"Haki yetu"

I'm an observer. I love watching people from the sidelines. I love watching people's funny unconscious habits. It's a really nice hobby. Please don't think I'm weird, I just have a keen eye.

There's a footbridge where I live. Kenyans are funny people. 80% of the people do not use the footbridge. They'd rather waste time and energy running across the dual carriage way and jumping over waist-high metal rails than go up the footbridge. Don't forget that vehicles drive down there at 100kph speeds. Kenyans are funny people indeed.

We lost one of our fellow students a few months back through a road accident. It was sad because it was a hit and run somewhere along Mombasa road. Sometimes I wish it was possible to uproot the footbridge near my home and erect it at the Daystar Athi River junction. The students there clearly need it more than my neighbors.

The Athi students later took part in a peaceful demonstration protesting the hit and run incident while hoping to get the attention of whoever is in charge of putting up such structures. It's sad that we have to lose students to road accidents. That's just wrong.

Anyone who's been to the Thika super highway has seen the beautiful footbridges the Chinese have erected near every town and school. That's what we need at Athi. The student population there has been forgotten and the administration needs to really follow up on that matter.

Marching along city streets holding placards is not Daystar culture. Another student life cannot be lost along Momabasa road. It's time for us to speak up and stand for our rights. We need a footbridge.

Feel free to share suggestions on who we can petition or approach.