Kenyan women seeking dominance, not equality

This is definitely a topic many would not dare speak about but should be said out loud and rightly so. The fight for equality in Kenya started as a very earnest mission, seeking to ensure the woman kind is held and treated at the same level their male counterparts are. With time however, this fight has lost meaning and taken a wrong turn, now seeking to give the women undeserved opportunities and rights for free.

The concept of affirmative action must be differentiated from undeserved acquisition of wealth and allocation of rights. For starters, if ever equality is to be realized, we ought to regard all sexes as humans. Centuries back, the females were regarded inferior to the males. It is for this reason that affirmative action was started; in order to help push for equality. Affirmative action has however now been misunderstood. Women, particularly the Kenyan version, have long taken males for an unwanted ride. It is obvious they seek to be superior to the men rather than be equals to them. This is indicated through various aspects among them education, employment and leadership. In the long run however, it only ends up advocating for the same inequality

It’s baffling that at this age and time we can reserve seats in parliament for women in the pretext of seeking political equality. In truth, rather than fight inequality, this only backs the argument that women are inferior to the men. It shows that the women are political cowards who cannot face the electorate to attract votes. That is enough proof. The women should actually reject these free seats. They ought to be ashamed that they receive free seats just as the deservedly disabled persons do, yet they have all abilities to fight it out with the male counterparts. No law locks them out of any aspect of politics or any leadership positions. The Women Representative seats should be scrapped off.

Again, the whole concept of lowering university entry points for girls carries no logic. Why would students who have gone through the same curriculum, spent the same time and sat the same exams get into universities with lower grades than others? Already, this in itself advocates for inequality. The girls seem to have accepted that they are academic non-achievers who could never make it into universities under similar conditions as men. The common argument that girls go through a lot of challenges in their quest for education is overly void. For instance, just how fair is it for a girl from Alliance Girls High School to get admission into the universities with 58 points yet a boy from a community sponsored day school back in the village with 59 points misses out?

This vice, as much as we ignore it, is the cause of most managerial problems in the country. The whole aspect of forcing the implementation of the 1/3 gender rule overrides logic. Cases have come up where women rush to courts to block appointments just because more men were successful in the interviews. Sound minds would definitely agree with the fact that it is unfair to overlook a better qualified man and pick a lesser qualified woman for a job, just to conform to the unfair gender rule.

If ever the Kenyan woman truly wants to advocate for equality, she must realize that the dubious methods only stamp the vice rather than eliminate it. They ought to believe in their abilities rather than seek to exploit their inabilities. They must regard themselves as equals to men in order to convince the world that they truly are equal.