THE AMERUCAN DILEMMA

With the saga that has been going on for weeks in Meru county after the MCAs ganged up against their governor who is a woman, many questions arise.

The questions criss-crossing a lady, from another tribe, dating a Merian man are wild especially after witnessing all the saga that went down.

"Is this the kind of ego I'm going to deal with?" Is one of the many questions in her mind.

The lass dating the Merian man might be afraid that her partner's ego might over-power him and she might be the one facing it rough.

For the first time in history, Meru is being led by a woman who is also a bishop. As Merians and anyone residing in Meru would say: 'Gavana ii mama.' (Governor is a woman.)

This might have come as culture shock to the men in Meru as now the women are becoming the 'heads.'

But the bigger question should be: "Will the men from Meru feel intimidated?" 

Will other men from other tribes be willing to freely mingle and date Merian girls?

After the scenario of the first gentleman of Meru claiming to be going through gender-based violence, will this have instilled fear in other men from other tribes to think that once they date or marry from Meru, they won't have the freedom to things or speech? (kukaliwa?)

There's also a notable fear in a Merian unmarried girl for men from other tribes avoiding her. This could be because those who haven't delved deeper into the story might have concluded that the Merian females have no respect for men as some biased media stations have portrayed.

A Merian unmarried man could also be on fear of approaching a girl from another tribe as the girl might consider him egocentric again from this same saga with the MCAs.

As it stands, it's almost clear that it's a gender issue in the Meru County after all allegations against the female governor were ruled null and void from all angles.

It's 2022! I would have thought that by now the so traditional issue on gender biases is now long past time and people are now more civilized. Or is Meru the county with men with the greetest ego in this country? I ask so because despite the Machakos governor who is a woman, Hon.Wavinya Ndeti being even more aggressive in her leadership than Hon.Kawira Mwangaza, the MCA men in the Machakos county are beside her to take the county ahead.

We can only hope that more females have been empowered by the relentlessness in Kawira Mwangaza to stay solid & say no to any form of intimidation.

We can also only hope that more males can learn two things: one, that it's perfectly okay to be beside your woman who is making more moves than you & two, that more males can make peace with women in leadership positions & learn to respect that as normal.