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1. It Was Never About Power Games
The original message was plain. Kenya wanted independence to improve lives, not create new bosses. The goal wasn’t political chairs or tribal scores. It was clear: fight ignorance, fight poverty, fight disease. Three enemies. Not each other. Somehow, we flipped the script.
2. The War on Ignorance Was the First Step
The government rolled out schools. Classrooms filled. Kids showed up barefoot but eager. Knowledge became the dream. Education wasn’t about grades—it was survival. If you couldn’t read, you couldn’t apply for a job. If you didn’t know what your rights were, you’d never demand them.
3. Education Without Direction Doesn’t Fix Much
Now we’ve got degrees with no work. Papers with no plans. Schools teach theory. Life demands action. Kenya has enough graduates. But the link between learning and doing is broken. Who fixes that? Us. Ideas move faster when smart people talk—then act.
4. Poverty Was the Second Enemy—and It Still Laughs Loud
Years later, and people still sleep hungry. Youth chase jobs that don’t exist. Others pretend success on apps while waiting for M-Pesa. Poverty hasn’t left. It just changed clothes. It’s more digital now. But it’s still real.
5. Land, Jobs, Dignity: Why the Poor Stay Angry
No one wants handouts. People want work. They want ownership. But when land is grabbed, jobs are fake, and dignity is sold off, people explode. Then we call them lazy or ungrateful. The truth is, they’re just tired. Fix poverty, and you fix most things.
6. Health Was the Third Front—and Still the Weakest Link
Kenya’s clinics lack medicine. Hospitals ask for bribes. Ambulances delay until death wins. That’s not care. That’s neglect. People fear getting sick—not just because of illness, but because they can’t afford it.
7. People Dying from Things We Can Treat? Unacceptable
Typhoid, malaria, childbirth complications—still claiming lives. Not because the cures don’t exist. They do. But we treat health like a luxury. If you’re rich, you heal. If not, you pray. That’s not how a nation rises.
8. We Were Told to Fight the Big Three, Not Each Other
Ignorance, poverty, disease. Not Luo, Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Somali. The enemy wasn’t ethnicity. It was inequality. Now, political fights turn into tribal ones. That was never the plan. That’s a detour. It needs to end.
Culture is fine. Identity is fine. But when tribe is weaponized, it blocks progress. No one asks your tribe when you need blood in surgery. Or when your crops fail. Or when your child needs school fees. So why act like it matters on election day?
10. How Group Chats Can Become Group Action
You’ve got WhatsApp. Telegram. Signal. Great. But if it’s only gossip and memes, it’s wasted. Use it to plan. Start with your estate. Your church. Your youth group. Discuss. Vote. Act. Ideas don’t need funding. They need guts.
11. Talk is the Weapon. Ideas are the Ammo.
Big ideas don’t come from silence. They come from heated, honest, raw talk. Not filtered for claps. Just real. You see a problem? Say it. Post it. Build around it. Let someone smarter improve it. Then someone braver implement it.
12. Don’t Wait for a Hero—Start With Five Friends
Movements don’t start in stadiums. They start in living rooms. At kiosks. On lunch breaks. With five people, you can brainstorm, vote, fundraise, and build something. Don’t look up to leaders. Build around the people next to you.
13. Wantamnotam Is the Place to Begin
You’re reading this. You’ve got bandwidth. That’s enough. Head to www.wantamnotam.com. No insults. No tribal garbage. Just people who care. You post. Others respond. You build. Others join. This is not theory. This is work.
14. Abuse and Hate Online Are Just Noise—Cut Through It
People get brave online. But most of them wouldn’t say it to your face. Ignore that static. Don’t match it. Don’t feed it. Use your words to organize, not destroy. Wantamnotam won’t allow hate anyway. Come clean or don’t come at all.
15. You’re Kenyan. That Means You’re Already Involved
There’s no sidelines. Every choice you make—or don’t make—counts. Silence lets rot grow. Action pushes change. If you’re tired of how things are, stop waiting. Join a group. Start one. Post your idea. Read others. Kenya needs what you’re thinking.
Join Wantamnotam today. Rebuild the real Kenya. Together.
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