Trouble for Sale

"Trouble for Sale is set in a bloody and servile ship of state -

'mother' Nyeka marred with despicable atrocities, disarrays,

and social injustices; the precursors for anarchies, disasters, and

lawlessness brings into the limelight a country whose protection for

its citizens is withering and calamitous - their guard has stooped too

low; an emblem of bad governance in need and want of supraethnic

nationalism. Nationalists with big mouths are silenced for

stepping on the jiggers of tyrants and despots. Gati, a 'peaceful'

demonstrator is butchered by the heartless and sycophantic soldiers

who are under the patronage of loathsome leaders; the perpetrators

of tumults and pandemonium in the land. They swagger around

with stingy opulence showered with endless appetites for thighs,

power, wealth, and land. Their demeanor tells of their arrogance

and true testimonies of intellectual paucity with the brains of pitlatrine

flies! Perennial and pertinent issues - oppression and high

cost of living are tackled. Justice has withered and died. Power is

abused and buys men with white robes.

Religion should comfort, rejuvenate and elevate the souls but it is

depicted as one of the ugliest institutions elevating, tending, and

preserving moral decay. An insinuation that the state is deviating to

a paranoid extent. Hypocrisy has spilled over to spheres of utmost

trust. A clear metric of measurement is that we should trust none

but ourselves. Mwariama, a barrister and a solicitor, stands out

as an epitome of reason of whom an embodiment of patriotism

constitutes.

(Reviewed by Geoffrey Ogwankwa, Laikipia University, Kenya)"

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