Wafula Buke gives 10 REASONS why the kikuyu nation deserves sympathy rather than condemnation as they wander in Ruto's political darkness.

1. The Kikuyu gave us a global trade mark when they crafted Africa's 1st liberation instrument, the Mau Mau. The outcome?

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forest returnees languished in slums: landless. We have ignored their pain.

(a) As we grew up robberies and general crime were attributed to the Kikuyu lowly. In Tanzania and parts of Kenya Njoroge meant crime.
(b) Prostitution was launched in Kenya by children of theMau Mau

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Thank God they were beautiful, we helped them flourish. Now new shareholders have joined in the sector.
(c) without land the stress led them to engage in trade and founded hawking which is now a national lifesaver.

2. Jomo Kenyatta destroyed their soul.

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Kenyatta, their own man, denied them everything. He even stole the 5m pounds donated by the British for the rehabilitation of the freedom fighters. Actually, the money purchased land for the former home guards. Kung'u Karumba was killed for protesting.

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3. 1969 Kenyatta frog matches the same frustrated Kikuyu to take an oath never to vote for a Luo.The KPU Organizing Secretary, Peter Young Kihara, was buried in sand up to the neck for days for refusing to take the oath.

4. Frustrated, the Kikuyu masses identify JM Kariuki
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as Kenyatta's successor and vote him back to parliament despite a ban on his campaign rallies. 5 bullets are dispatched to JM's heart (according to the postmortem report in my possession) ending their dream for a better Kenya under a better leader.

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5. Moi comes and democratizes corruption a bit, occasioning the emergence of the "entrepreneurship" of the Kikuyu "hustler" nation. Better! They thought. Truth be told, the Kikuyu business elite may have enjoyed the Moi regime more than that of the Professional Mwai Kibaki.

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6. The frustrated Kikuyu youth take advantage of freedom of association in the 90s to form Mungiki as their shield. Instead they are killed in thousands by a multi-ethnic coalition of the rich.

7. On a 2nd liberation crest, the Kibaki regime refuses to address historical

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injustices through a truth, justice and reconciliation process. The oppressed Kikuyu nation suffers another round of betrayal. Uhuru dumbs the TJRC report and launches monopolized corruption by family, partners and allies.

8. Worse still uhuru stretches his exploitation.

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He targets Kikuyu milk farmers, lowering prices for his personal benefit. Uhuru further syphons water from Murang'a to his lands on Thika road raising fears of a looming desert in Murang'a, according to Raila.

9. Uhuru ditches Ruto while the Kikuyu diaspora is relying on

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peace to secure their lives across the republic. The devil of yesterday must look like an angel in the prevailing circumstances. Ruto must seem to be a snake of the moment in the stormy river where the Kikuyu think they will submerge.

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10. Finally, I have no doubt the Kikuyu carry two curses: That of Dedan Kimaathi, for abandoning him in Kamiti Prison and the curse of his younger brother, Prof Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, due to what was done to him and his wife Múúmbi.

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I believe the two curses contribute towards distorting the vision of the Kikuyu nation that has created room in their hearts for someone as morally decadent as William Ruto.

- Wafula Buke

ENDS