CORRUPTION: THE NEED TO HEED AND FEED GREED

The greed that fosters corruption can only be identified with the words; enough is never enough, not yesterday, today, tomorrow or forever. As unscrupulous corruption perpetrators progress or regress into their addiction in a dire need to derive sufficient gratification and feed their greed, they have totally continued to disregard the words of Mohandas Gandhi; ‘The earth provides enough resources for everybody’s need but not for everybody’s greed.’ It goes without saying that; you never get enough of what you don’t really need. With these corrupt individuals pursuing opulence, their overwhelming and insatiable passion isn’t about getting rich but richer and still richer. Without any doubt whatsoever, their vast greed isn’t a virtuous cycle but a markedly vicious one.  ‘Much more’ is the keyword that denotes their total addiction to greed that triggers corruption. It’s very unfortunate that the ante of getting more than enough is always on the rise.

 Of all the things one might be addicted to, nothing tops the greed-laden pursuit of riches through deprivation of public resources. In its audacity, greed is totally manipulative and gross insensitivity to the needs and feelings of others. Realistically speaking, materialistically pursuit of happiness fosters corruption which is a societal vice that’s gloomed and doomed to fail sooner than later citing that, it's a goal that can never be achieved not to mention its extreme, myopic, irresponsible covetousness. By default, vast acts of corruption have continued to permeate in our motherland with an extremely supersonic speed. Corruption is just but an immoral vice that have for decades continued to subject the dear lives of citizens to miserable livelihoods and subject them to great fear to appoint that they are unable to deplore it. 

In general, greed of riches has everything to do with a feeling of opulence elation and also offers a kind of self-inoculation. What perpetual accumulation of illegitimate riches inoculates into the perpetrators of graft is the impostor syndrome which is the underlying and barely recognized feelings of guilt and shame which stems from a belief that deep down, they are not only failures in the society but also don’t deserve the already illegitimate accumulated riches. Greater and greater possessions are required to help them sustain their cherished illusion that they are vastly rich than others making it the most convenient narcissistic fix for whatever subterranean doubts they maybe tying to harbor about themselves.

Contagious corruption has for decade continued to disseminate in all government parastatals and other public entities like a bush fire. In a dire need to feed their greed, the masterminds of graft have a total negligence of conscience and humanity and are always willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy their narcissism. However, their mere 

thoughts that promotes a weird idea that accumulation of material possessions will render them to a happy and peaceful lifestyle is just but a fallacy. Happiness and peace attainment can only be observed from a spiritual perspective. By spiritual perspective, I'm envisioning the ideal state as emanating from a variety of non-materialistic achievements. This would include establishment of social capital that adds personal value and supports place attachment leading to the development of mutually self-disclosing relationships filled with unconditional love, respect, self-identity, self-efficacy and self-acceptance. It’s extremely imperative to know that, a person’s well-being is unassailable through invariance social capital networks that aren’t susceptible to monetary variations.

The very moment you begin to experience contentment as a result of illegitimate acquired possessions rather than complacence thereof, neither possession accumulation nor fame and publicity are pivotal to your happiness. Although such a remarkable experience might times without number render you to a total peace of mind and self-driven satisfaction, it shall never ever rob you guilty conscience and impostor 

phenomenon. The imaginary utopia is just but an ebullience of your thoughts and feelings that blocks the gloom and doom that may be happening externally.

Pursuing happiness through the acquisition of riches, through amassing more and more possessions is a fool's pursuit. For once such material appetite is aroused, at a certain point it becomes insatiable. When you substitute your humane with material possessions with a mentality of a life-term satisfaction, the pleasures and gratifications they yield are more or less fleeting. It’s extremely imperative to note that; no amount of 

money can suffice. Out of the present day rampant greed, fortune seeking has become both obsessive and compulsive. When that critical line is crossed, the pursuit is no longer a means to some presumably fulfilling end, it is the end. This occurrence validates the biblical words of Paul to his adorable friend Timothy. ‘For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people craving money have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.’ 1st Timothy 6:10 

Even thought corruption as an illegitimate pursuit of material possession has times without number been fruitful, the eccentric goons of this societal detrimental vice are more often left in the self-defeating position of hunting down that which can never ever 

feed their vast greed. Like an unquenchable thirst, not the riches but the intemperate lust for riches can never be satisfied. Materialistically searching for happiness through accumulating possessions invariably cries out for more material possessions. ‘Nothing is enough for a man whom enough is too little.’ Epicurus

This incessant seeking for what can never be definitively achieved explains why myriad corrupt persons are extremely hostile, aggressive, merciless and inhumane in their ongoing relentless efforts to accrue more possessions. Addictively chasing immeasurable riches, a fortune going far beyond the dreams of avarice as though such a radical pursuit will miraculously absolve their selfish deeds, they end up being monomaniacal and overly inhumane.

