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.

KPLC Blamed for High Levels of Insecurity in the Country

Other than becoming the person I am today, I wish that I had become a thief. There is no better and easier way of making ends meet than by ‘borrowing’ what you don’t have from those with excessively a lot.

Becoming a thief in Kenya is one easy task. Not just because you can bribe the cops to not act on any alarm, or even bribe your way out to freedom. The most significant contributing factor that has led to an increase in the so called insecurity is the KPLC.

There is a mystery between rain and sleep. If KPLC was genuine in serving its clients; then there would never be blackouts at night, especially when it’s raining. The rains have been on for over a month now, accompanied by thunderstorms and lighting. Thanks to KPLC, this is the time they feel that we need to retire to bed early hence turn off our lights upon the drop of the first rain drop.

It’s raining, there’s no power, its pitch dark outside, and the noise caused by rain makes it hard to hear the loudest noise. I have had countless people complain about robbery…blaming it all on the lazy government and the youths. Ever taken a second to pass over the blame to the real mastermind? 

For the sake of your property, safety and better future; think and act wind and solar power.

Africa's Dictatorial Leadership

Ever wondered why there are so many African dictators?  Men who have continued to govern nations for decades; and it’s not because citizens vote them in; but instead use force and bribery to get in and remain there.

Dictatorship is most prominent in Africa…maybe because we were used to monarchies before the white man came.  But I’ve come to learn that once you get hold of something, even if its not yours, with time, you start to claim its ownership and find it difficult letting it go.

The recently created administrative posts in Kenya for instance now call in for more old people in leadership.  You thought that you could only have an old President or MP?  Wait till you see more grey hair holding the Senator and Governor seats come 2012. 

I have no beef against the senior generation; only that I believe they should get involved in advising the young leaders and not fighting for leadership posts.  Why should you vote in for someone who went through a British curriculum, and even sat for an exam set and marked by the Cambridge University; the type that cannot even construct a grammatically correct Swahili sentence?  To them, the Internet is a mystery, being a global village is a menace and giving way for young innovative minds is a risk that our ancestors would never be proud of.  And forever we shall be; a backward nation.

Instead of these wiser guys sitting back, enjoying and having a good time with their grandchildren, they opt to live their last days on earth under stress.  And when competitive and rival youth groups invade their rallies and create chaos, they get a heart attack or stoke.  This is the time when your taxes come in; they use them to fly abroad and seek treatment in the best hospitals and hire the best of doctors.  Now you see why there can never be development in nations governed by the elderly?

I realize that the main reason behind all of these problems is; lack of enough nursing homes…  Here is the solution-build more nursing homes; and don’t vote for someone whose dreams are already outdated, unrealistic, or on the edge of dying.