I love being a Kenyan and i know for a fact,every Kenyan will be happier in Kenya than anywhere else. There is a lot of good in Kenya and with Kenyans. But as it is with every general rule,there are exceptions.
They remain as such,exceptions.
I can't hate being Kenyan,but i can hate being dark/black/African.
Our problems are not 'Kenyan',they are African.
I said in another post early this year.
Every race has to track itself through the learning curve. Looking back through history,all the other races amassed a lot of knowledge and character.
Prosperity and character cannot be attained in a 'day'. They need nurturing and that takes time.
Africans we have not learnt anything,this DOES NOT MEAN WE CANNOT LEARN,only that we need to realize we have a millenium-old mindset. In all the progressive races,clan/tribal wars were the order of the day hundreds/thousands of year ago,but they learnt all that they were doing was digging their own graves. They put all their energies in advancing their well-being.They sought to be engineers,doctors,architects,writers,economists,explorers etc. They did not choose to be 'contend' as someone said on another post here,alluding Africans were 'satisfied' with life and it's strappings.
A wise man never rests on his laurels. We couldn't have been smart and forget to have order,some working systems,try our hands in architecture,make some melodies,write a few books,try out engineering etc.
It was all slumber land.
When we can't talk of our history/heritage 700 years ago,then how can we compare ourselves with the Asian tigers?
It's a fact we were on the same economic footing in the 1960's,but what brought about the sameness? That's what every westerner leaves out,for convenience.
For us to take that at it's face value would be lying to ourselves.
The only reason we were on the same footing [economically] with S.Korea is that,they were emerging from the Korean war which had severely devastated their economy.
They had everything to do with prosperity & character,thousands of years before Vasco da Gama built Fort Jesus. They had their printing press years before the German guy was even born. They had systems [education,health,governance,military etc] thousand years ago. They made their rain gauge before the western world had one. They built the first battle ship in the world,they had the largest cargo ship 400 years before Columbus went on his voyage.
They had scientists,writers,scholars,blacksmiths,doctors etc thousands of years ago.
We can't compare with them even if we would wish to.
BUT [yeah,it's a big but] we need to learn and learn fast.
If we all become responsible,have humility,put our country first,reward efforts,hold our leaders responsible,stop the blame game,be willing to learn from those who have proved they know stuff,we will be on our way to prosperity sooner than later.
It will take time but we will get there.We should also bear in mind,when most of the Asian tigers were making all the giant leaps,democracy was not there to hinter their progress.
If you wake up late,you don't waste time complaining/pointing fingers,you do a lot and fast to catch up.
For all the years before the white man,Africans were sleeping.
But as i said,prosperity and character cannot be attained in a 'day'.
People,let's learn and be fast at it.
But first,
Love Kenya.
When i see my purple,you see it not.
when i see my purple, you see it not!