The system that was made to keep you poor

School Was Made for the System to Take Advantage of the Poor 😎

Every Kenyan child grows up hearing the same script.

“Soma kwa bidii ndio utoke kwa block.”

“Education is the key.”

“Ukifail school maisha imeisha.”

And for years… we believed it.

We woke up at 4AM, wore oversized sweaters, walked through mud, carried heavy bags like soldiers heading to war. All because society promised us one thing:

“One day utamake it.”

But nobody asked the dangerous question:

What if the system was never designed for everyone to win?

Because think about it…

A child studies for almost 20 years.

Primary school.

High school.

Campus.

Maybe masters.

By the time maisha inaanza, huyo mtu ako almost 30 akiwa broke kuliko alikuwa akiwa class 8. 😭

Then suddenly reality inampiga kama nduthi ya Rongai.

No jobs.

No connections.

No opportunities.

Only motivational quotes on LinkedIn and relatives asking:

> “Na degree yako inasaidia nini?” 😂

Meanwhile the real money sometimes ends up in the hands of people who dropped out, started biashara mapema, learned skills online, or...