@KenyanLyrics, i agree with you. We need a benevolent dictator with the economy as the main priority. Singapore had one and Malaysia to some extent and look at where they are now.Do you know there was a time Kenya was at par with Singapore and S.Korea? Malaysia and Botswana were sending people to Kenya to pick our brains. We were the agricultural powerhouse of the world.. They came, they saw, they learnt and ran away with it. A few years ago, Singapore, which is the size of Nairobi had the highest per capita income in the entire world! Seriously, what happened to us? When did the rains start beating us?

We need a leader with zero tolerance for corruption who actually means it...this is our great undoing..it has become a way of life. What happened to the Michuki rules? It's like we move one step forward and ten steps backwards..a study released recently shows that we lose over one third of our resources to corruption every year! How do we allow this to happen and continue unchallenged? Kupayuka payuka will not change anything. Its always talk, more talk and never any action..very frustrating.

Who will stand up and say no to corruption, imputiny and actually mean it? We are robbing from our kids and future generations.

Seriously, no one is ever held responsible for anything...why ?

getting infatuated with rwanda is only natural when you first hear about where the country is coming from and the huge pronouncements about its future..

just try to carry out an enterprise there then you actually get to learn that they have their issues too... and their issues are not small...

and your brief infatuation may go several ways... mine included a very short happy phase when all was ok then a phase II in which i felt i was getting conned every day..

in kenya... we get conned by politicians, kanju and cops.. avoid them and you are ok..

in rwanda everyone is a potential con..

In our case i think democracy can turn to democrazy. As said benevolent dictatorship with a focus on economic growth is enough.

i know an architect working in rwanda.. he designed a hotel against the promise of a payment.. the hotel is now fully constructed and open for a year.. the poor bloke is yet to get a cent.. this is not the only story..

there is another mzungu who went to transact over there... when he fell out with his contacts (who is known to top officials).. he was told he was going to be in jail for the rest of his life if he ever sets foot there again...

there is a hotel called lemigo that recently opened.. due to short staffing on critical areas.. the manager sought experienced people from kenya to help him run the 100 room hotel.. some people quit jobs and emigrated with their families... 1 month later they were terminated and inexperienced rwandese took over their posts.. now to get a soda at lemigo takes 15 minutes..

most kenyans get lured over there with promises of double or triple pay.. by the third month... you are called in for a talk.. you know things are not going as expected... we need you to take lower pay..

i think that covers issues about getting conned...