Towards Emancipation

It is needless to mention the ups and downs, twists and turns and all the events that have characterised African history from time immemorial. Ever since the human race came into existence, society has been subjected to changes in its structure and organization, gradual and rapid, in the course of time. In their analysis of human society, Marx and Engels identified various phases that human beings have experienced in the course of history; communalism, slavery, feudalism, and capitalism. The next logical stage is socialism, and ultimately communism. The African society, before the invasion and colonization by Europe, was majorly in the first phase of human progress. Most African communities lived under communalism, where all land and other means of production were commonly owned by the people, there was joint contribution of labour to the production process and the proceeds of production were distributed equally among the members of the community. The society was purely classless. Va...

That the epoch of capitalism is on borrowed time is a fact that goes without saying. In its struggle with labour, capital has over the years fought the progressive forces of the people with desperate resistance. But it is the absolute law of nature that everything comes and goes, and everything comes into existence and passes away. Africa and the South have been adversely affected by this exploitative system, and Kenya is no exception. As a country that has endured decades of betrayal by its bourgeois leaders; agents of imperialism, Kenya finds itself at an increasingly revolutionary situation year after year. The common citizen has to put up with an increase in food prices every year. The ordinary citizen has to fork out extra shillings in tax to the government year after year. The common man has to endure the agony of poor delivery of public services every year, from healthcare, education, transport to security. The state of housing is alarming. The level of poverty is shocking. The...