An empty Moi Sports Complex- Kasarani during the 2017 Madaraka celebration. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
During the recent Madaraka Day celebrations, a number of Kenyans all over the country failed to show up for the celebrations. It was indeed a worrying scenario to see the usually patriotic Kenyans fail to show up for Madaraka Day celebrations.
What contributed to this unprecedented low turnout? A number of theories suffice here.
One school of thought believes that the poor showing was as a result of the fatigue emanating from the prolonged political discourse.
They aver that Kenyans were generally tired of political discourse and activity.
The fact that Jubilee strongholds suffered the same fate of low turnout seems to lend credence to this view.
The second school of thought believes that Kenyans were generally tired of Jubilee administration and were expressing their dissatisfaction by not turning up for the celebration.
This could be a fact considering that a large population of those who usually attend the ceremonies emanate from NASA strongholds.
Interestingly, there is the notion that Kenyans may be generally disillusioned with their country and the hard-pressing economic difficulties may be forcing them not to engage in attending luxurious state ceremonies.
One is tempted to buy the above view considering the month of hunger, January is around the corner.
It is evident that the prolonged political push and pull of politics has had an adverse economic impact on the nation forcing citizens to retreat to the corner of struggle.
Pray that we will have the spirit to love our Madaraka Days again.