve on Earth, he is like thinking everything is just being done and speaking is automatic no matter what,  no matter where and when.

Hiking of fuel prices, is one of the ways that harms common citizens. 

Fuel is the backbone of every basic commodity's availability, and it is always evidenced that whenever there is shortage of fuel in the country, every sector suffers and when the price is hiked then so is the basic commodities, like it was experienced when there was fuel shortage in the country in the last quarter of the year 2022.

How would it be wise for the Cabinet Secretary, Trade Hon. Moses Kuria to urge Kenyans to be patient and promise them how they are working to bring everything to be at a better scale than spewing words that are worthless to the ears of the people.

He is simply telling the Kenyans who he is. He is exposing how His Excellency Dr. William Ruto entrusted him with a position he cannot handle and he was just awarded without any merit.

This is the time Government should come at rescue of the citizens who are feeling the pressure of high cost of living.

There is undeniable politics inside the country but development should be championed than the politics. 

Kenyans are feeling sad when what they anticipated is not taking place and theatrical individuals who only speaks of what people want to hear and not implementing anything good in turn.

Kenyans are tired. Tired of the drama, tired of the roadside promises, tired of the under-fulfilled promises.

Leaders should be humane enough.

By Glen Don