Though his efforts are a mere drop of water in the ocean, he is convinced that it’s the little effort that can improve lives.
“We have to say no, it is because Eve did not say no while at the Garden of Eden that Christ had to die. For us and for me this country can be better, this thing of making deals is a highway to war.”
“I have answered the call in Genesis that you are your brother’s keeper, and in New Testament that you are the salt of the earth, you don’t have to do big things, it is as small things that we do that can change,” Omtatah added.
His inspiration also emanates from the humbled Kenyans who eat salted water with ugali for a meal but still have the resilience to hang on poorly paying jobs.
Omtatah wants Kenyans to open their eyes and hold their leaders to account.
One of his concerns is the lies that Kenyans are told by a group of people whose interest he describes as personal and selfish.
“Politicians look like they are fighting to keep us in a prison and the war they have is who becomes the chief jailer, their aim is not to break the prison but who becomes the jailer.”
The man who operates from a tiny office duplicated as a cyber café, says he will continue to peruse through the court registry to take up more cases in which he can protect interests of the public.
