“Today, Butere Girls walked off the National Stage — in tears, not Triumph.

They had no décor.
Their trainers were absent.
The audience was missing.
Support?
Nowhere.

Yet they stood tall and sang the National Anthem; Not as a routine, but as a cry for dignity, for justice, for visibility.
For the immediate release of their Director, who continues being held incommunicado at Eldama Ravine Police Station.
Then, with heavy hearts and trembling voices, they said:
“We cannot perform.”
And they left.

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They didn’t just walk off the stage, they walked away from a system that has failed them.

These were not just performers. They were children. Daughters. Dreamers.
They came hoping to shine.
They left feeling small.

This festival was meant to celebrate talent, to uplift voices, to nurture hope.
But today, those voices were broken. Silenced not by failure, but by frustration.
Not by lack of skill, but by a lack of care.
How can we speak of competency-based education when competence is crushed by chaos?
How can we promise children the spotlight, only to shut off the lights?”