Many people in the world
tend to flow with the wind. Many people are afraid to be different, to go
against the grain, so to say. That is why we have become a society of
hypocrites, people who seem to lean on one side, but when a vote is taken, the
results don’t tally with the general view.
Take Kenyan politics for
instance, we all claim that we are rid of tribal leanings, that tribe is not a
consideration when we vote, that we vote on merit and based on a candidates
manifesto. But the politicians know us better and when they campaign, they
appeal to our tribal instincts; they play to our fear of domination by other
tribes and successfully corner the voter.
Another good example of
how hypocritical we are as a society is to be found in the religious sphere. We
confess to being deeply religious, but a close examination of the society shows
a very immoral, sick and crude people. Watching TV or reading the press, one is
exposed to a people deeply troubled, entangled in immorality, cults, witchcraft
and everything else that is anti-religion. How would you explain the domestic
violence that seems to almost have a sanction? How do you explain widespread
practice of FGM? What about the greed that is consistently exposed to have
invaded our religious institutions? Many countries that do not profess religion
above everything else have a better human rights record than we ever will dream
of.
Deep inside my heart, I
have always been able to see through all the lies that my society lines up in
its feeble attempt to defend itself, and that keeps me striving to avoid
falling into the same quagmire. Every day, I try to weigh all the decisions I
make and ensure that what I do is based on whether it is right and proper and
not motivated by any other factors. I don’t want to die a conformist who knows
he made decisions to please the gallery but not his conscience. I don’t want to
die a thousand deaths on the inside because I didn’t have the courage to say
what I felt deep in my heart.
I don’t want to die a
conformist.
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