The sooner we understand that money can neither buy happiness nor fulfill relationships and it certainly doesn't have the power to generate unconditional acceptance of self, the quicker we will set ourselves free from decades old societal detriment of corruption. The 

decades old misconception that ties money with personal happiness is a biased ideology worth reprimand. Nonetheless, greed addicts are hardly focused on depleting or disbursing their fortune but on acquiring and maintaining it. Unconsciously, they link their fundamental human value to their financial worth. What drives their behavior is accumulating as much riches as possible and then using it to acquire still more riches. If your self-worth and happiness are measured against monetary currency, your self-worth 

holds no difference with shares and stocks; it will always rise or fall in accordance with the success or failure of your present enterprise.

The perpetrators of corruption callous lifestyles does not only portray their inhumanity but is also a crystal-clear evidence that their greed triggered infinite pursuit of illegitimate riches is a debacle that can never ever bring them the perpetual happiness and peace of mind. Despite of their blithe disregard of their immorality, the society isn’t lost that their act of corruption leads to citizen’s destitution and subsequently stagnation of developments in the entire nation. To add salt into the injury, their profane utterances like; ”why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge,” begs the question; is our judicial structure behind this capitalistic system which regrettably supports ceaseless avaricious ventures because not even one corrupt person has ever been indicted and incarcerated?   

TEEN PREGNANCY

Tuesday 16th June we wake up to a very significant day; A DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD. whose theme this year was: ACCESS TO A CHILD-FRIENDLY JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AFRICA.
As it is my tradition, I did a Facebook post about the commemoration of the day and the awareness thereof. Unfortunately, when the news started disseminating, our children justice system got another extremely heavy burden as the news of 3,964 TEEN PREGNANCY within the last five months in Machakos county started trending.
Out of my great concern and outcry over these extremely unethical occurrence  that portrays how rotten our morals are, please join me this afternoon in DM MAX at 4pm-5pm CST which is 12 am-1am East Africa time as we discuss matters on TEEN PREGNANCY.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER: HOW WE GOT HERE IS WHY WE ARE HERE

'If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.' Terry Pratchett

As a matter of concurrence, in his 1978 song; 'Buffalo soldier,' Bob Marley simplified the quote. 'If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from.'

Noting that it has been four decades plus since Bob Marley's simplicition of the quote, in my own words i will say, "History is the story upon which our glory will be glorified."

The knowledge and understanding of black history is the only way through which we can know and understand how we have continued to suffer under the centuries old immorality of racism. It's only by having a crystal-clear knowledge and understanding of how we got here that we will know, why we are here, demonstrating. 

I am a stout believer of the phrase; 'if you don't have anything to say, don't say it here.' This simply means, if your speech is a rhetoric talk, kindly stay quiet. Although little knowledge is dangerous, it's far much better than ignorance.

To help you understand my school of thought, amidst the millions of people who are participating in the global call to end racism in the United states, a young lady of an African descent who happens to be an American by naturalization, which might be the reason to why she don't have a smidgen historical knowledge of the 401 years of African Americans  recurring systemic and systematic oppression had the audacity to belittle the black lives matter movement by saying, " black lives matter is a joke." She went ahead to call the demonstrators hypocrites and attention seekers. 

As fate would have it, I was left wondering why her acknowledgment that there are no schools in Chicago and other black cities didn't bring back her senses if any to just reason why black cities and communities don't have good schools. Her great worry that 'her country' will be portrayed as a violent nation was biased and nonsensical. All she could see were the consequences but not the cause of the centuries old racial problem. It's only out of total ignorance that anyone can possess a mindset of a peaceful United States with the present day unrest that's rampant around the nation. 

