MAKING THE RIVER FLOW!
Every river is expected to flow and whenever it is stalked, danger looms. Thus those who are dependent on it will cry foul. In order to have it function properly, there would be need for dredging. We have the river! What appears to be missing is its, easy flow. The river I’m talking about here is the river of wealth. It seems to have been stalled by a few while a whole lot of others are daily struggling because of its inability to flow to where they are! Most often, we fail to understand that if it be stalled by some greedy and heartless people, there are other ways of making it flow still.
This I believe is the reason why most of our people think that they are actually poor. We are not poor. We only need to discover the source of the river flow. If only we can discover certain truths about money such as its source and how to get there, seriously speaking, we would be able to go beyond the scopes of our fathers who actually chose to be stalled. Money the Scripture says, answers all things. Thus the, crave and drive for it by all and sundry and most importantly, by every available means. No one would want to be left out. It is so because one does not have respect without money.
This not withstanding, I still believe the Scripture says that wisdom is better than silver and gold. It equally adds that good name is better than riches. Why we, have chosen to ignore these while chasing money the way most of our people especially our leaders do, is baffling! The river is not allowed to flow but left to satisfy only a few people. These same people are the ones in whose hands, our future is left. It is interesting how they suggest what could possibly be wrong with the state of things while they are actually the cause of our predicaments. They would want to remain there at the top while the rest of their people should remain servants. Do you ever think, that those crop of leaders; will come up with policies that would make it possible for the easy flow of our Godly endowed wealth?
I do not think that with the way things are going, wherein, they are the ones that anoint their successors selfishly, there would be such thoughtful thought coming to them. Instead there would be a continuation of their policies except if we wake up. It is such inhuman policies and legacies that have made one; a foreigner in his own land. We are wealthy but are made to be poor while our counterparts in the West are using their resources to better the lots of their own people. I once met one of those educated illiterates who by chance found himself at the upper cadre. If I say by chance, I mean to say that such people have no business being at the top in the West where I live. I remembered telling him about my desire to travel outside my country then. He told me that it is the best decision I could make because considering the way I was going about things, I could never make it in my own country. What made my view unwelcomed still baffles my imagination. Is it wrong to say no to wrong ways of acquiring public wealth while
the owners suffer? He finally told me that European life is for people like me who are ready to die living in the same level with everyone. But for him, he will never live in the West because he would not have the opportunity of showing that he is among the people, who make things happen. Wealthy people with poor minds!
To many of them, it is a way of life! One of them told me one day that if a fish does not eat a fellow fish, it will not grow. How poor the mentality of my people has chosen to remain! Is this is not why our people have continued to suffer in vain? Our leaders and people we hold in high esteem; have chosen to smile to the banks both local and foreign while their people suffer. What a world? It is the same people that would be organizing conferences and seminars aimed at helping us. How cruel! I once read that a British Attorney General of an African country was quoted as having counselled his people in the past saying: “If we must sin, let us sin quietly”. Thus they sinned quietly and murdered our people before our own eyes and we were helpless against our colonial masters.
Thanks however; should be given to the LORD God Almighty who though sometimes, He keeps silent, but He never, remain silent. This is why in the days we live in; those evils committed secretly and quietly are coming into limelight. At-least, the court has granted those people the right to sue the British government for damages done unto humanity! In our case however, the evils committed these days by our leaders in the discharge of their duties; are not done quietly or even secretly. It is so open that one simply understands that one is being made to know that we can’t do anything.
We see them convert our wealth into their personal use openly and all we can do is fold our arms and watch. It is painful that most of my people chose to shut their mouths up and hope and pray for their own opportunity to get there. They get there and continue from where others stopped. They continue to drink from our jointly owned river while the rest of us go about being thirsty in the abundance of water. Bob Marley sang and said that it is only the fool who is thirsty in the abundance of water. Does it mean we have joined the band wagon of fools? I believe that those who have chosen to hide under whatever canopy and opt for to suppress their people; are the proper fools!
Yes indeed for posterity is watching and if Christ tarries, the un-shakeable would surely be shaken even, as the untouchables would be touched. You may not understand what is meant by those two terms but that is actually what most of those in whose cares, our wealth is entrusted have made themselves considering their actions. At-least the court ruling that the Mau-Mau people can sue the British government for damages has given those people some relief. This was atrocities committed ages ago by a few colonial masters. They never believed that such a day would come. If such events which occurred in those dark ages could still be
brought forth today, how much less these evils done in these days of information? I will once- more add: Posterity is watching and very soon, questions will be asked.
If my generation chooses to remain silent for whatever reason, who knows what the next generation would do?. It is better to call for the dredging of our river of wealth now than to wait for tomorrow. Let it begin to flow before things get out of hand. Anytime people are pushed to the wall, they are forced to loose control. Their patience will be forced to run out anytime they get to their elastic limits. The time to wake up and right our wrongs is now because tomorrow may be too late. The only thing which is permanent is change and I see it coming to my people very, very soon!
When this change comes, those office holders who claimed, saying: no court in their lands; could try them, would know that power indeed belongs to the people. Do not think that as a servant of God, I ought not; write this way! You may be far from the truth because from the day of John the Baptist till date, the kingdom of Heaven; suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Nevertheless, I am not advocating violence but only for-warning so that we may be fore-armed. The wind of change is sweeping across the globe and if we want that it gets not to us, we know what to do and if we refuse to get them done, I am afraid to attest to the fact that there will be no hiding place. This; is an awake call for the Blackman and if we fail or refuse to wake up and do the right things and when due, those in the positions that abused them, would surely have themselves to blame.
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Year 2016
Culled from Page Nr. 141-147
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