IT IS NOT ABOUT PIGS BUT A LIBERATING IDEOLOGY

                      I tend to agree with Thomas Sankara's assertion when he declared that a soldier who possesses not any political ideology is a dead and hollow chap. This darling of the masses from Burkina faso, who unfortunately was murdered by the very people for whom he championed, seemed to have understood the importance of possessing a liberating ideology. Being a soldier, his thinking seemed to have been anchored on empirical evidence.

 

                       But now some questions pop up; what is this thing called political ideology or a liberating ideology? Who qualifies to be regarded as a soldier? Is there an obligation for all to know this? Lets unpack these questions.

                      A liberating ideology is not a mere ideology. It is superior to "normal" thinking. It is a system that rules and guides right-thinking men and women. It is the necessary vitamin that bodies of men and women need for survival. A liberating ideology is the belt that binds the rulers to the doctrines of good governance. It obliges the citizenry to practise what they expect to be done to them; by the State or by fellow citizens. Its philosophy is that of preach-water-and-drink-water. This ideology abhors hypocrisy. It is anchored on truthfulness of facts and clarity of mind. It is not emotional.

                      Now look at this; when a group of upright and right-thinking Kenyans take to the streets (with pigs and piglets) to demonstrate against a move by a greedy political class to hike their salaries; do you dismiss them as mere group of madmen with nothing meaningful to do or you applaud them for their noble undertaking to speak for the hoi polloi? Do you condemn the usage of pigs in the protests or seek to understand the coded message behind that drama? 

                     Methinks to condemn these patriotic kenyans is symptomatic of a citizenry that lacks a liberating ideology. A citizenry that has resigned from its obligations of patriotism. A citizenry that is blinded by the desire to gain quick money no matter what. A citizenry that inhales hypocrisy-laced oxygen. Yes, this is how my people have branded themselves.

                         This is why I think it is scandalous for such a people to aspire to live in prosperity under this cloud of hypocrisy and blindness. Prosperity demands that we assume the role of a soldier who understands what a liberating ideology is. It doesn't stop there. The understanding should be followed by action. For it is in action that true believers of liberation are seen and rated. Not in razzmatazz and street talks. Thus kenyans need a complete introspection before condemning those brave soldiers and actors of liberating ideology.