To rebut her myopic thought of a free United States, let me point out just but a few systematic policies that have continued to oppress African Americans since the dark days of slavery. 

UNDER FUNDED BLACK SCHOOLS: This problem has been recurring since 1951 when a 16 years old African American girl by the name Barbara Johns led a demonstration because of the vast inequality in her school system in Prince Edward county Virginia. To my bewilderment, what followed was totally reprehensible. Instead of solving the problem, all the public schools were shut down for five years in the entire county. While African American kids stayed home, white kids continued to attend all white academies through a tax payers funded vouchers, meaning; part of the African American taxes were used to educate white kids while their children stayed home.

Hitherto, under funded black schools have continued to produce poor quality education which marks the beginning of unending African American societal problems. 

WAR ON DRUGS: A good reference is Tulia-46. This example goes beyond cops planting drugs in the pockets of African American men or inside their vehicles during a routine traffic stop. Tulia-46 is the most evil act of racism and injustice in the history of war on drugs. It's an occurrence where 46 African Americans were arrested in Tulia Texas on 23rd July 1999 on false allegations that they were drug dealers. Out of the 46 who were arrested, 36 were convicted and incarcerated. Although they were later pardoned by the Texas governor in 2003 citing racial profiling and judicial misconduct, their jail term range was between 20 years and 341 years.

It's worthy nothing that; the mass incarceration of African Americans men (much of it is as a result of judicial bias) has a massive detriment not only to these men psychological wellbeing but also to their productivity in their families and the community at large. The fact that finding a job with a felony record is like winning a rotary is an aspect that robs a man his God given preserve as a provider and renders him to a life of hopelessness which is the worst case scenario. To add salt in the injury, a felony proceeds to rob the man his voting right. In some states like Florida where permanent felony defranchisement is observed, your voting right can be suppressed for a period of 14 good years and can only reinstated through a governor's petition. 

Even though mass incarceration of African American men is an example of racism by its own, it's the highly preferred way of voter suppression because it guarantees a long period of ensuring that African American men are refrained  from the voting booth for the longest. 

VOTER SUPPRESSION: It's easy to say, "my vote my voice." Nonetheless, what happens when your 1965 voting rights are suppressed? Voter  suppression is the latest formula of kicking African Americans out of the voting booth. This heinous activity is articulated through mandatory requirement of a government issued photo ID while registering to vote not withstanding that a public housing ID (which is a government issued photo ID ) isn't legitimate for this cause. Voter suppression is the reason why the then governor of Alabama shut down 67 DMV offices in 2015 most of them in African American communities in order to restrain them from applying for government issued IDs. Voter suppression was responsible for the poor turnout of African Americans during the 2016 general elections where 8% reduction of African Americans votes was recorded. Voter suppression is also done through the introduction of poll taxes where you are required to pay a smidgen fee to become a registered voter despite the claims that the 24th amendment of 1964 abolished poll taxes. 

Those were just but a few systematic policies that have continued to undermine the rights of African Americans for centuries. It's worthy noting that; if you rob a man his hope, you give him a right to become hostile because he has nothing else to lose. The reason to why we are waking up to massive black lives matter demonstratorations and unrest on a daily basis is because of a biased system of governance that have deliberately failed to listen to the centuries old plead of African Americans, 'I CAN'T BREATHE.' A centuries old cry to mitigate the pain of African Americans plight has resulted to violence in a dire need to be heard. In the words of Martin Luther king jr, 'Riot is the language of the unheard.'

Although the present day agony of demonstrators is deeper than the pain of 8 minutes and 46 seconds that the police knee was on the neck of George Floyd, the objective of the worldwide black lives matter demonstratorations goes beyond the murder of George Floyd. It's the lamentation and bitterness of four centuries of broken and biased system of governance that fosters racial profiling, racial injustice, bigotry, racial inequality and the like in the United States. A system that has never ever recognized African Americans as equal human beings. This is a perfect example of the animal farm where it was believed that all animals were equal but some were more equal than others.

I am not lost of the truth that a dreadful experience of 401 years cannot be addressed overnight. Nonetheless, this begs the question; how long will African Americans continue living like fugitives in their own country? 

