Kifo cha Clinton Nyapara vitani Ukraine kinaonyesha janga la kijamii

Kifo cha Clinton Nyapara Mogesa vitani Ukraine, aliyekuwa akipigania jeshi la Urusi, kimeonyesha kushindwa kwa serikali ya Kenya kulinda raia wake. Wakenya wengi, hasa vijana, wanaojiunga na jeshi hilo kutafuta maisha bora, ingawa vifo vya wenzake havijazuia. Hali hii inaashiria janga la kijamii ambalo taifa halijajiandaa nayo.

Kifo cha Clinton Nyapara Mogesa, kijana Mkenya aliyesajiliwa katika jeshi la Urusi na kufia vitani Ukraine, kiliripotiwa hivi majuzi na Ukraine. Kulingana na taarifa, Nyapara alikuwa akitafuta maisha bora kwa ajili yake binafsi, familia na jamaa zake wanaotegemea. Hata hivyo, vifo kama hivi havijawatia woga Wakenya wengine; badala yake, baadhi yao, wake na waume, wanasaka njia za kujiunga na jeshi hilo.

Miaka 62 tangu Kenya ipate uhuru kutoka ukoloni, inasikitisha kuona wana na mabinti wa taifa hili wakiingia utumwani na mautini kwa hiari. Wengi hufanya kazi ngumu bila mapumziko au malipo katika nchi za Kiarabu, au wanaojiunga na magenge ya wahalifu, makundi ya kigaidi, na majeshi ya kimataifa. Vijana wengi wameapa kutoishi kama wazazi na mababu zao, na wako tayari kuhatarisha maisha yao ili wakate "pingu za uchochole".

Uhalisia huu una mantiki ikizingatiwa umaskini uliozidi: wengi hulala mchana viwanjani, wakunywa pombe haramu na mihadarati ili kujisahau kwa muda. Wengine hufa kwa jeuri baada ya kujiunga na makundi haramu yanayotumiwa na wanasiasa wakati wa maandamano na kampeni.

"Ni heri kufa ukiwa umesimama kuliko kuishi ukiwa umepiga magoti," ni msemo wa Emiliano Zapata, kiongozi wa mageuzi kutoka Mexico, ambao unaweza kuwa umechukuliwa na Wakenya hawa kwa uzito. Kenya na Afrika kwa ujumla zinakodolea macho janga hili la kijamii, hasa ikizingatiwa raia waliopitia maovu ya kivita watarejea bila mikakati ya kuwadhibiti au kushughulikia matatizo ya afya ya akili yanayoongezeka.

Serikali ina wajibu kikatiba kuwalinda raia wake na kutoa matumaini ya kufanikiwa ndani ya nchi, ili kuzuia kukata tamaa hii.

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