A Nation Betrayed: Kenya’s Journey from Protest Songs to Funeral Marches
π°πͺ✨ KENYA: A NATION IN PAIN — WHEN BLOOD BECOMES THE LANGUAGE OF CHANGE
π By TAARIFA TV | June 4, 2025
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Today, I write with a heavy heart — not just as a blogger, but as a Kenyan. And not just a Kenyan, but as a GEN-Z who has grown up watching our country evolving and rising, but with many challenges and setbacks.
A human.
A brother.
A son of this soil that has soaked in far too much blood in the name of justice.
π₯ From Saba Saba to "Occupy Parliament": Kenya's Bloody Cycle
If you were born in the ‘90s or earlier, you’ve heard about it.
If you’re Gen Z, you’ve probably lived it.
Protest. Promise. Betrayal. Blood. Repeat.
That’s been the rhythm of Kenya’s streets for over 30 years.
It’s a painful dance — and too often, the dancers never return home.
Let’s walk back a little... not through textbooks, but through memory. Through pain. Through truth. Because am shedding tears as I write this article because it is filled with deep emotions that reopen wounds and scars left after each setback we have faced as a country.
π§± 1990: When Moi Faced the People
This was the era when asking for freedom could kill you.
When Raila, Matiba, and Rubia dared challenge the regime — what they got in return was Nyayo House torture chambers, cell walls soaked in screams, and darkness that lasted decades.
But still — the people stood up.
Because when the air becomes too heavy to breathe, resistance becomes survival.
My grandfather ADRIAN M'KIRICIA may his soul rest in peace uses to narrate stories about this era and it was chilling. He was a leader, he was a village chief. He would tell me how ruthless Moi was, a strict disciplinarian. A man who ruled aggressively when people tried to snatch the power away from him.
This era was filled with assassinations, tortures and yes there is a famous NYAYO TORTURE HOUSE where Moi used to torture Raila, Matiba and many more who were against his regime.
π 2002: Kibaki’s Win… and Our Wound
Just days before his swearing-in, Mwai Kibaki was involved in a near-fatal accident near Machakos. His spine, ankle, and pelvis were badly injured. The nation saw him wheeled into Uhuru Park, pale and silent — the symbol of a victory already bleeding. Whispers of sabotage lingered. From that hospital bed, Kibaki watched as old power brokers crept back, and the dream of reform quietly slipped into a coma. That crash didn’t just break his bones — it cracked the spine of Kenya’s new dawn.
When Kibaki took over, Kenya cheered like never before.
A new era? We thought so.
But corruption snuck back in like a thief at night.
Anglo Leasing showed us that names can change — but greed wears the same face.
And that hope?
It cracked.
It bled.
π₯ 2007: Kenya Explodes
This one hurt.
This one haunts.
That election — that result — was more than a loss. It was a national fire.
Over 1,300 lives lost. 600,000 displaced.
Kenyans turned against each other in the name of tribal politics, manipulated by those who eat at the high tables while we dig for crumbs in the dust.
This is the worst experience we have had as a country. I remember that time I was in primary school, grade five as they call it nowadays. It was chill and tense allover the country with videos and images of violence spreading like wild bushfire. It was so emotional, especially where people were burnt alive inside a church in Kiambaa...one I will never forget forever.
It's so depressing to learn that people who lost their land and homes are still displaced
π©Έ The 2010s: Protest as a Way of Life
Whether it was Raila vs. Uhuru, or Raila vs. IEBC, or Jubilee vs. common sense — the story stayed the same:
The poor march.
The police respond.
The rich watch — and benefit.
In 2016, peaceful demonstrators outside Anniversary Towers were beaten like stray dogs.
And the question echoed:
How long will Kenya criminalize pain?
π June 2024: The Generation That Refused to Die Silent
Now fast forward to last year.
Not a Raila protest.
Not a Ruto rally.
Not even a political march.
Occupy Parliament was different.
It was pure. Raw. Real.
No party colors. Just people.
Just youth. Just Gen Z.
Just Kenyans saying:
“ENOUGH!”
But Kenya — our beloved motherland — responded with violence.
Githurai. Nakuru. Kisumu. Mlolongo. Kitengela.
π Blood on tarmac.
π Mothers wailing.
π Bullet holes in schoolbags.
π A nation torn apart… again.
This is the day many will never forget. Especially us as a country..The brutality the government depicted will never fade away from our minds....If I was still in school this would be the best realtime composition if given a tittle of the day I will never forget.
π₯ April 2025: The World Watches BLOOD PARLIAMENT
Then came the BBC documentary.
Suddenly, what we knew — the rest of the world saw.
Snipers.
Planned attacks.
Bodies dropped like they were nothing.
For us, it wasn’t new.
It was our reality.
The difference?
Now the cameras caught it.
And instead of the government responding to it, all they did was arresting the Kenyan filmmakers who participated in making of the documentary. Ujinga kabisaπ«΅
π️ MADARAKA 2025 — Freedom in Whose Hands?
This year’s Madaraka Day (June 1, 2025) was hosted in Homa Bay, in a beautiful new stadium named after none other than Raila Odinga.
The speeches? Nice.
The performances? Colorful.
The president talked Blue Economy and digital future.
But one voice — Raila’s — cut through the noise.
He asked the government to compensate families who lost their children during the 2024 crackdown.
He reminded the nation:
True freedom is not in parades. It’s in justice.
The irony is that Raila is in the same government he is criticizing. Funny fact.
π¬ Final Thoughts from TAARIFA TV
Dear Kenya…
We’ve buried too many dreams.
We’ve washed too many streets with blood.
And every time we shout for change, we are answered with teargas and lies.
But hear this —
We are not tired.
We are not broken.
We are woke.
Gen Z is not lazy.
Millennials are not lost.
We are Kenya’s heartbeat.
And when that heartbeat is silenced, the country flatlines.
So to the men in suits:
We are watching.
We are recording.
We are voting.
We are marching.
And we are never forgetting.
Because here at TAARIFA TV, we don’t just blog.
We document pain.
We archive protest.
We amplify the unheard.
And we’ll keep telling Kenya’s story — even when it hurts.
π️ Rest in power to every Kenyan whose blood watered this democracy.
π©Έ Your names live here. In our words. In our fight. In our future.
✍️ TAARIFA TV — Kenya’s Truth Hub.
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Untill next time dear readers. Time to change our nation is here and not only Kenya but we have to create a better world for us and our kids. Thankyou so much, Asante sana maze π
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