KENYANS have gone to a place, indeed a far place by the name, crazy. The day they will come back, God only knows.
The match stick that struck on this insomniac-like behaviour is the new constitution endorsed by the majority of Kenyans few weeks ago.
On that day, 5th August, some hours after midday, madness hit optimum and everyone was speaking constitutionally. Suddenly, everyone was lawyer! Every Otieno, Kipkoech and Wamalwa was uttering all sorts of words bordering constitution. And all Aminas, Wangaris and Cherutos responded with shrilling sounds laced with enthusiasm about laws, and more laws; nothing different, they were madly constitutional too.
The leaders, starting from His Excellency and the Right Honourable fell victim of the hysteria that hit everyone in the villages and on the streets after early referendum results returned a Yes win. KICC was the place where the two sought to empty out their anxiety and as expected desperate Kenyans filled the ground in fraction of a second.
EMOTIONS had hit a record high by then and the country was already in the moon savouring an achievement, now christened historic.
The historic feat, which propelled Kenya into a higher level democratically, deserves warm embrace from all but factually, sooner than later Kenyans will realise that their hysteric reception was just but unnecessary. When the fibres of the document begin to prick their weak bodies, when their wallets become smaller and thinner, and when the sweetness of the now almost worshipped document manifest its true monstrous colours then reality would have belatedly struck.
REALISATION of a new constitution is not something to be celebrated over like when Neil Armstrong and company set foot for the first time on the moon.
It’s understandable the document is progressive than others before but mere writings don’t transform themselves into good things alone. A mere human being is needed to give power to the document. And if that worthy being is not there then the writings remain that way forever.
CELEBRATIONS experienced so far are immature. Imagine if Armstrong and Co had started celebrating long before their rocket Saturn V was launched. Surely, they would have been fore-immersed in immature excitement and probably their dream would have died before the rocket was fired up.
It’s the same here. When some people relish too much for this new constitution they set a stage for not only heartbreak but also disillusionment in the very near future.
It’s indeed crazy, for lack of a better word, for citizens to have such stellar expectations from just slightly over 200 writings. Indeed beliefs such as getting jobs automatically, food being on the table always courtesy of some piece of black marks on a paper, and others, clouding Kenyans ought to be demystified to eschew imminent rebellion from overly expectant Kenyans.
IT’S not bad to revel for long-awaited feat but for now horses have to be held longer to await tangible benefits of the new constitution. And 10 to 20 years is not a long time to hold a horse, is it?
Just by the way...
* It’s fair and plausible to give all Kenyans a chance to participate in the implementation of the ratified constitution. Whether they voted for or against should not be a key thing to decide to include or not, a person’s will should
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