To anyone who wishes to challenge the cry of African Americans due to denial of their long overdue justice on equality, first finish your homework on African American studies and put your facts in the right order because black lives matter is a factual issue not a fiction. 

WHEN I BECAME BLACK

Growing up in African savanna grassland, a region south of the Sahara and north of the Limpopo, I always considered myself a tetrachromat. The words black or color blind had never crossed my mind.

Unfortunately, my artesian sunset brown complexion identity was only a short lived joy which was disreputed the very moment I set foot on 'the land of the free because of the brave.' Upon losing my complexion identity of two decades plus without my consent, I became subject to a rebrand where my artesian sunset brown complexion identity was replaced with; A BLACK MAN. 

For a moment, I thought that my flight of 24 hours had not only subjected me to a jet lag but had simultaneously turned me to a color blind. I was extremely eager to confirm my instantaneous complexion change at the nearest mirror encounter.

All the same, it didn't take me long to know that the sudden change of my complexion identity was a tactic to subjugate my self-esteem and subsequently render me to an inferior mindset. Although I never urged my case out, in reference to my 6th grade art and craft knowledge, I was well informed that; black is not a color. A black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. With that in mind, my self-conviction on this matter could not allow anyone challenge my intellect. This led me to the decades old quote; 'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.' Anne Elena Roosevelt.

They say; When in Rome, do as the Romans do.' The fact that you can do what the Romans do dosen't mean you  have to think how they think. Thinking is a self-imposed aspect that leads to a conscious decision. A person who controls your actions isn't a great threat but anyone who controls your mind subjects you to slavery. 

After a period of 246 years of slavery, majority of the people never expected African Americans to ever regain their consciousness. Just like in the bible in the book of Exdous 1:12; 'But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.' So are the African American. It doesn't matter how oppressed they are, God is still granting them favour amidst pain. 

When Pharaoh's oppression against Israelites became futile, he ordered the murder of the firstborn boys but God saved them through the two Egyptian midwives. In a matter of contrast, slaves were likewise subjected to lynching and repatriation. 

It's very unfortunate that, after a period of 135 years after the abolishment of slavery, some caucasian still possess that 19th century retarded mentality where they think that African Americans are inferior human beings because of their complexion. 

On the entire planet earth, there only exist one race namely; THE HUMAN RACE. This is well recorded in the book of Genesis 5:2, 'He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when they were created.' The interpretation of the word MANKIND is; a man with kindness. In reference to the Lord's prayer, (Matthew 6:9) we find that the entire human race hails from one ancestry namely; OUR FATHER who's dwelling place is heaven.

The fact that some people think that they are superior that others is the cause of racism. When lynching and segregation were dehumanized, new tactics of superiority complex mindset were launched against African Americans. To this day and age, prejudice, racial profiling, police brutality leading to vast deaths of African Americans, injustice, mass incarceration and mass shootings of African Americans are a daily occurrence, all in the efforts to subjugate African Americans especially young African Americans men. But why young African Americans men? The easiest way to obliterate a generation is through destroying the seed. Since these young African Americans men are the progenitor, they are being hunted down at every given moment in order to halt procreation among African Americans. In the present day and age, there is a crystal-clear evidence that African Americans are in the list of endangered species. 

Today more than ever before, apart from the decades old structural and institutional racism which for years have subjected African Americans to poor housing, under funded education, injustice and mass incarceration among others, the suppression of their voting rights is alive and well.

Although this is a violation of the voting rights act of 1965 which was won through blood and sweat via the civil rights movement, the introduction of poll taxes and mandatory voter's ID is out to deny African Americans thier constitutional right to vote. Voter suppression is a sure way of ensuring that the decisions that pertains to the plight of African Americans will continue to be made in their absentia. This is my sincere plead to each and every African American who have attained the voting age, kindly ensure that you have registered to vote no matter how tedious the process is. Let's make voting a collective responsibility like the Alabamians did during the 12th December 2017 senatorial elections.

Whether or not they fear the dominance of African Americans  genes against their recessive ones is a story of another day. Nonetheless, it's extremely imperative to understand that; despite the lapse of time, the centuries old mindset that once perceived African Americans as inferior human beings is still alive and well. 

Kindly let's speak out against any form of racism with a total conviction that; a day when we will be judged by the content of our character rather than the color of our skin is nearer than ever before.

