NRM issued a statement on its mission. Two key bullet points that rise up are, civil disobedience and economic boycott of identified corporates. Many people have dismissed the economic boycott as not achieveable but they are wrong, I will address this later.
Raila said the "government shall know no peace". At this point Raila speaks from both sides of his mouth so when he says civil disobedience he means the opposite. In the run up to FPE he said there would be no demos on voting day but mobilized his youthly goons to come out. Consider how they ensured "there will be no elections". Raila's goons tortured, kidnapped, and threatened IEBC officials. They further destroyed IEBC materials. Roads were blocked to prevent the movement of voters and voter materials. This points to how civil disobedience will be conducted. "The government will know no peace" through assasination, intimidation and kidnapping of government officials. Government and parastatal vehicles, infrastructure and facilities will be attacked.
From the above we now see how economic boycott will happen. Inspired by Michel Foucault, Jacque Derrida and Roland Barthes among others described texts as comprising word whose meaning is not constant and that any text erases a previoisly existing text. The text under erasure however leaves a palimpsest. Based on this therefore in NRM lexicon, the word boycott invites us to read the word sabotage, peaceful is violent. Economic sabotage therefore will involve attack on identified corporate facilities and personnel. As I type this I am informed that Citizen Tv journalist and cameralady have been attacked in a Raila NRM press conference. This is the beginning. Branded cars will be attacked, salespeople kidnapped and products looted from supermarkets. M-pesa kiosks particularly are at risk.
My dear countrymen, we must be watchful, we must refuse to be manipulated, we must observe the law, we must support our government to deal with this situation. We must say No!
God bless Kenya
Sincerely
Koolibah
MKenya daima
Raila said the "government shall know no peace". At this point Raila speaks from both sides of his mouth so when he says civil disobedience he means the opposite. In the run up to FPE he said there would be no demos on voting day but mobilized his youthly goons to come out. Consider how they ensured "there will be no elections". Raila's goons tortured, kidnapped, and threatened IEBC officials. They further destroyed IEBC materials. Roads were blocked to prevent the movement of voters and voter materials. This points to how civil disobedience will be conducted. "The government will know no peace" through assasination, intimidation and kidnapping of government officials. Government and parastatal vehicles, infrastructure and facilities will be attacked.
From the above we now see how economic boycott will happen. Inspired by Michel Foucault, Jacque Derrida and Roland Barthes among others described texts as comprising word whose meaning is not constant and that any text erases a previoisly existing text. The text under erasure however leaves a palimpsest. Based on this therefore in NRM lexicon, the word boycott invites us to read the word sabotage, peaceful is violent. Economic sabotage therefore will involve attack on identified corporate facilities and personnel. As I type this I am informed that Citizen Tv journalist and cameralady have been attacked in a Raila NRM press conference. This is the beginning. Branded cars will be attacked, salespeople kidnapped and products looted from supermarkets. M-pesa kiosks particularly are at risk.
My dear countrymen, we must be watchful, we must refuse to be manipulated, we must observe the law, we must support our government to deal with this situation. We must say No!
God bless Kenya
Sincerely
Koolibah
MKenya daima
