OPINION
As President Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee government continues to disregard a raft of court orders that allows deposed lawyer Miguna Miguna to return to Kenya unconditionally, drum beats calling for a political revolution in Kenya continue to get louder on the other hand.
By Guest Political Commentator.
The majority of the country's citizenry has conspicuously united behind Miguna demanding that the government allows the controversial lawyer back to the country as directed by the court.
The flawed regime's blatant disregard of court orders has raised serious concerns about the future of the rule of law in Kenya if the very people expected to safeguard it jealously, are the ones on the forefront trashing it.
As a result, many, especially on social media, are in agreement that there is an urgent need to jump into action and uproot the entire political system that is undoubtedly rotten to the core with impunity as in this case, malignant corruption, vague leadership, mediocrity, to mention but a few.
Put in another way, majority of those behind the self-styled general seem to concur with him that Kenya is yellow-ripe for a political revolution synonymous to the 2011/2 Arab spring and 'despots must fall'.
But as they say, it is easier said than done. Chanting 'Revolution Now!' as a result of mass hysteria while one is enjoying the warmth and comfort of their king-size beds is completely different whole affair from walking the talk in the streets, villages or even in the jungle if need be.
That said, can Kenya really have a political revolution at the moment or in the near future? The answer is damn No! Here is why;
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1. Kenyans are political lazybones better in loquacious online talk than solid action
The too much revolutionary talk you find spilt all over social media by the majority of us is simply idle talk that can never go beyond the internet. Majority of those chanting 'revolution now' day in, day out, are the kind that cannot even withstand firewood smoke leave alone teargas. Revolution there will be, but on social media like it can bring any meaningful change. Expecting anything beyond that is just being recklessly overzealous!
2. Kenyans will always read politics in anything and everything
I need not say that there are those who think that the government is justified to disobey the court orders issued so far in favour of Miguna. In fact there are those who want him to freeze in Canadian winter as his coming to Kenya is meant to begin drumming support for DP William Ruto ahead of 2022 while antagonizing ODM leader Raila Odinga.
With such kind of notions occupying the minds of a sizeable population, effecting a revolution against a strong well-supplied regime can be a tall order.
3. Kenyans are forgetful fools
After all manner of things have been said about the 'impending' and 'unstoppable' political revolution, everybody will forget about it and go back to minding their own businesses. Or why do you think many widely agreed with King Kaka's 'Wajinga Nyinyi' song?'
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