Privileged protest

Since the colonialist left us at the mercy of our leaders - both political and religious, some decades ago, we have been  trying to appreciate what we have. In the process, we've almost end up losing our values, integrity, character and even our nationhood, at a point. To help take my mind off this unpleasantness, I have been devouring every literature on the French 1789 revolution at the same time with President Macron,  who until now has kept quiet about the five-week old yellow vest protest in France. However, in acceding belatedly to his people's request, Mr Macron has demonstrated the beauty of living with a supportive wife- teacher who helps with history and other lessons at home.

PMB has no such luxury of having someone to assist with home work,   neither do we as a people enjoy the privileges of sustained street protests like the French. I understand, protesting online is more effective than on the streets. After all, the  yellow vest protest started online in May 2018 before metamorphosing into a political movement. Now, their tenacity on the streets is yielding results. Greedy French, taking advantage of their listening President, what else do they want?

In comparison, our demands are primarily primordial: we want food not necessarily on a table, clothes and it doesn't have to be designer's, any kind of roof on our head, light even low voltage, abi na watts, will do, health care-not first aid, security of  lives as our properties are already in the custody of our leaders and of course, jobs. Unlike our leaders, we don’t mind working for any wage whether minimum or maximum!