>>> Could this be a wake-up call..?
“Breaking news” pop-ups
have become the norm on our television screens nowadays. Don’t they just make
your heart sink whenever they appear?!
I remember in my
childhood days, every time the boldly typed pop-up would appear on our T.V
screen, it would immediately hit me that a very serious tragedy had occurred
somewhere around the country or the world… Growing up, I came to learn through
my media studies that it is a special report that
warrants interruption of normal programming, to show the latest, eagerly awaited
more important, sensational etc. developments. The news doesn’t necessarily
have to be a negative report though.
The tragic events that
have been taking place in our country recently, could as well have partially
justified my childhood thinking on what this pop-up meant! I believe that most
people would share in my sentiments on this… that aside…
Don’t you find it strange
these series of tragedies that have befallen our country lately? I am not sure
about you, but as for me, I’ve got this persisting hunch that something isn’t
right somewhere and I, just like many other Kenyans are finding it hard to
comprehend all these!
June 10th,
2012 becomes the latest date that marks one of the darkest moments in the
Kenyan history; with a high profile tragedy involving the death of a cabinet
minister and his assistant, a pilot and co-pilot and two bodyguards, following
a chopper crash. This is just one among many other tragedies that have
over-shadowed our nation in the recent past; what is alarming though, is the
increase in the number of deaths robbing us not only of our leaders but
ordinary citizens too!
Even as we witness all
these strange and mysterious happenings, many Kenyans are struggling to find
answers to questions on why, what, who, and how? in no particular order. Questions
we may never find answers to…
People gather in small
groups at malls, market places, work places and social places in anguish trying
to unravel the mystery behind this jinxed season in our nation.
Maybe this is a wake-up
call… God’s ways of letting us know that we need to make things right as a nation;
after all He is the only one who could possibly explain all these… OR maybe
just there is something fishy going on in our country that we aren’t aware of…
OR is this just the inescapable fate?
Think over it people!
Think… think… think..!
Have a peaceful day y’all!
By:
Dorcas Waringa
June 13th,
2012
