Theresa May
Leadership is not for the faint-heart but for those with a heart made of bone(I am not sure of this).
In her resignation, she made me shade a tear. Not because I am of faint heart but of the passion she showed. She made me learn one thing as a youth; you must serve with love and serve all. That failing is not an end but another chance to try something new.
In her speech I also learnt something very fundamental of which most African leaders and leaders of the modern time have failed to have. That is compromise. This is what Theresa May said, “compromise is not a dirty word, life depends on compromise.”
Majority of African leaders have failed to compromise. They have let their friends ruin their leadership. They have made unions with friends who, despite their poor performance, cannot compromise to let go of the evil in them. Cannot let corruption go its way. Cannot let go of the bad friends and therefore remain on course to deliver. Instead they have chosen to live with what they have chosen as the norm.
As a result of not compromising, they have caused the always referred to as “common man” to suffer and continue suffering. Because of not compromising corruption has found roots in their governments. Corruption has sat on the same take together with them. Corruption has dined with them. Corruption has danced on the same podium with them. Corruption is singing and they are dancing and wining. And the “common man”? Groaning. Living in poverty they did not choose. Living in poverty the leaders have chosen for them.
Where are our taxes? Where are the infrastructure? where are the social amenities? Where are our lives? All in “leaders pockets”, in their bank accounts, abroad and all you think.
Theresa May’s resignation did not mean she couldn’t achieve what she was pushing for; no. Because she is giving chance to another person to complete the journey. Something our African leaders, and the likes, have failed to do. They rather die in Office. They will rather “die than resign”. They will rather oppress the voices shouting for “help”. They will rather kill, they will rather do all they can to oppress us. They will rather continue with neo-colonialism because that is why our grand fathers fought the colonialists.
Al-Bashir tried but I am told he is in prison. The prison where all his “enemies” are. It is something they cannot learn from. Whenever you think you are standing, be careful because you might fall.
Leadership is a virtue not an opportunity to steal and oppress.
