Kenyans, beware the insidious psychological warfare waged by state-sponsored propagandists like the once-respected, now disgraced podcaster Mwafreeka of Iko Nini Podcast. His ilk employs a sinister cocktail of gaslighting and fear-mongering to shackle your spirit, induce lethargy, and manufacture the illusion that William Ruto possesses the power to rig himself into another term.
This is a lie – a desperate delusion peddled by a regime teetering on the edge of collapse, fully aware that its grip on power is slipping through its fingers. Do not fall for it. Your collective will is unbreakable, as history has proven time and again.
The Anatomy of Psychological Manipulation
The tactic is as old as tyranny itself: sow anxiety, distort reality, and paralyze the masses into submission. Propagandists like Mwafreeka flood public discourse with delusional impossibilities – such as Ruto ruling Kenya for another decade despite widespread unrest, a crumbling economy, and a populace seething with rage. By presenting these absurdities as inevitable truths, they aim to create cognitive dissonance, that gnawing discomfort of holding two conflicting realities: the truth you live daily – marked by unpaid farmers, failing industries, and youth-led protests – and the fabricated narrative of Ruto’s unassailable power.
This dissonance breeds anxiety, a psychological cage designed to sap your resolve. Fear is their weapon of choice. They amplify phantom threats – economic collapse, social chaos, or foreign interference – if Ruto’s regime is challenged. The goal? To make you hesitate, to silence your protests, to dampen your courage with the specter of catastrophic consequences that exist only in their fevered imaginations. By peddling the contrived impossibility of Ruto’s eternal rule, they seek to shackle your agency, convincing you that resistance is futile.
But Kenyans, you are not so easily fooled. You’ve seen this playbook before, and you’ve torn it to shreds.
The Ghost of 2002: A Lesson in People Power
Cast your mind back to 2002, when Daniel Arap Moi, facing the twilight of his 24-year reign, appointed his ally Samuel Kivuitu as head of the Electoral Commission of Kenya. Elements within Moi’s establishment peddled the same fear: that Moi would rig the election to install his protégé, Uhuru Kenyatta, as his successor. The propaganda machine roared, spreading anxiety that the will of the people could be erased by a stroke of Kivuitu’s pen. But Kenyans, wise to these tactics, refused to be cowed. They turned out en masse, their votes an unstoppable tide that no amount of electoral chicanery could overturn. Even Kivuitu, placed in a position of presumed loyalty, could not defy the sheer force of the people’s will. Mwai Kibaki emerged victorious, and Moi’s project crumbled.
History is a mirror, Kenyans. The same script is being recycled today, with Ruto as the faltering protagonist and propagandists like Mwafreeka as his mouthpiece. They want you to believe that Ruto, despite his unpopularity, can manipulate the next election to cling to power. They whisper that even if Ruto appointed his own wife, Rachel, as the IEBC chairperson, he could orchestrate a theft of unprecedented scale. This is not just a lie – it’s a laughable one. Electoral theft on the scale required to overturn the will of tens of millions has never happened in the history of the world. It cannot happen in Kenya, where the people’s resolve is a force of nature.
Ruto’s Fall: A Regime Betrayed by Its Own Actions
Ruto’s regime is crumbling under the weight of its own failures. The economy is in tatters, farmers go unpaid, industries collapse, and youth take to the streets in righteous fury. The final nail in his coffin came with his sleazy attempt to grab land owned by the Kipsigis, a Kalenjin sub-tribe, resulting in the tragic deaths of five people at the hands of police. This was not just a policy misstep – it was a betrayal of his own people. If Ruto cannot command the loyalty of the Kalenjin, his supposed stronghold, how can he dream of meeting even the minimum threshold of electoral legitimacy? The hate against him has reached a point of no return, a tidal wave of discontent that no amount of propaganda can stem.
Yet, propagandists like Mwafreeka persist, shamelessly spinning tales of Ruto’s invincibility. Once a voice of reason, Mwafreeka’s credibility has plummeted since he accompanied Ruto on a state visit to the United States in 2024. His editorial trajectory has shifted, his neutrality exposed as a sham. The mask is off: his state affiliation is glaring, his greed laid bare. He peddles fear not out of conviction but for personal gain, trading his integrity for a seat at the regime’s table. But Kenyans see through the charade. Mwafreeka’s podcasting career is in its sunset years, a fading echo drowned out by the roar of a people who refuse to be silenced.
Rise Above the Fear, Kenyans
Do not let Mwafreeka and his ilk dim your spirit. Their nursery-school tactics – spreading fear, sowing doubt, manufacturing consent – are the last gasps of a regime that knows its days are numbered. Ruto himself knows the truth: no amount of gaslighting can overcome the will of tens of millions of voters. The power lies with you, the Kenyan people, as it did in 2002. Your votes, your voices, your courage are an unstoppable force. Let the propagandists peddle their delusions; they cannot rewrite reality.
Stand firm. Organize. Mobilize. Let the memory of 2002 inspire you, when the masses turned fear into defiance and toppled a dynasty. Ruto’s regime is not invincible – it is fragile, fractured, and faltering. Mwafreeka’s lies are a desperate attempt to prop up a house of cards. Tear it down with your collective power. The future is yours to shape, and no amount of gaslighting can change that.
Kenyans, hear this: you don’t even need to wait until 2027 to reclaim your destiny. The shackles of fear, the lies of electoral impossibilities, and the delusions peddled by state-sponsored propagandists like Mwafreeka are nothing but smoke and mirrors, crumbling before your unyielding resolve. When a united front of like-minded Kenyans- fueled by righteous anger and unbreakable will – decides enough is enough, no force can stand in your way. March to State House, evict its despised occupant in one thunderous sweep, and let the world witness the might of a people who refuse to be bullied into submission.
This is not a dream – it is your birthright. The youth of Kenya, vibrant and defiant, have already declared that the charade of an election in 2027 is a fantasy they reject outright. Why wait for a rigged game when you hold the power to rewrite the rules today? The hashtag #RutoMustGo is not just a slogan; it is a battle cry, a vow that you will see through to its inevitable, triumphant conclusion. The streets pulse with your energy, your courage, your refusal to bow to a regime that thrives on betrayal, corruption, and the blood of its own people.
State House is not a fortress; it is a house of cards, trembling before the gale of your collective fury. Ruto’s regime, weakened by its own greed and incompetence, cannot withstand the tidal wave of your resolve.
Your power is not in ballots alone but in your unwavering unity, your fearless march, your refusal to let fearmongers like Mwafreeka dim your spirit with their tired lies.
The time for waiting is over. The youth have spoken: there will be no election to steal because you will occupy State House first. You are the architects of your future, the warriors of your freedom. Let every step you take toward that symbol of power echo with the strength of millions, a resounding declaration that Kenya belongs to its people, not to a faltering tyrant. Rise, Kenyans! Storm the gates, claim your victory, and let #RutoMustGo be the anthem of a nation reborn in the fire of your unbreakable will!
Kenyans, the choice is clear: reject the fear, reclaim your agency, and let the world hear your roar.
