They say they are protesting elections. They say the anger being witnessed in the streets is over a mismanagement of elections. Maybe yes, it is about elections. Perhaps, no, this is not about elections. In the summer of 2017, the Southern region almost went up in flames. Young men mostly started barricading roads, stoning cars and properties, demanding payments from road users. A few people ended up killed in the hands of that ravenous mob. Reason? They said that they were protesting bloodsuckers. They claimed that their communities were being terrorised by bloodsuckers. And, as a revenge, they were targeting anyone strange in those communities. However, those who attempted to understand that wave of violence beyond what was presented doubted the narrative. The violence was mostly in peri-urban areas. Places where there had been no report of bloodsucking. What was worse? These protestors could be bought off: if you had money, pay them, then they would let you use the
...writings and recollections; thoughts too.