We do not protest because it's fun but because we're scared of a future in which we won't even have a chance to protest anymore. But the police answer our efforts with violence.
Kenyan police are killers.
I know this for a number of reasons. I know this because, for one, every single protest I have ever been to has started with a deep seated fear that I will be shot at. For some protests, it wasn't the police who stopped us - it was a politician's antics. Every single protest outside of the two I am thinking of, has involved violence. I've been out on a protest where the cops let us walk 200 metres before firing teargas canisters at us. I've been to a protest where the cop openly said to someone I was protesting with, that he only needed to shoot two young people today, and he would have had an accomplished day. I've been for protests where my friends were beaten and arrested by the cops. I've been to another where the discussion of whether or not to bring in water cannons was a passing consideration.
