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Tuesday 21 May 2013

The pathetic bloody pig strike




I find it very disappointing that Kenyans decided to use pigs as a scape goat to the legislator’s uncouth behaviour. It seems very appropriate that greed can be substituted for the character of a pig but public prosecution of these lovely animals is also uncouth. I am not an environmentalist but I know that pigs have rights that should be accorded without any hesitation. It is against the Kenyan culture, religions and ideals to prosecute animals as a means to an end.

Am I the only ‘pig person’?

The members of parliament, governors and county governors since their swearing in have been in the witch hunt for more pay. This has been an occupation of the past legislators and the same as any just cause, the fresh regime have vowed to fight to the end. The Kenyan people seem not to be digesting the facts correctly because if it were so, this topic would have been put out of the public discourse ages ago.

Kenyan legislators are among the most paid in the world and also do not pay taxes. The past pay increase was of the logic that they will give into public demand of paying taxes and then risk being financially unstable to do their job and survive. As such a pay increase is in order (?).

It is certainly time to “Occupy parliament” and demand the resignation of any such greedy individuals because they are not in office for the service of the Kenyan people. (The lack of creativity for the name of such a just cause will be for scrutiny later.) This is the statement that prompted the pig idea. The pig symbolized the legislators and their prosecution would symbolize the consequences of their greed, if I am not wrong. It goes without saying that the pigs were outnumbered putting them at a docile position subject to any manipulation.

This can be the greatest metaphor to have been taken literally and also the greatest genocide to have ever be fall the Kenyan pig society. They surely get killed for the purpose of the food demand on a day to day basis but at least not with the same brutality and anger. If more brutality is used at least we never get to see it. According to me the agenda for the protest was never achieved.

This pig bloody prosecution cause can be interpreted to be religiously driven. Without any bias and incorporating full objectivity we are a country made of other religions apart from Christianity and the pig is Halal for the Muslim. Whether we took to the streets to publicize our religious animosity and intolerance or even exclusion of particular religions in decision making is for you to decide. When thinking about it remember that there are consequences for our actions and you also have to step out of your comfort zones to understand our behaviour better.

Kenya is not a protesting nation and this could be one of the reasons that Barack Obama is not stopping by on his latest tour to Africa. We just need another protest to prove our legislators wrong. We have the energy.


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