A Letter to Dedan Kimathi

Dear Kimathi,

Today i saw your statue, it made me want to cry. Tall, firm and watching over us...yet we have lost our way. Kimathi since December 27th when i cast my vote things have changed, i haven't seen my friends for so long for they are afraid to come out of their houses.

You wonder why and yet you went to the bush to fight for our freedom, things have changed. We have power hungry leaders who have managed to make Kenya there battle field, they made us vote yet they do not care what happens to us. Did i tell you people were burnt alive inside a church? shocked....we cried as mothers narrated how they watched children burn to death, it all happened in Kenya Dedan, "the pride of Africa". For the past three days Nairobi was a ghost town, why you may ask. Youths invaded major towns in the name of mass action, they looted and others got shot. It was a sad affair.

Dedan i look at your statue and wonder if this is what you and the rest of the freedom fighters fought for? Am afraid that we are loosing Kenya, not to colonialists but a group of people who think Kenya is for the rich and powerful. Dedan am afraid that things will never be the same again, tribalism is at all time high, yet all my friends are from different tribes.

Kimathi, Kenya needs a statesman, someone who cares for Kenya not his interests, someone who will set an example and make Kenya one. Rest in Peace Kimathi as you watch over us.....i await a brighter tomorrow and you will see me smile again as i walk past your statue on Kimathi street. God bless and Save Kenya