A Year of Mockery: Kenya’s Lost Mandate and the Rising Tide of Resistance

 

A Year of Silence, Now Broken

This very government had twelve months of uninterrupted grace.
An entire revolution of the earth around the sun!
They had time. They had resources.
They had power. And most of all—they had the mandate of the people.

And what did they do with it?

They mocked us.

With suits and speeches. With fake numbers. With promises they never intended to keep.
And as the days passed, they mocked us not only with words—but with policies that emptied our pockets, raided our future, and left millions to suffer in silence.

But the silence is over.

A Grace Period Squandered

When the new regime took office, Kenyans—tired of past betrayals—chose hope once more. Many gave them the benefit of doubt. After all, they spoke our language. They quoted scripture. They came from humble beginnings. They promised a hustler nation where everyone had a seat at the table.

Twelve months later, the only people sitting at the table are the same ones who always have. And they’re feasting while the rest of us starve.

They didn’t just fail.
They betrayed.
And worse—they blamed us for feeling betrayed.

The High Cost of Living, By Design

Prices skyrocketed. From unga to electricity to fuel, the cost of survival became unbearable.
Students dropped out of school.
Mothers gave birth without medical care.
Young people graduated into a market that had no space for them.

And while Kenyans adjusted and sacrificed and rationed and struggled—

Leaders flew first class.
Hired personal photographers.
Spent billions on cars, prayer rallies, and PR.
Public offices became private business centers, while wananchi became debt slaves.

They said they had a plan.
They said “bottom-up economics.”

But bottom-up turned out to mean “bottoms down” as they walked over us to climb even higher.

The Finance Bill: A Declaration of War

Nothing exposed the government’s contempt more than the 2024 Finance Bill.

In a country already reeling from poverty, unemployment, and inflation, they introduced even more taxes. They taxed bread. They taxed sanitary pads. They taxed internet, fuel, M-Pesa, and even rainwater.

They turned a budget into a weapon—pointed not at the rich, but at the rest.

They insisted: “Kenyans must sacrifice.”

But we asked: Why only Kenyans?
Why not the MPs with 6-figure allowances?
Why not cut luxury cars, ghost projects, and unnecessary foreign trips?

Instead of trimming the fat, they cut the muscle.
And now they act surprised that we bleed.

We Spoke—They Mocked

We petitioned. We wrote letters.
Activists went on radio and explained the burden.
Economists warned. Clergy cautioned.
TikTokers cried. Mothers prayed. Youth marched.

And what did they do?

They laughed.

They called us misled.
They said we were young and jobless.
They said, “they don’t even understand the bill.”

But we did understand.

We understood that they were transferring their failure to us.
That they wanted to fill budget holes with our pain.
That they were asking us to pay for their bad deals, their debts, their decadence.

And we said: NO.

🇰🇪 June 25th 2024: The Day Kenya Found Its Voice

On June 25th, the streets overflowed.
With courage. With clarity. With unity.

Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, and even some boomers—took to the streets.
Muslims prayed in protest. Christians sang in resistance.
Mothers and medics, students and business owners, all stood as one.

This wasn’t just a protest.
This was a reckoning.

Kenya remembered that power belongs to the people.
Not to the suits behind tinted windows.
Not to billionaires pretending to be broke.
Not to MPs who clap for taxes they don’t pay.

We marched because we were done begging.
Done waiting.
Done watching.

And Still, They Responded with Teargas

They could’ve listened.
Instead, they sent police. They fired teargas. They maimed and killed children. They abducted and put mothers in sacks.

As if our cries were criminal.
As if patriotism now wore a helmet and carried a baton.
As if democracy meant silence.

But they forgot something powerful:

You can teargas a crowd, but you can’t teargas the truth.

You can arrest voices—but you can’t jail a generation.
You can tear our banners—but the fire is already burning.

And now the fire has spread.

A Movement is Born

This is no longer about a Finance Bill.

This is about betrayal.
About being unheard.
About leaders who act like rulers.
About the fact that we are taxed and taxed—and yet our roads still have potholes, our hospitals lack medicine, and our youth rot in unemployment.

This is about accountability.
It’s about integrity.
It’s about demanding what is rightfully ours.

Declare June 25th a National Holiday

Let it be written:
On this day, we stood.
On this day, we found our voice.
On this day, we were no longer divided by tribe, religion, or region—but united by truth.

Declare June 25th a National Day of Civil Awakening.
A day when Kenya refused to be mocked anymore.
A day when resistance became patriotic.

The Path Forward

This is the beginning.

We must:

• Keep organizing: neighborhood by neighborhood, online and offline.

• Keep informing: helping Kenyans understand where their taxes go.

• Keep demanding: resignations, audits, justice.

• Keep resisting: with strategy, discipline, and power.

They thought we would forget.
They thought this anger would pass.

But we have nothing left to lose—and everything left to fight for.

The People’s Ultimatum

To this government, hear this clearly:

We gave you a year.
We watched. We waited. We trusted.

You used that year to lie. To loot. To legislate suffering.

Now, we demand:

• Public audits of county and national spending

• Independent investigations into police violence & killings

• Resignation of all enablers of economic injustice

• And eventually—fresh leadership with a people-first vision

The Mockery Ends Now

This is not about politics. This is about principle.

We are done being mocked.
We are done suffering in silence.
We are done with leaders who treat our loyalty like a license to loot.

A new Kenya is rising.
And whether they like it or not, they will answer to the people.

June 25th must be remembered.