• Kenya’s political aptness has been tested in the last couple of days, with the new generation taking to the streets demanding to hold the mic.
  • His words ought to be used as a manual for running Governments.
  • The country's upset has been propelled by a loss of faith in the elected members of Parliament

Kenya’s political aptness has been tested in the last couple of days, with a new generation taking to the streets demanding to hold the mic. This incompetence has forced Gen Zs to mature quickly in the country’s affairs.

It is safe to say that the country needs some advice from political veterans who spoke words of merit and consequently accompanied them with noble actions, all in efforts to bring their splendid promises to the doorsteps of citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States of America and the longest-serving (served for more than two terms), is a key piece to carry at the advice chess game. His enormous passion for democracy made him a satisfactory Head of State, considering that he won a landslide reelection after his first term, and his death discontinued his regime.

His words ought to be used as a manual for running Governments.

The dysfunctional leadership in Kenya’s 5th Republic is a result of our (voters) bad choices, a fact illuminated in Roosevelt’s quote, “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely,” coupling the concept with consciousness, saying, “the real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

Gen Zs, through the motivated protests that forced the President to look in their direction, is a vivid reminder of Roosevelt’s words that “Government is ourselves, and not an alien power over us,” confirming that power indeed belongs to the people.

The country's upset has been propelled by a loss of faith in the elected members of Parliament, who have shown on many occasions that they do not deserve the powers accorded by citizens.

Scenes of MPs swanking about with copious amounts of money perfectly align with Louis Brandeis's words, “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”

Youths can therefore pigeonhole Kenya and understand that in order to pull everything to pieces, they need to know the problem starts from the lowest level of leadership (Member of County Assembly) to the top-most level (Presidency). After all, citizens are the ones to determine who heads where.