If that history is anything to go by, he urged us to be champions of peace for our country and to teach the same to the future generations. He reminded us that if there is peace in the country, you can go anywhere you want and you can do anything your heart desires. Your options are limitless, something they never experienced in their youth and young adulthood.
He reminded us that there will never be a leader that everybody will agree with or approve of a hundred percent. He stated that leaders are human beings and they will always serve their interests first and surround themselves with people of like mind to help them accomplish their agenda. You can replace that leader but the next one that comes will have his own agenda and his own team to help him accomplish that agenda before his term is up and he is replaced. That is leadership in a nutshell.
What are the common people to do? As long as you can go about your business freely and care for your family without fear, you should not lose any sleep over the leadership of the country because they are not losing any sleep over you and your situation either. He made it clear that he was not asking us to be complacent citizens, because that is equally dangerous. Instead he urged us to keep abreast with events of our local, national and international communities, just like we did from our childhood. He asked us to keep our focus on our local communities, keeping them strong and relevant.
He reminded us that the MauMau movement was strong from its grassroots. Neighbor talking to neighbor and aligning their focus to a common good. He told us if every community in the country worked together towards a common goal for their communities, then the country as a whole will succeed, just like the MauMau movement brought independence to an entire nation. It all started with neighbors working together and their positive ideas and dedication to a cause catching fire and spreading to a nation that was desperate for freedom. The focus and the unity of the citizens working together for a cause brought down a mighty British government that had enslaved them for generations.
Same goes for bad governance. The citizens can unite and focus on doing good, developing their communities, voicing their opinions and concerns through their elected officials and using their vote to elect peace loving leaders to run the affairs of the country.
My father reminded us we always have God who controls the events and circumstances of our lives. He acknowledged there was no way the MauMau war was won without God guiding their steps and giving them the victory. In reality, the enemy they faced was powerful beyond description, the British Empire being the most powerful government of the time. The colonists had every advantage, yet the MauMau prevailed. It had to be God.
In the same way, my father reminded us that God is always looking out for his disadvantaged, oppressed and exhausted children who seek Him to fight on their behalf. That is why we need to do everything in our power to build strong families and communities, elect leaders who have compassion, wisdom and the fear of God in their hearts, and keep praying for them to do what is right, for the good of the people they lead. If we commit ourselves to do our human part with dedication and humility, God will take care of the rest.
Once we do that, we can sleep well at night knowing there will be peace and prosperity in our country, giving us a place to grow roots and flourish, raising a future generation with hope and promise.
