In the recent times Burkina Faso has made headlines
for all the right reasons, at least for me. One would think that this is
country is out of Africa and so it happenings have been unfamiliar breaking
news in Africa and here in Kenya.
August 5th 1960, was the date they gained
their independence from the French, only three years and 129 days earlier than
Kenya a period so short that even an elephant wouldn’t have given birth twice.
First it was marked by the unanimous protest by its
citizens to remove their long serving president Blaise Compaore who seized
power in a 1987 coup that saw the assassination of Africa’s undying spirited
leader Thomas Sankara. This was successful as now there is a transition
government lead by Lt-Col Isaac Zida, an epitome that people power is greater
than any individual/cartel/dictatorial power.
Second and most resent was the halving of the member
of parliaments salary. This is laughable in a Kenyan situation as their Burkina
counterpart were said to be earning no more than $3,000 (Kes 273,000). I know
this can only be less or equivalent to our MCA. The thought of this is like a
tickle under your feet without the sound of a joke yet you laugh your heart and
any other organ out.
With our bloated number of politicians and their high
salaries, one can only wonder why our police, doctors & teacher are usually
dissatisfied yet these monies circulate among few individuals, whereas in
Burkina Faso MPs half their pay with a reason that it will build confidence in
democracy and promote better governance.
Democracy and better governance to a Kenyan politician
are mostly equated to hate speech, undermining authority, terror sympathy and
or violent against our leaders.
The closest our leaders can come to taking a pay cut
is if they ask for twice as much as they currently earn and with a lot of
public outcry they resolve not to take or to pass their income increment. These
politicians will again come out unembarrassed by their actions and intention,
horny for not having their increment and in need of Kenyans romance to give
them an orgasm trying to push us into further poverty.
I dream for a country where money will not be the
hook that catches our votes and fattens us during elections only for us to grow
thin and suffer malnutrition for five years till the next election. Burkina
Faso’s parliament has set precedence for Kenya’s
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