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What then, does the story of French peas- ants have to do with one, William Ruto?
If there is one thing the two versions of the story have in common it is the manip- ulation of the masses for someone else’s agenda. Why would poor, working class individuals throw away their shoes, with what little they have? What do workers benefit from being unproductive at a pay- ing job?
What the anarchists wanted was to convince the peasants that their life was meaningless and the ‘powers that be’ were to blame for it. They took advantage of a feeling of inadequacy to wage their own war and start a mass movement.
What the anarchists wanted was to convince the peas- ants that their life
was meaningless and the ‘powers that be’ were to blame for it. They took advantage of a feeling of inadequacy to wage their own war and start a mass movement.
If constitutional change is going to be the topic of conversation in the lead up to 2022, then surely the opposing side can do better than asking us to sabotage a plan that actually has potential. Where is Ruto’s viable alternative for us to consider?
Sabotage for sabotage’s sake is a lie tha Kenyans can’t afford to consider. And at
the risk of sounding like the moral police, are we expected to follow a man who is incapable of loyalty to his boss?
My point is simple. Sabotage doesn’t pay off if it is paved with bad intentions. And of bad intentions, I accuse William Ruto. The Presidential seat is the endgame of our saboteur, and he is engaging the ground to get him what he wants.
But we know how the story ends. The an-
archists failed, and the Industrial Revolution went on to be one of the most defining moments of our time. They tried to fight a movement bigger than themselves, and lost.
Today, Uhuru Kenyatta is taking the country towards the heights of an Industrial Revolution. And William Ruto, his assistant, has adopted a policy of slowdowns and ineffi- ciencies to frustrate his boss. He is like the anarchists; fighting to preserve the past, while the world is moving towards a future.
If William Ruto wants to throw his wooden shoes into cogs of government machinery, let him. But he is doing so at the expense of the average Kenyan who he pulls into his movement. And we should not be fooled. Because while he heads home in a horse and carriage, the rest of us will be walking home barefoot wondering when the end of our suffering will come.
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SEPTEMBER ‘20
ISSUE N. 001