You know, in Kenya there is such an amazing culture of responsibilty denial that its actually amazing there's any work done at all. I mean this group thinks that other group is messing up and the blame just goes round in circles while we sit and sigh....anyway there's a simple answer...its the whole bunch...Executive, judiciary, Parliament (my God parliament.... hats off), Civil Society and the media.
The Executive.
I dont know how much more anyone in kenya can criticise the country's executive arm of government. From infighting to laziness, corruption,ineptitude and just plain greed. Greed for power, money, influence...name it they've got it. Kenya is in a fix because deep down we all know our next president is one of these guys....soooooo are we in trouble or are we in trouble....????
The judiciary.
Yeah i really dont need to say too much about these clowns...instead ill give a little case-in-question-type thing. Hon. James Orengo, MP had an election petition after losing his seat in 2002....that case was heard in 2008, 6 years late and 1 year after he had recovered it anyway. wow...now thats work....
Parliament
There is no insitution in this whole country that has disappointed anyone like these hyenas. Kenya's parliament is not only a den of lazy people but a dangerous tense source of cash for society's most tribal and manipulative individuals. Before the 2007 election, there was much talk of how 'these old guys should go and we vijana (youngsters) should rule'....but have you seen just how messed up the young guys are? Tribal statements and statements of tribal alliances have really worried me about the chance of a tribalist free future.....Not only are they non-tax payers, but they also have no interest in actual visible work.....at least for the most part...Looks to me like theses old guys arent that bad after all...that's if the young guys are a yard-stick. if the rest of the world is that yard-stick, then WE ARE IN TROUBLE......
Civil Society
Aside from NCCK , these guys constitute Kenya's largest group of organised hypocrites. Drive a big car, live in a big house, provoke government, get funding.....life goes on. No one elected you....no one wants you...no one is served by you. Infact, you aren't really civil society are you? there was once a time when civil society stood for something...in th 90s...when they fought for reform, heck when they fough for anything!!!Now, they fight against anything that will get them airtime. Whether its right or wrong....whether they have support or not....Like I said, no one elected you so you cant say you represent ANYONE. Not anymore anyway....As for NCCK, you guys are a bunch of unelected, unrepresentative, boardroom wannabe politicians, who voted on government side anyway and were a very effective propaganda tool in the run up to both the referendum and the general election so zip it. Holy men my foot.....
The media
Inspite of the over-sexed CEOs, the brothel work places and the fake accents, the media is not all bad. At least not yet. They actually bring........wait for it.....wait for it....news....tadaaa! How can the media improve? Quit the bias....its that simple. Dont investigate anything at all...you dont have the tools or the capacity, or glucose apparently because you're just plain lazy. I was amazed when Robert Nangila (you know the dude who has that accent that goes from British to American and even Italian On Sundays and scattered days of the week) claimed to have investigated the whole of Africa, and Arabia to find out about a supposedly corrupt company, in a WEEK! I thought that was pretty amazing. He should work for USA's secret service.....he'd find Osama in a month.....tops.Then there is the case of the Immigration minister saying IDs will be given to Kenyans starting form 12 yrs of age. According to the media, this must therefore mean that you'll be allowed to drink and drive from the age of 12. Like as if we attain maturity from IDs. I thought that was just DUMB. The idea was to give any mobile Kenyan a form of identification in case of disaster, crime etc but hey why report the right thing when the wrong one is so much sweeter....Then there was the statement by Hon. Fahra Maalim MP, SNA2 (Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, yeah you know that dude who's actually the country's third most powerful and no one knows it....After orezzo and the SNA1), which went something like "MPs shouldnt pay tax.....like countries in the larger region but their allowances should be reduced to a total maximum of 500,000 inculding salaries, like everybody else in the larger region as well"....One media house reported that he selfishly refused to pay tax while another media house reported that he selflessly wanted a reduction in salaries. Wow......thats just amazing....Stop serving your political ends and stop attending 1,000,000 per plate lunches...yeah Im talking to you.
PEACE to Kenya....LOVE to all people.
What institutions do we have left? the other institutions...family, religion, education have major issues as well...There is this big question...What constitutes our nationhood?...What makes us proud to be Kenyan? What holds us together...What should we cling to to build on....your article got me thinking...In the 1980's we were all singing the nyayo philosophy "Love peace and unity" and we believed it with all our hearts...sote tulifuata nyayo...it was preached from parliament, to the media to the church...yes we were brainwashed but it gave us something to hold on to...What glue shall we use to bind up our institutions and make them function towards a common goal. For Americans it may be liberty, Justice and Freedom...What shall we believe in?
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