Silencing voice of youth on national issues choking the country's future

Youth demonstrate during Gen Z protests in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

An old man sitting can see far beyond what a young person perched at the top of a tree can. But what if the old man is blindfolded-blindfolded by greed and selfish ambition? Blindfolds veil one from seeing others - all they are aware of is self. The cold old school insist on wearing them - they cannot handle power without blindfolds. Blind guides they are! The world wonders why our leaders wear blindfolds in their global appearances. Then Andani answers, "To deal, they must forget the people and put themselves first." To outmanoeuvre lethal Andanism, either our seers change or we change the seers. We are better off trusting clear-sighted young people than blindfolded elders clutching a little book titled 1000 Blindfold Proverbs, a wisdom known to push countries into thick darkness.

Selfish leaders speak like patriots, but their actions reveal a private club where members are full of themselves. They show no emotion for citizens-only issue commands. These self-centred leaders have self-serving standards: they allow themselves to go morally wild while expecting citizens to follow their orders word for word. The protester will be shot at, but the shooter is protected, even promoted. Mean leaders focus on big transactions, signing massive contracts in the name of power, then forcing poor Kenyans to pay the price. As a result, Kenyans are left to live small, while the deal makers live large-very large. In living large they invade the mwananchi's space, becoming kiosk landlords and small contract brokers. It's 'stomachanization' at its finest!