On my complexion worries, I am very close to believing my mirror. As deceitful as it might be, there have been consistently in my complexion reflections recently. Nonetheless, when all is said and done, it's worth remembering that; 'When the lives and rights of African Americans are at stake, there should be no silent witnesses.'

AFRICA DAY 2020

Today being the 57th commemoration of AFRICA DAY, there is a dire need to assess our mother continent since she is still wanting. 
This years theme is; Silencing the Guns in the context of the COVID19
I thank God because, despite the evil predictions that Africa will be sweeping human bodies in the streets of her major cities, God has been with us in every step of fighting this global pandemic. To this day, Africa is the continent that have had the very minimal cases and deaths out of covid-19. Nonetheless, more work needs to be done especially the adherence to all the set rules towards averting the spread of covid-19.
On the other hand, it's very disheartening to know that; despite being the richest continent in minerals and natural resources, Africa is still lagging behind in economic development in the areas of infrastructure, food security, housing, manufacturing, technology, education and health care.
Kindly let's look beyond the colonial boundaries that have for decades made us perceive disintegrated Africa with 55 countries instead of a unified continent which is capable of controlling the world economy out of its vast minerals and natural resources. 

AFRICA: THE INFERIOR MINDSET

I am one person who believes the decades old words of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt who was the 32nd First lady of the United states. "No one can made you feel inferior without your consent."

Since your ears and eyes are the gateway to everything that you know or understand, any person who wishes to rule over you will successfully do so by controlling what you see and what you hear. When I  control what you see, I rule your knowledge and when I control what you hear, I successfully take toll on your understanding. 

The two biblical compendiums that will help you understand my school of thought are; Daniel 1:4 'Young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.'

Apart from  Daniel who is popularly known by his Israelite name despite being remaned Belteshazzar which is a Babylonian name, the rest of the three young men Hananiah whose name was changed to  Shadrach, Mishael whose name was changed to Meshack and Azariah whose name was changed to Abednego, the rest three are popularly known by their foreign Babylonian names that were forcefully given to them through the order of king Nebuchadnezzar with an intention of  enforcing them into idol worshiping and eventually rule over them.

Even though his evil plan didn't bear fruits, it's a crystal-clear indication that; knowledge and understanding manipulation is an effective way of inculcating an inferiority complex mindset on someone. 

The second tactic was used on Job by his friends during the period of his deadly sickness. Job's friends tried to convince him that his illness was a punishment from God as a result of his sins. These were Job's words to his friends. "Look, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you." Job 13:1-2

Just like the four Israelite young men, (Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah) Job totally resisted his friends persuasion which would have subjected him to a state of inferiority complex mindset. 

It's very unfortunate that; in the present day and age, we Africans have continued to allow the so called 'first world countries' to control our knowledge and our thinking an aspect that continues to render us to an inferiority complex mindset and to also confirm to the so called first world countries their centuries old biased mindset of superiority complex. 

While Africa continues be colonized through her inferiority complex mindset that have for years fostered a DONOR MENTALITY, eight west African countries are to this day under an evil orchestrated and strategized colonialism having been coerced into signing the Continuation of colonialism pact before becoming independent. This is an official document that have seen eight African countries deposit their 85% of their bank reserves with French Central bank for decades. Ironically, if need be, (which is obvious) the requisite to access their money must be preceded by submitting a financial statement which should undergo through a process of approval and if, only if they are lucky to be approved, they can get an access of 20% of their previous year deposits inform of loans or commissions with interest rates. This simply means, despite having a credit with France, these countries still owe France. In other words, France loans you your money which you should pay with interest. For every 14 billion US dollars, the government of France gets a return of 300 billion US dollars after investing the money in the French stock market. 

The second wave of how Africa has invited a new colonial regime 'presumably' without her consent is through her profound DONOR MENTALITY that have continued to support her decades old sense of inferiority complex.

Although Africa is the richest continent in the world mineral wise, it's the poorest continent monetary wise in the world. In 2009, the then 54 African countries saw the need to build a new headquarter of African Union in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Nonetheless, with a continent GDP of 2.58 trillion US dollars, Africa could not raise 200 million US dollars to construct her own headquarters and the whole amount  that enabled the construction of the African Unioun edifice was a donation from China.

