Hezron Netia

Earlier this week, I was in a meeting that was honestly very sad. Over 30 artists do not own their music yes most of the hits you know, their names, or even the rights to their images and this is in perpetuity. This has had serious consequences: many music groups have stopped releasing songs because anything they create does not belong to them, and they cannot secure endorsements since they don’t own their image rights. When they tried to exit, some of them were sued in California and are now required to pay the label $1 million. We are witnessing one of the most significant IP cases of our time. I am confident they will eventually get out of it. We sit in these meetings not as politicians, but as citizens advocating for policies that shape how our industry operates, grows, and sustains livelihoods.

No other president has done as much as President Ruto has done within their first 3 years - Isaac Mwaura

There is life beyond politics. We cannot live in a permanent political circus, recycling outrage, allegiance, and division every single day. Politics alone will never fix anything not when we refuse to fix ourselves, our systems, and our understanding. Let’s be honest: we are not electing strangers from another planet. We are electing ourselves. A politician in this country is a true reflection of a Kenyan with power and money. Every election cycle, we convince ourselves that a new group of “good” leaders will save us. Then, within months, we return to the same conversations, the same frustrations, and begin preparing to replace them again. It is an endless loop of expectation and disappointment. Why? Because we are addicted to personalities instead of systems. We rarely take time to understand how governance actually works how policies are made, how budgets are allocated, how accountability should function. Instead, we obsess over who supports who, who is winning, who is losing. That is not democracy. That is distraction. A broken democracy does not fix itself through louder debates or new faces. It is repaired through informed citizens, strong systems, and consistent accountability. If we remain trapped in this shallow, personality-driven politics, nothing will ever change no matter how many elections we hold, or how many leaders we replace. The real question is not who we elect next. It is whether we are finally ready to think, act, and demand better beyond politics.

The Samburu elders have performed a cleansing ritual on their governor, utilizing protective charms, to prevent his apprehension or the restitution of misappropriated funds.

"We Sifuna chunga sana tutakuua" - Samburu residents are now seriously threatening Sifuna for demanding accountability from their governor.

There is life beyond politics. We cannot live in a permanent political circus, recycling outrage, allegiance, and division every single day. Politics alone will never fix anything not when we refuse to fix ourselves, our systems, and our understanding. Let’s be honest: we are not electing strangers from another planet. We are electing ourselves. A politician in this country is a true reflection of a Kenyan with power and money. Every election cycle, we convince ourselves that a new group of “good” leaders will save us. Then, within months, we return to the same conversations, the same frustrations, and begin preparing to replace them again. It is an endless loop of expectation and disappointment. Why? Because we are addicted to personalities instead of systems. We rarely take time to understand how governance actually works how policies are made, how budgets are allocated, how accountability should function. Instead, we obsess over who supports who, who is winning, who is losing. That is not democracy. That is distraction. A broken democracy does not fix itself through louder debates or new faces. It is repaired through informed citizens, strong systems, and consistent accountability. If we remain trapped in this shallow, personality-driven politics, nothing will ever change no matter how many elections we hold, or how many leaders we replace. The real question is not who we elect next. It is whether we are finally ready to think, act, and demand better beyond politics.

"We Sifuna chunga sana tutakuua" - Samburu residents are now seriously threatening Sifuna for demanding accountability from their governor.

Edwin Sifuna says there is a Governor who used County funds to buy special feeds for Wild animals!