Sometimes the problem is not that people in a country are poor, It is the Stigma around poverty that creates a huge gap between the rich and the poor.
In a lecture class, a lecturer suddenly went on a full rant about how the rate of poverty was so high in this country, it is almost absurd.
The issue was not necessarily poverty, rather, the main concern was how poor citizens in this country have gone through such extremes that they cannot afford basic life necessities; food, shelter, and toilets, just to mention a few.
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Looking at the slums in Kenya, there is little to no access to basic amenities for good living.
Go to Kibera slums and ask what a flying toilet is, and then you will understand the gravity of the situation. People have resulted in living in houses made of mud or Mabati just to get a roof over their heads.
They barely have proper sewerage systems, so cholera in these slums is like their daily bread, and that daily bread aspect, households are forced not more than once to go hungry just because the parents/guardians do not have access to food.
It gets even worse for the girls who have resulted to using old rags as sanitary towels. It’s not because they want to, rather, they have no choices.
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All these issues make one thankful that they at least had these amenities available to them. At the same time, it makes one see sense in why it is important to dignify poverty. There is a need to get people good housing, healthy food, sanitary towels for girls, security, and work.
These are /should be an integral part of one’s life of comfort. More like the bare minimum. So the question we beg to ask is, whose job is it? Who is responsible for ensuring that education is not just a rumor among the less fortunate in society? Whose job is it to make sure that life is smooth for these people, not because they are billionaires but because they have all they need?
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Yes, it is high time we dignify poverty in this country. The less fortunate people are still people, overlooking all aspects of being less fortunate. Now that we know it needs to be done, next question is, who is to do it?
Food for thought!
