Our country is very blessed,rich in culture,beautiful coastline,tropical heat that keeps us tan,hehheee but our country like anything good has its faults;poverty even with tourism that runs steadliy bringing in a lot, corruption that has become a way of life(toa kitu kidogo upate kidogo) that's with the small fish while with the big fish (toa kitu kubwa upate yote)..."big fish,small fish, all will be fried in the same pan",,such comforting words from the former former Kenya Anti corruption director...maybe he just didn't use the right bait coz no fish were caught and obviously none was fried.
So what does an expert like me suggest...deal with the core issues first before we start some of these very well intended campaigns.mimi ni mkenya,nitakuwepo,uungwana na ushenzi,gjue,gpange,wakenya wote mpo?heheeeeheee..in my view these campaigns have only changed the perception of the urban dweller.why?an urban dweller is relatively educated, bears some form of skill that helps him make a living and at least has an understanding of english and swahili.
Now move to the rural setting;tribalistic worldviews,illiteracy and poverty.How about I throw in some research about this,according to Kenya National Bureau of statistics,Nairobi has 880,000 people living below the poverty line. Poverty rates range from 32% in Westlands to 59% in Makadara across Divisions, and, perhaps not surprisingly, from 8% in Nairobi West to 77% in Makongeni across Locations.
Coast Province has a rural poor population of roughly 909,000 people. Two-thirds of the rural poor are found in two districts—Kilifi and Kwale. In the impoverished District of Kilifi, there is a high depth as well as incidence of poverty: three-quarters of the population falls below the poverty line in 24 out of 34 Locations and the Location-level poverty gap ranges from 27 to 44%.
Eastern Province: Of the 2.5 million rural poor in Eastern Province, 64% (1.6 million people) live in four Districts: Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Meru North.
Nyanza Province: With a rural poor population estimated at 2.4 million, Nyanza Province has very high poverty rates across most Divisions and Locations. Poverty gaps are also very high here. South Asembo Location in Bondo District, for example, has a poverty gap of 34%, meaning that the average adult below the poverty line would require an additional Kshs.421 per month to get out of poverty.
http://palsoftgroup.com/knbstrm/news.php
I should just end this piece here..but I still have this point to make.Simply,before we go ahead and run these great campaigns lets make sure the whole population of this country has its needs met.Don't blow people's ears off with messages of love for one another and everlasting peace between tribes when the only source of food they've got is 3 cows and a patch of land that is rumoured to belong to some'private investor', don;t tell me about uungwana when I only managed primary school education and can't get a decent job without handing out a few notes here and there and please spare me the "Im Kenyan" crap when the North Eastern people consider themselves a country separate from Kenya.
So we got it all wrong but once we get to the root of the issues maybe more people will answer this question correctly;What tribe are you?..................................................................KENYAN.
So what does an expert like me suggest...deal with the core issues first before we start some of these very well intended campaigns.mimi ni mkenya,nitakuwepo,uungwana na ushenzi,gjue,gpange,wakenya wote mpo?heheeeeheee..in my view these campaigns have only changed the perception of the urban dweller.why?an urban dweller is relatively educated, bears some form of skill that helps him make a living and at least has an understanding of english and swahili.
Now move to the rural setting;tribalistic worldviews,illiteracy and poverty.How about I throw in some research about this,according to Kenya National Bureau of statistics,Nairobi has 880,000 people living below the poverty line. Poverty rates range from 32% in Westlands to 59% in Makadara across Divisions, and, perhaps not surprisingly, from 8% in Nairobi West to 77% in Makongeni across Locations.
Coast Province has a rural poor population of roughly 909,000 people. Two-thirds of the rural poor are found in two districts—Kilifi and Kwale. In the impoverished District of Kilifi, there is a high depth as well as incidence of poverty: three-quarters of the population falls below the poverty line in 24 out of 34 Locations and the Location-level poverty gap ranges from 27 to 44%.
Eastern Province: Of the 2.5 million rural poor in Eastern Province, 64% (1.6 million people) live in four Districts: Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Meru North.
Nyanza Province: With a rural poor population estimated at 2.4 million, Nyanza Province has very high poverty rates across most Divisions and Locations. Poverty gaps are also very high here. South Asembo Location in Bondo District, for example, has a poverty gap of 34%, meaning that the average adult below the poverty line would require an additional Kshs.421 per month to get out of poverty.
http://palsoftgroup.com/knbstrm/news.php
I should just end this piece here..but I still have this point to make.Simply,before we go ahead and run these great campaigns lets make sure the whole population of this country has its needs met.Don't blow people's ears off with messages of love for one another and everlasting peace between tribes when the only source of food they've got is 3 cows and a patch of land that is rumoured to belong to some'private investor', don;t tell me about uungwana when I only managed primary school education and can't get a decent job without handing out a few notes here and there and please spare me the "Im Kenyan" crap when the North Eastern people consider themselves a country separate from Kenya.
LETS DO IT RIGHT.
ReplyDeleteabout north eastern. i disagree
ReplyDeletewatch a couple of youtube videos about the north eastern outcry to the government
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