We should just adopt their fanaticism. If we do so soon, Kenya will go far, indeed very far in all areas of importance.
Such a diehard attitude is vital if we are to stem ills icing our good habits. Bad things-corruption, thievery, philandering, laziness, truancy, and others in that league-would not see the light of day if we emulated Gor Mahia fan’s passion and willingness in fighting them.
Gor Mahia Fans are not equals to others, although AFC Leopard’s fans pride themselves in their invigorated fan-base, they just cannot rival these fans of The Team, K’Ogalo for the natives, that in addition to having the highest following in the country, has an energetic troop following them wherever they go to play. That’s what’s called zeal, yes, ever zealous Gor fans following Zico-led army. Zico, for Kenya-football rookies, is the other light-name for Gor’s coach, Zedekiah Otieno. Sample this: Whenever they troop into any stadium, their presence is felt left, centre and right. They sing praises of and for their team, they adore their success, and likewise reject poor performance. All these, they do in unison.
Kenyans have no much space for choice other than adopt this hysterical-like habit in all angles of life. If it’s fighting corruption, we should come out in unanimity, sing traditional songs that embellish honesty, put some generous tinge of verses praising ancient heroes who professed integrity and let their communities to prosperity like what brothers and sisters from the lake side say of Gor Mahia.
Most things have flipsides. And Gor Mahia fans are not an exception. First, they should try to shed the tag that the outfit is entirely a tribal grouping out to sell a point from the lake side. The best way to do this is by initiating a recruitment drive in all the regions of this country. Such a drive would not only out sell the club but will also enable it get a larger following than it’s enjoying presently.
Hooligans, yes, them who Gor Mahia officials say are plenty within. They, much alike activists are as good as bad. First, they point out weaknesses in a system. Though they normally do this with a good tinge of destruction-cum-stone throwing, they nonetheless bring to the light inadequacies marring the existing order and which provoke their misbehaviours. For instance, Gor Mahia’s hooligans blame bad decisions by ‘inept’ referees as the cause of their misbehaviour. As far as this, hooliganism Gor version is a good thing. They make local referees be more careful next time they take on such matches and others. Isn’t that good now?
Though, disadvantages are many like what some activists are known of-ever complaining, laziness as in ever demonstrating instead of getting locked in some office, depending so much on hand outs from some foreign donors etc etc, Kenyans should never do away with hooligans, maybe self-seeking activists.
Moral lesson: Kenyans should learn from K’Ogalo fans if they want to succeed in stemming evils as poverty, illiteracy, corruption, godfather-attitude and their acolytes.
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