discordant weekend

Fridays are celebrated in kenya,infact they are called furahi day...siku ya kufurahia na kulewa. seeing that am not an exception in being kenyan, i went out of the house and into a pub in the town bearing the name of our inept principal's district of birth. it was all boring, i should have stayed and tried to get some entertainment on TV. The music was good, ladies danced once in a while, men followed their lead faithfully......somehow even those under eighteen seemed depressed...........there is indeed a certain lethargy,tempered with pessimism pervading the kenyan citizenry.It is all over...even in pubs.people dont joke no more,a fella tried , those around the table just stared at him. to say that kenya is at crossroads is wrong,but kenyans are just fed up with this collission government and how they run their things. It is nauseating to watch them fight,then close ranks to cover each other. It was said by the men of cloth,although you should take their words with a sack of salt or pepper, i can feel it. Kenya is now more at risk of disintegrating than any other time,our patience is running out and soon ,soon..am not aprophet of doom, if thing dont change,if Kibaki and Raila dont adress this hunger,hunger for food,thirst for unselfish leadership,prayer for an improved government performance...a Revolution is on hand...the youth are jobless,the children are hungry,the mothers are hungry,angry and desperate...kenya as it is does not inspire hope. Our prospects look grimmer,our dreams are shattered...This is the recipe for a revolution, our money is stolen,our maize is gone,fuel is rare,education system is rotten ,our services are poor ...the list is endless
This is depressing me...did you watch news over the weekend? i was hoping for a comic relief on saturday.. some programme called somewea in africa ,all the guy did was depress me more. I hope today is better, that tommorow will be a bit refreshing.....but am almost giving up on our beloved country. today as i was in a matatu, the driver put on a counry music tape/cd,i couldnt tell, and a song played, i dont know the artist. The song put some hope in me,i can remember a line or two." something inside so strong, .....the more you close your ears, the louder i will sing,the farther you take.........the faster i will run...." it really should be a citizen's (kenyas) anthem. Today there is hope, not in what the leaders can do but what we can do..which am still trying to figure out.