Ok so this post was meant to be posted like a few months ago, lakini why lie, I had no zeal to write. Maybe its no longer fun to write or just maybe now people know too much about me already, guess I should dial down on the personal!
Anyway, where did I leave off? Oh! Yeah, elections!
So now I was cleared to vie for post of Chairman, and thats when all hell broke! I thought I was organized and decided on what ill say and do? Lakini wapi! Its like you have this very well thought out sentence and when you open your mouth to talk, gibberish comes out. It was worse than talking to a super hot girl you have been eying the whole semester, why? Because there before me sat a class full of damsels waiting to be blown away by my eloquence. They were disappointed.
Id like to say I gained confidence as the days dragged on but truth be told it was negligible at best. I and my ‘team’ had to go class by class stating why we were worth of being elected into office and I began to understand why politicians use rehearsed rhetoric saying absolutely nothing and began to greatly appreciate people who can give moving talks and speeches seemingly off the top of their heads.
We walked an incredible distance day and night going from class to class, hostel to hostel, room to room!
Its interesting how ‘educated’ students, and I use the term educated loosely, wanted me to lie to them about what I could do. I often said “How can I promise you heaven on earth when I know very well I cant deliver?” But I guess they were so used to being lied to that I lost a lot of votes by me telling them the truth, telling the people that some things were clearly not attainable and the only way forward was via consultation and diplomatic dialogue with the administration which is Catholic which makes it that much harder to deal with. I was clearly not convincing enough to carry the day.

Voting Day.

I was a wreck! Totally, having spent bucket loads of cash and precious days campaigning, the D-Day finally arrived and I was up and in uni by 7Am Yes shocking! 7Am! Having not slept much during the week, tired and feeling like im fighting a loosing battle I attempted to raise my spirits and let my friends do the final leg of the race, which they did impressively well! I must say that if it were not for people like Jude, Stevebolly, Simon, Roy, Solomon, Brian, Waweru, Maggie and basically my whole class which ditched lectures to come help me, I would have probably gotten one vote, mine!
The vote counting was excruciatingly painful as I watched my opponent widen the gap, vote after vote after vote! And finally be declared Victor!

It was a truly humbling experience, one that is now long in the past but not nearly forgotten for the lessons learned are still fresh in my mind, vivid as if it were just yesterday.

On the plus side, I was mentioned in the paper and got the whole Uni buzzing!

Id like to thank my family, My mom, Dad for giving me the courage and finances Aunt Agnes and Uncle Muya for believing in me, Uncle Tony, my bros and cuzos for being there, and of course for all who voted for me! From the bottomest of my heart, THANK YOU!

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