Together as one: Don’t complain!

Don’t complain that you have to walk in dangerous conditions even though you are taxed heavily.

Don’t complain that the footpaths are nothing more than mounds of mud and stone.

Don’t complain that what’s left of the footpath is muddy and blocked by hawkers’ wares.

Don’t complain that the open drains are now being used to carry human excrement, that they are the sewerage lines or that they pass outside your favourite shopping mall even though it is a known fact that what you are smelling you are actually tasting.

Don’t complain that the human waste is ending up in your rivers and in ground water with the possibility of contaminating ground water and hence borehole water.

Don’t complain about the smell and the dust you are breathing in because it will not affect you as much as your children; they will develop respiratory diseases and strange cancers as they will breath it in for longer as they are younger. The dust is already eating away at your lungs and eyes so if you are getting allergies and irritations… don’t complain.

Don’t complain about badly built and dirty roads even though these have been built using your taxes and will continue to be repaired badly using your taxes. Don’t complain that these bad roads will make you poorer by the day as you spend more and more money on car repairs and on medical bills.

Don’t complain about the dangers waiting for your children on the streets even though you do not get tax breaks when you spend money on their medical bills.

Don’t complain that you are paying for parking and having it rough every day trying to get a parking space. Don’t complain that the Council collects fees and you don’t see what’s being done by the same council.

Don’t complain that they don’t keep your streets clean or unblock the drains meaning that when the rains come, the roads will be a nightmare.

Don’t complain that the garbage is not collected by the same council that collects the land rates and other fees. Don’t complain that some of this garbage is hazardous and is slowly making you and your family sick – because what you smell, you taste and because it slowly vaporises or turns into dust that your children and you will breath in.

Don’t complain that your shop was closed at night and that now you’re out of a job just because the owner got a better deal and couldn’t be bothered about your welfare. Don’t complain that there is no one to stand up for you.

Don’t complain that your money was used to build Muthurwa market and now there’s only misery to show for the millions spent meaning that people are sinking deeper and deeper into poverty even if they are working harder with each day. One day a large number of them will decide that if their leaders can steal and get away with it then they can too and they will kill and rape to get what they feel is their right. One of those killed or raped will be a loved one. Hey! Just don’t complain.

Don’t complain that he delays caused by the mess that is the infrastructure are hurting your business or loved ones who are coming home irritable and too tired to play with the children or to listen or talk to you.

Don’t complain that the matatus will try to cover their costs by raising their fares and this will mean less disposable income to buy your products and services. Don’t complain that it is hurting the economy and hurting you since the revenue lost is revenue that would have been spent on making a better country.

Of course that would be the case if you did not have the same old leaders running this country aground every five years. Don’t complain, though, that you always get the same old leaders election year after election year.

Don’t complain that the country still looks like a dump even close to half a century after it was granted independence.

Don’t complain that your food comes from a very filthy place every day of every year all because you have a government that just don’t care and only sees you as a headache and a slave at best.

Don’t complain about wasted human resources that could be doing a lot of good for the country; the economy doesn’t offer anything better.

Don’t complain that Nairobi should not have water and sewerage problems and every part of the City should be well serviced with these basics.

Don’t complain that you are having to use generators and at a great cost too – rising fuel prices despite Nairobi having a power supply company that charges an arm and a leg for electricity. You are getting poorer by the day or not progressing as much as you would if this were not the case.

Don’t complain about a poor transport system and the chaos this causes. Chaos that makes you spend more time on the road rather than doing the things you love.

Don’t complain about images of nudity. Don’t complain about images of a pornographic nature used to lure people to strip clubs for so-called ‘Adult entertainment’. Don’t complain that they are ruining your men and your children. Turning boys and men into beasts and making your daughters think that the sex industry is an alternative source of employment and easy cash.

Don’t complain about the breakdown trucks that wait by the roadside to prey on victims of corrupt law enforcement agents.

Don’t complain about vehicles that are not roadworthy even though they belong to the City Council – symbol of inhuman treatment and misuse of public funds. They would not let you get away with anything no matter how minor. Don’t complain about poor road repair techniques that inconvenience you and in the end have to be repeated in a short time.