Gen Z, Save you rage for the ballot

Hello Gen Z, I know you are not doing well. You are weighed down by the cruel burden of joblessness despite being educated. You cannot access jobs despite your immense qualification and expertise simply because there is no one to hold your hand, neither do you have someone in high places. This has left you unmotivated and hating yourself, questioning your very existence in this country, fading your sense of patriotism thick and fast.

You are overwhelmed by the oppressive tax policies that are milking dry the peanuts that casual labor put in your pockets.

It is understandable to be raging at this moment. It is perfectly okay to speak out because there comes a time when silence is treason, and this is almost the time. You have every right to exercise your constitution right of Article 37. Yes, perfect. You are an enlightened species unlike your parents. You have no tribe except the tribe of fairness, you have no tribe except the tribe of needing accountability.

You pride being in existence in this era of information where a smartphone, a computer and the internet are enough to put the ruling class on their toes, sweating despite being shielded by proceeds of corruption.

A pen is mightier than a sword undoubtedly but Gen Z, you are singing poetry to a person wielding a gun, a trigger hungry and angry man who thrives on intimidation and bullying. A man who cannot understand any language apart from violence and division. Now that is not a good bet. All odds are against you on the battlefield. The playground is not even, so the war has to be taken elsewhere.

You are up a cold, brutal, heartless and hypocritical person whose mouth drips with honey but hands are bloody. Clearly the strategy needs to change. This year alone, 16 of you have been killed and more than 300 injured. This is in exception to those who lost their lives, some even torching the August house in the last year, just...