Mmmmh why do we still have extremely poor people amongst us?Isnt the answer obvious...and many of you have said it...bad leadership,from independence things started going hay wire I dont know where this culture of we must eat came from but it hit us hard and thats where the rain started hitting us hard but we cant reverse or dwell in the past so lets forge ahead...
How hard is it to map out those who are in real need,and find a way of directly giving incentives to them,why should someone earning 500k buy unga the same price with their watchman who takes home 8k there is no fairness in this...we let laissez faire take over the show and our supposedly "managed economy" took a backseat...The govt should make the basics available to everyone...food should be in plenty and reasonably priced,shelter should be affordable to all this issue of shanties and tin houses should be something of the past...
Tighten up on govt spending i.e on unnecessarry things like luxury cars I always complain about this every time I bring up this topic its coz I see every new day new mercs being bought unnecessarry expenditure this money should be used to provide a saftey net for the poor instead of being wasted...
A govts role should be equitable distribution of wealth but in our case it never does this...
Eradication of poverty can be quite easy if we have the will power but it can be a herculean task if we dont...
Someone explain to me why solar panels cost an arm and a leg??

Until when will we be told to accept and move on!!!!!!!!.

My gut feeling tells me that the solution to poverty and by extension health and literacy levels is answered by one word Agriculture. I make it bold coz i believe and know its the solution. Like
1.People will be well fed and strong to work for more food.-Production Cycle .
2.With more/excess produce there will be need for markets-Trade will be inspired.
3.With trade means households will be getting income thus able to afford healthcare leading to a healthy nation.
4.Well fed,a bit of income and healthy the young populace will concentrate in school and do well to promote innovation.

A pet example i will provide Kenyans for Kenyans-though there were misgivings of some money being mismanaged,some tangible work was done and today the once arid vast land is full of greens and people able to feed.How i wish on local TV station would document progress cycle from Kenyans contributing to the current state and we would go like Waooh that so beautiful and strive to replicate what has proven to work in Kenya by Kenyans.
****Disclaimer i don't work for Red Cross.
****I am a concerned Kenyan seeing the suffering and solutions being disregarded.

How do we determine those who are reach and refuse to pay taxes, to the point that we can target single individuals and go after them?

[/quote]Why and how is giving them money a solution. Certainly lack of money is lack of markets, and isn't nonsense.[/quote]

I am sure this question has been adequately answered?

My turn.

Kenya has one of the highest gini coefficient for wealth distribution in the world.

Under what what law, principle, premise...whatever, is a situation where so few have so much while the majority die of poverty right?

Why and how is giving them money a solution. Certainly lack of money is lack of markets, and isn't nonsense.[/quote]

I am sure this question has been adequately answered?

My turn.

Kenya has one of the highest gini coefficient for wealth distribution in the world.

Under what what law, principle, premise...whatever, is a situation where so few have so much while the majority die of poverty right? [/quote]

You are saying that because it's easy to identify a conspicuous consumer then it's easy to identify one who has no money to spend, and therefore, the man with no money needs to be given money so that he can spend.

But what if the man is living in an alternative economy? Because we are certainly not talking of a sick man here, or are we?

The market entails social interactions and is always amenable to what we may call the 'forces of history'. So the world that Mr. Cheserem was shown shocked him. He was seeing people whose access to information was severely impaired.

Wealth is about flowing with information, not spending. And who can deny that information flow has been gradual, and that now more than ever, is evening out at an incredible pace.

Now even children are joining the clubs of the wealthy.

Governments no longer have control of information. They are even struggling to keep abreast. We can't ask governments to guarantee livelihood.

I doubt whether poverty can exist in a richly connected world.

Those who interconnect the world meet heavy rewards. Poverty is an opportunity for wealth. It is a resource.