Can somebody tell the respected right honourable former Prime Minister Raila Odinga that teargas breaks even the hardest of men?
I think it would be proper for Kenyans to tell him that although he has had first-hand experience when a teargas was lobbed to disperse his supporters, it caught both his lungs and eyes.
What followed was a scene that most Kenyans on social media have made the best out of as they try by every way to console the teary leader of the opposition.
Yes, that is what happens when with the Kenyan law. Teargas is a weapon commonly used by our uniformed men to divert attention to somewhere else when things just get too much.
Kenyans should know that at this point when a teargas canister is lobbed towards you, you develop inhalation problems and you cannot grasp huge gulps of oxygen.
In fact, one begins to feel weakly while the face is clearly marked by streams of uncontrollable tears flowing down the cheeks.
It is at this point that many people, previously part of a protest, summon themselves for “individual meetings” and resolve never to be part of such gatherings.
For anyone who has had a taste of the discomfiture of teargas in the air knows better how to carry oneself during a protest and the best way is to keep away from it as far as you can.
In a moment when you decide to be part of a protest, think twice because you could be the person who will Kenyans will be captioning in social media.