It is with a deep sense of sorrow and moral conviction that I condemn with the strongest terms possible the disturbing trend that is swiftly taking root in our national discourse, the blatant use of vulgar, sexualized language by members of our political class in public spaces.
Leaders, entrusted with the solemn duty of shaping the nation, are shamelessly desecrating public platforms with vulgar, obscene, and sexually explicit language that has no place in a civilised society.
At a time when the country is crying out for leadership, sobriety, and dignity, it is disgraceful that leaders who ought to be role models are normalising indecent, lewd, and sexually explicit utterances in the name of political expression.
Vulgarity of politicians and its impact to children
This is not just a moral failure; it is an assault on the conscience of our nation.
Our children are listening. They are watching. When leadership is reduced to bedroom metaphors and vulgar jokes, we do not only trivialize our democracy but also poison the moral fabric of the next generation.
What kind of legacy are we leaving behind when children cannot watch or listen to national leaders without being exposed to profanity and perversion?
What seed are we planting in the tender hearts of our children when parliamentary microphones, rallies, and national addresses become arenas for public indecency?
We are grooming a generation to believe that leadership is synonymous with vulgarity, that to be heard, one must shout filth.
What is leadership all about?
Let it be known that this is not leadership and this is not humour. Vulgar is not freedom of speech. This is moral failure. This is the collapse of ethical leadership.
It is a shameful betrayal of the oath of office and of the millions of Kenyans who still believe that leadership is sacred.
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This is moral decay in high places. It is moral rot dressed in the robes of leadership. When men and women elected to uphold the dignity of the nation reduce their offices to sexual innuendos, lewd jokes, and filth-laden outbursts, they are not just embarrassing themselves.
They are dragging the honour of Kenya through the mud.
We must draw a line between passionate advocacy and indecent conduct. Kenya deserves better. Our children deserve leaders who uplift their minds, not to corrupt their innocence.
Advice to the vulgar leaders
To our leaders, you were elected to serve, not to entertain with obscenity. You were not elected to be vulgar. You were not chosen to entertain crowds with filth.
You were entrusted with the hearts of a nation, and the hopes of our children. Do not desecrate the dignity of your office by speaking like drunkards in a backstreet bar.
The power of your voice must be matched with the weight of your responsibility. Uphold dignity. Uphold moral integrity. Let decency reign in our politics.
By Moffat Mshauri- Professional Psychologist and Family Therapist
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