Just this morning (Thursday 11th December 2014), a bunch of 22 donkeys were abandoned at the junction between Kenyatta Avenue and Muindi Mbingu Street (as reported by Standard Media). Apart from the rare sight of these beasts of burden right at the city center, they had some explicit graffiti painted on them, which left no doubt as to their purpose.
The 22 donkeys had graffiti emblazoned them, labeled ‘tumechoka’ (meaning, we’re tired). This was clearly meant as a protest against the rising cost of living being experienced in Kenya, as well as increasing cases of insecurity, as stated by one of the activists responsible for this act.
Kenyans will easily recall a similar incident in the past featuring ‘mpigs’. In this case, protestors picketed the Kenyan parliament helped along by a bunch of pigs, as a clear metaphor of the greed by members of parliament.
The term ‘mpigs’ is a play on the words mp + pigs. Ostensibly, the man behind the ‘mpigs’ incident (rights activist, Boniface Mwangi) is the same one responsible for this recent donkey incident, as he was spotted, just before vanishing from the scene shortly thereafter.
Welcome the ‘Tumechoka Donkeys’
The 22 donkeys had graffiti emblazoned them, labeled ‘tumechoka’ (meaning, we’re tired). This was clearly meant as a protest against the rising cost of living being experienced in Kenya, as well as increasing cases of insecurity, as stated by one of the activists responsible for this act.
Kenyans will easily recall a similar incident in the past featuring ‘mpigs’. In this case, protestors picketed the Kenyan parliament helped along by a bunch of pigs, as a clear metaphor of the greed by members of parliament.
The term ‘mpigs’ is a play on the words mp + pigs. Ostensibly, the man behind the ‘mpigs’ incident (rights activist, Boniface Mwangi) is the same one responsible for this recent donkey incident, as he was spotted, just before vanishing from the scene shortly thereafter.
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