Is it Time Kenya Legalized Suicide?

If this mother attempts taking her  life and that of her baby, should she also be prosecuted?

A few centuries back, acts of suicide were considered as a taboo in almost all parts of the world especially the African societies.  In others like Nigeria, it’s considered as abomination of the highest degree.  No law of the land allows an individual to voluntarily or involuntarily take their life.  Still, I believe that in Kenya, an exemption need to be made.  There would be a lot of justice in this country were suicide made legal.

Ever made a count of how many reported suicide cases you get to hear about on the news in a single week?  Now, what about of those that you never get a chance to hear about?  With or without the law, suicide is going nowhere.

I will never understand why a mere law has the power to force someone to be alive.  What is there to live for anyway?  To start with, every single child born automatically inherits a debt.  Most probably, this is the reason the government wants to save as many lives as possible in order to help re-pay the incurred debts.

If you need to take away your life, make sure that it’s successful.  If not, you will be arrested and sent behind bars for years;  that’s a total waste of some precious years you would have spent building the nation.  And if you think that the government rescued your life in exchange for a better one, you are very mistaken.  At the end of the day, you will meet your death at the hands of the unjust and inhumane police, get run over by an over-speeding MPs car, die of hunger or through tribal clashes and violence.

Were suicide legal in this country, I believe our economy would be close to that of Brazil if not China.  The government won’t have to keep on taking loans to feed us, sign treaties to guarantee us a better life or get funds to send us to school.  Since there’s no law governing how we ought to procreate, then there shouldn’t be a law dictating on how we ought to meet our deaths.

Bringing the motion before Parliament is not easy I have to admit, but I believe that if Esther Murugi was called upon to help, she wouldn't decline.

Say Yes to Smoking

Day one;
             Tens of smokers fight for space to get a puff
Day two;
             There isn't a soul at the zone...though you'll catch one smoke in the car while driving, another in his office and the other at the gents
Day three;
               A number of friendly idlers chew khat from the zone; greeting everyone who passes by
Day Four;
               The number of idlers doubles with their friendly nature interchanged with making funny comments accompanied with an irritating laughter
Day five;
             The smoking zone is back.  But, it's also a zone for abuse of other drugs.  Some call it the jobless corner but for the psychics; its a nascent sect
Day six;
           A young man is attacked at the corner, a student is mugged, a teenage girl raped and a school boy kidnapped
Day seven;
                Cops exchange fire with the 'smokers.' Two are shot dead, three severely injured as the rest vanish within the crowd:  All because we dared legalize the use of nicotine.