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Dear politician,

It has been what, three years? 2013 to 2016 right? How time flies. I know next year is election time. Campaigns have gone in full swing. Development projects are arising. Roads are being built. The ‘trash’ situation is being handled finally. Children are receiving books and bursaries, finally. Politicians are camping at the enemies’ strongholds to gain an advantage in the next elections. New political parties are forming. Promises are coming up. Money is being thrown around. Youths are preparing to get paid to campaign or execute violent acts should ‘rigging’ occur because their favorite candidate lost the elections

People are crying we don’t want what happened in 2007-2008 after the results were announced. I do not want it either. I am waiting for you though. I want to listen to you ‘powerful manifesto’ and ‘miraculous promises’ that will be executed a year before the next elections. Thank you for working on them now though. At least there will be a period of ‘false calmness’ and civil rest, that is until the election results are announced.
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I wonder which party you will be in, Mr. Politician. Will you come to me because you are where my people are? Will you come from the other side and try to convince me of your track record in the last year before elections? Will you tell me of the good thing you will do once I vote for you, which you could not do in the past three years? Will you tell me that the government worked against you and did not give you enough funds to carry out your earlier promises? Or is it political witch hunt (this term should be put in a dictionary for its repeated use) to damage your reputation so that I do not vote for you in the next elections? Will you steal votes to ensure you win? Will you run away while I am chased around for being the wrong tribe at the wrong place? Will you drink tea with the ‘enemy’ as you deliberate on creating another coalition government that will help increase the amount of tax I have to pay?
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Please bring me you your ‘list of promises’, maybe you will execute it this time. Maybe. I hope that you win. If possible, do all your developments early; if there is any change remaining pocket it. I will hide my face to avoid seeing you ‘steal’.

Yours sincerely


Not yet registered voter 

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