Post by roughrider on Apr 16, 2007 16:56:54 GMT 3
Marriage is always a turning point in anybody’s life. As a right of passage matrimony represents a choice that is ‘for better or for worse, till death do us part’. It is so that a set of very public nuptials involving scions from two elite families are poignant reminders of a Kenya at crossroads.
According to an interview she gave to Easy FM, Winnie Wangui Mwai is tying the knot with James Artur Margaryan. We hope they live happily ever after, and that the bride’s womb bears fruits in their tenfold. This marriage might, in symbolic terms, represent the ignominy, informal government and underworld criminality that the Arturs have been associated with. Visions of drugs peddling, rampant assassinations and gun-running easily come to my mind.
Some people think we must build a big wall around Kenya to keep Artur & Artur out. However as surely as Shakespeare showed in Romeo and Juliet “Stony limits cannot keep love out….”
Or can we? Winnie is smitten; she too deserves her chance at love.
The other marriage involves Fidel Castro Odinga, who marries Kiambu beauty Virginia Wanjiru Ng’ang’a. Why so? Or, rather, why not? True, according to popular social and political myopia, this love is forbidden. Luos and Kikuyu are supposed to be sworn enemies at that level of prominence. In this pedestrian thinking Virginia is marrying from enemy ranks. Virginia and her Fidel are – one might surmise - lovers in a dangerous time. But love, of course, is the simple answer to all our problems.
This marriage is a reminder that tribalism is non sense and love conquers all. This love shatters silly myths: Luo’s and Kikuyu’s are relatives and friends after all. This union might symbolize unity, harmony and national development.
There’s yet a hope in the choices that face Kenya today.
The choice to take the Arturs scenario that continues the destructive path of yesteryears; the path of injustice and impunity. OR the Fidel scenario, which offers the social cohesion that is required for national reconciliation and democratic renewal. Yes, that national reconciliation gives a chance to national forgiveness. And finally that national forgiveness paves the way for the sustainable national development we all dream about ending with a prosperous and tolerant society. These are not my words; they are paraphrased from Nobel laureate, Desmond Tutu.
This monumental choice will faces us at the ballot this December.The Arturs vs. the Fidel scenario. Be wise, make the right moves
According to an interview she gave to Easy FM, Winnie Wangui Mwai is tying the knot with James Artur Margaryan. We hope they live happily ever after, and that the bride’s womb bears fruits in their tenfold. This marriage might, in symbolic terms, represent the ignominy, informal government and underworld criminality that the Arturs have been associated with. Visions of drugs peddling, rampant assassinations and gun-running easily come to my mind.
Some people think we must build a big wall around Kenya to keep Artur & Artur out. However as surely as Shakespeare showed in Romeo and Juliet “Stony limits cannot keep love out….”
Or can we? Winnie is smitten; she too deserves her chance at love.
The other marriage involves Fidel Castro Odinga, who marries Kiambu beauty Virginia Wanjiru Ng’ang’a. Why so? Or, rather, why not? True, according to popular social and political myopia, this love is forbidden. Luos and Kikuyu are supposed to be sworn enemies at that level of prominence. In this pedestrian thinking Virginia is marrying from enemy ranks. Virginia and her Fidel are – one might surmise - lovers in a dangerous time. But love, of course, is the simple answer to all our problems.
This marriage is a reminder that tribalism is non sense and love conquers all. This love shatters silly myths: Luo’s and Kikuyu’s are relatives and friends after all. This union might symbolize unity, harmony and national development.
There’s yet a hope in the choices that face Kenya today.
The choice to take the Arturs scenario that continues the destructive path of yesteryears; the path of injustice and impunity. OR the Fidel scenario, which offers the social cohesion that is required for national reconciliation and democratic renewal. Yes, that national reconciliation gives a chance to national forgiveness. And finally that national forgiveness paves the way for the sustainable national development we all dream about ending with a prosperous and tolerant society. These are not my words; they are paraphrased from Nobel laureate, Desmond Tutu.
This monumental choice will faces us at the ballot this December.The Arturs vs. the Fidel scenario. Be wise, make the right moves