By the pen of Gitau wa Kung'u
Cannibals are organisms that eat members of their own species. Emblematically, the society in which we are living in is associated with the idiom of a "man eat man" society.
Now, individuals are entrusted in leadership but they are using the power to enrich themselves through corruption and embezzlement thus metaphorically playing cannibals.
They rob instead of protecting public funds and resources. They play a role in impoverishment instead of enrichment of the people they lead through selfishness and greed.
When corruption and embezzlement defrauds the nation public funds and resources now that the nation sinks into dept, it's the future that is being defrauded.
Youths are the future of the nation. It's their future that is being impoverished. Prudence commands that prevention is better than cure. The youths ought to actively take part in annihilating bad leadership that dulls their future.
Ironically, most youth leaders have been bitten by the cannibalistic leaders and infected with cannibalism. Instead of putting the needs of the tomorrow nation they are representing, selfishness, greed for power and money perverts them. They have oftenly joined the league of cannibals in lieu of fighting them.
For instance, the "Youth for KANU" group famously known as the "YK92." They were very active in giving out handouts countrywide and campaigning for former president Moi. They included Cyrus Jirongo and William Ruto. The duo are believed to have accumulated vast wealth during that period.
Now, unless youths nominate their leaders with wisdom and foresight, the future of this nation will remain dark. Unless the youths speak out and act boldly in unison to tame the destroyers and killers of their future, they shall continue complaining on social media.
They shall continue becoming ensnared into alcohol, drug and substance abuse. They shall continue being overwhelmed by poverty, crime, depression and committing suicides.
Where there is no hope, there's no future. Where corruption thrives, poverty flourishes. Where bad leadership is prevalent, a ramshackle future is inevitable.
Youths must therefore wake up from slumber and ensure their behemoth number elects good leadership, fights for their rights and condemns the destroyers and mutilators of the future of Kenya.
©️ Written by Gitau wa Kung'u.
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