“We Have Been Programmed to Suffer”: Dr. Kinity’s Warning Ahead of 2027
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Dr. Isaac Newton Kinity speaks with the calm resolve of a man who has seen a country forget itself over and over again. A former Secretary-General of the Kenya Civil Servants Union and now a vocal human rights activist, Dr. Kinity has spent years observing the repetition of a pattern he believes is keeping Kenya stuck in poverty, pain, and betrayal.
According to him, Kenya’s biggest problem isn’t just corruption or bad leadership, it is a carefully constructed political system designed to keep the majority poor and silent, while a small class of powerful politicians and brokers grows rich on public misery. “We have been programmed to suffer,” he says.
Dr. Kinity’s message is blunt. He accuses every administration since independence of looting public funds, grabbing land, and allowing extrajudicial killings to happen unchecked.
“From Jomo Kenyatta to William Ruto, it is the same game,” he says. “Different faces, same suffering.”
History appears to back his claim. After independence, Jomo Kenyatta’s government was accused of redistributing vast parcels of land to political elites, while many freedom fighters remained landless.
Daniel arap Moi’s era brought state repression, torture, and the Goldenberg scandal, one of Africa’s biggest economic frauds.
The Kibaki government inherited goodwill but fell to the weight of Anglo Leasing and post-election violence. Under Uhuru Kenyatta, the country saw ballooning public debt and increased accusations of land and tender corruption.
Today, in the wake of William Ruto’s election, the protests that have swept across the country are a sign that public patience is wearing thin.
In July 2025, demonstrations against increased taxes and the high cost of living turned deadly. Rights groups estimate over 50 Kenyans were killed by police, including a schoolgirl and a teacher. Some died of gunshot wounds. Others simply vanished.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights described it as a “catastrophic breakdown of constitutional order.” President Ruto, in response, told police to “shoot protesters in the leg” if they caused property damage, a statement that triggered global outrage.
Dr. Kinity sees no surprise in this. To him, the pattern has always been clear: every regime maintains the illusion of reform, but protects the same old system.
“They have perfected the art of recycling,” he says. “They loot, kill, and then rebrand themselves as experienced.”
But what disturbs him more than the leaders themselves are the political brokers, the behind-the-scenes influencers who appear during elections, receive large payments from candidates, and convince Kenyans that the same leaders who failed them before deserve another chance.
“These brokers are not just spin doctors. They are enablers of suffering,” he says. “They take billions from corrupt politicians, create clever slogans, and lie to the people. And once the election is over, they disappear until the next one.”
Dr. Kinity recalls how, ahead of the 2022 election, many Kenyans were made to believe William Ruto would uplift the poor. His “hustler” message struck a nerve. It promised dignity. It promised fairness.
It promised change. But three years later, many of those who cheered for him are still struggling, some even more than before. And the brokers who promised miracles on his behalf? Silent.
“I saw videos of women crying with joy, believing this man would save them,” he says. “Now they cry again, but with pain. Where are the brokers now?”
As the country edges closer to another election cycle, Dr. Kinity fears the pattern is repeating. Political brokers have begun to emerge again ,some pushing new faces, others recycling old names like Fred Matiang’i, the former Interior CS. Kinity recalls Matiang’i’s 2017 statement, where he threatened to respond to opposition protesters with “force and fire.” For him, this is not a forgotten moment, it is a warning.
“This is the man some are preparing for 2027?” he asks. “The one who gave orders that led to killings, and then shifted the blame to the police? Is this leadership?”
Dr. Kinity does not claim to have all the answers. But he insists that the only way to change Kenya is to break the cycle, to reject both the corrupt leaders and the brokers who protect them.
“Political experience means nothing if all you’ve done is serve under thieves,” he says. “And if you learned politics under murderers, then what are you offering the country?”
He urges Kenyans to stop voting based on party loyalty, handouts, or slogans. He believes Kenyans must research candidates for themselves, question their records, and examine where they gained their so-called experience. “Don’t just ask who they are. Ask what they did. Ask who they served. Ask who paid them.”
In a country where politics is deeply tied to ethnicity and survival, his message may sound idealistic. But he insists that it is practical, and urgent.
“We are dying. Not just from bullets. From hospitals that don’t work, schools with no books, roads with no safety, and taxes that kill businesses,” he says. “This is what recycled leadership has brought us.”
His call is simple: reject any politician connected to the previous regimes of theft and bloodshed. And reject the power brokers who, like seasonal vultures, return every five years with smiles and slogans but no accountability.
If Kenyans continue voting the same way, he warns, then poverty, corruption, and violence will remain part of daily life. “We must refuse to be lied to again,” he says. “We must save ourselves.”
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