A community's influence in a diverse democracy @MEMBAFLIX
0The sentiment you express, while undoubtedly born of a fervent desire for progress, rests upon a foundation I must profoundly disagree with, for it mistakes the very nature of governance and the relationship between the citizen and the state.
You are correct in your unwavering assertion that the Gusii people, like all Kenyans, fulfill their civic duty through the payment of taxes, and from this duty flows the government’s irrevocable obligation to provide services as a right, not a conditional favor bestowed upon the politically compliant.
Furthermore, the constitutional mandate from 2022 to 2027 is indeed a sacred charge for the President to execute his office without fear or favour, as his oath solemnly declared.
It is from this solid ground of principle that your subsequent argument unfortunately diverges into a perilous concession.
To insist that the pathway to development requires the community to officially cast aside one of its own most prominent figures, Dr. Fred Matiang'i, is to accept a distorted and transactional view of power.
It proposes that the government's constitutional duty is somehow contingent upon the political alignment of the beneficiaries, a notion that utterly contradicts the oath you rightly invoked.
Development, the very fruit of our collective taxes, must never be presented as a reward for political fealty or the abandonment of a perceived adversary.
This line of reasoning, however pragmatically intended, ultimately undermines the community's strength.
A community's influence in a diverse democracy is not measured by its uniformity of support but by the strategic weight of all its assets and voices.
To willingly silence a significant voice and discard a substantial figure of national stature is not a show of unity but an act of self-weakening. It is the duty of leaders to leverage every avenue of influence for their constituents, not to narrow them in the hope of earning a favor that is already owed.
The unfiltered truth is that the Gusii people do not need to choose between standing behind Matiang'i or standing behind Ruto; they need their leaders to stand firmly before the government, united and unwavering, to demand the equitable service delivery that is their right, paid for by their taxes and guaranteed by the constitution they uphold.
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