MR. PRESIDENT and others…

There is a mugiithi song I love so much. And allow me to make correction here when the word mugiithi is used every where it generally means kikuyu secular songs and not the popular notion that mugiithi only means that specific song that is commonly sang in weddings where people form a circle and go round dancing and producing a sound equivalent to that of the train when hooting. That, my friends, has been a poor representation of mugiithi.

Now back to the mugiithi song it is about of a girl who is telling a lover, who also doubles up as her teacher that she is going to write a letter to her mother asking if what the teacher is doing to her is right. That she cooks for him, cleans after him while the other students continue with their studies and she ends up by telling the teacher he has become too much and then Salim Junior remixed the song and said ‘’Teacher! You have come too much (direct translation from kikuyu).

And that is what Mr. President, et al, Kenyans are saying, you guys are picking fights with everyone I am even scared, once there is no one else to fight with, you might pick a fight with me or my neighbor. Or is it a 2017 strategy of picking fights now and when 2017 nears you relax the rules so that Kenyans can sing your praises? Be careful that might backfire on you, bear in mind that you are touching on something that is dear to Kenyans and that is the TV.

When King Rehoboam took over leadership from his father King Solomon, he sought advice from several people that is old and young regarding an issue that his people had raised. After listening to everyone he decided to ignore the advice of the older men and instead took the advice of the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers and that resulted to a revolt (1 Kings 12: 1-20).

The point is, a TV in a Kenyan household is so important and a huge investment. And hence the reason why people invest in car batteries to power the damn thing, solar panels bought exclusive for the TV or even power generators that is how much Kenyans value the precious box. And also the reason why one religious leader spoke on behalf of Kenyans and said you should have first enlightened Kenyans on the benefit of digital migration. When you guys decide to migrate and leave Kenyans in the dark it does not matter how nice the migration is, when you touch what is dear to them without really informing them on what that digital thing is all about, bear in mind those are votes you are messing with.

Actually if you are really honest about the migration boxes why not sell to us at subsidized price, let it retail at Kshs. 1,000 if it cannot be bought for Kshs. 500. It is the least you can do for Kenyans considering we have shouldered the burden of making your M^(sic)… Mp’s very comfortable and just recently the Members of the County Assemblies (MCA’s) were whining that they are earning peanuts and come to think of it are the trips to the Hague government funded or personal funded? Am, one Kenyan who would not mind knowing the answer to that. Considering how Kenyans are faithful in paying taxes subsidizing the price would be the best New Year gift pack for your hustling subjects.

What am saying is when you decide to declare our precious investment obsolete because of your supersonic speed to digitalize Kenyans, have you sat down to think of the repercussions when you force people to sleep early or when you take away the item that made those unemployed youthful hustlers as your VP calls them leave their homes and on to the streets, bus stops in the estates because they are too bored to stay in the house.

So far the voice people can hear out there is the voice of satellite dishes and not of the mysterious box you are recommending. The fear on most Kenyans mind is the idea now they will have to be paying a monthly subscription to watch programmes that were free with analogue.

MR. PRESIDENT, et al, You Have Come To Much... 2017 is not so far. We will remember...