The irony of the highest degree is the biblical verse that is curved on the base of the statue of Kwane Nkrumah the founding father of the great nation of Ghana. The scripture is from Psalms 68:31; 'Ethiopia (meaning Africa since Ethiopia is a Holy land that represents Africa in the bible) shall lift her hands to God.' The question that should linger in our minds is; Is Africa lifting her hands to God or to China and other countries that continues to benefit from her minerals and other natural resources?

In the present day and age, China has become the leading colonial regime in most African countries through offering predatory loans as a way of gaining receivership of the most lucrative assets from the countries of target since the Chinese government knows very well these African countries will default on their loans. This evil tactic saw Kenneth Kaunda International Airport go under a receivership threat by China in 2018 due to Zambian loan default not to mention that China owns 60% shares of Zambian National media. 

The third wave of present day African colonization strategy is the unending civil war in the world richest country mineral wise. The country is none other than the Democratic Republic of Congo, popularly known as DRC. 

Since 1480s when Portuguese traders set foot in Congo, there have been  endless civil war to this day. In a dire quest to feed their greed of opulence out of the the vast natural riches of mineral resources in Congo, the Portuguese deemed that the only way to enrich themselves was to ensure that Congo remained in a state of anarchy. As long as the Congolese were fighting between themselves, the ambience to feed their evil ambitions remained tranquil. Their iniquitous mission became successful when they destroyed indigenous political forces which were capable of curtailing their slaving or trading agendas. Their successful evil plans of disintegrating the Congolese and rendering them into a govern less anarchy of endemic civil wars have continued to this day. 

The day Africans will realize the power of unity is the day we shall solve a greater percentage of our centuries old problems that have created total destitution in Africa. They divide us in order to rule us and when we are fighting against ourselves, they force some of us to spend restless days and sleepless nights flushing out our minerals which they fly out to their countries and then donate to us a smidgen amount of money out of the millions they earn not only from our minerals but also from out sweat. 

What we have in Africa are not countries but colonial boundaries that they have used for centuries to divide us and ease their diabolical acts of Africa impoverishment. The bitter truth that we have to swallow in order to liberate ourselves from the centuries old DONOR MENTALITY is; we have continued to allow them to manipulate us through our inferiority complex mindset. 

FREE BUT NOT INDEED

Times without number, I have said that you can't solve a problem on the same level of thinking that created it. Most of the present day problems that have continued to affect people for decades in my motherland were created on a platform of extremely bad politics, by leaders with an inferiority complex mindset. Polictics of tribalism, nepotism and greed. This I say without an apology or any fear of contradiction. "We have enough resources for everyone's need but not for everyone's greed."
It's very unfortunate that; after 11 general elections, we are still experiencing the same problems we did 56 years ago when we got independence. 

Albert Einstein one of the greatest renowned theoretical physicist defined stupidity as; doing something the same way over and over again but expecting different results. From my school of thought, his definition best fits the situation we've had for over five decades.
Even though we got our freedom from the British colonial government in  December 1963, the question that we must ask ourselves is; Are we free indeed? There is a vast difference between being free and being free indeed. Freedom offers physical liberty but being free indeed (autonomy) liberates your mind. Freedom is given but autonomy is a matter of self-efficacy. In other words, being free indeed is a personal responsibility that gives your mind optimism that can be observed through your deeds no wonder the word FREE (at liberty) INDEED (to do something)

In his song 'Redemption song,' Bob Nesta Marley puts it this way; "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds." Meaning you are the only person who can free your mind from an inferiority complex mindset to a superiority  complex mindset.
The greatest battles are won or lost in your mind.Your victory is just a changed mindset away. While an optimistic mentality will give you victory, a pessimistic mindset will automatically lead you to becoming a failure. It's very unfortunate that we have had freedom for 56 years but our minds are still in bondage no wonder the intransigence towards the moral vices that are affecting our beloved the nation. 

Although the chains that for decades buckled the hands of the Maumau plus the other freedom fighters were deemed to be the only hindrance towards our freedom, the chains around our minds are tight and have continued to subject us to a state of mental slavery.
Unquestionably inarguably, the British colonial government did set us free 56 years ago but to this day, we have never set ourselves free indeed. If you are still looking for that one person to set you free indeed, look in the mirror.