Swenani wrote:Can we focus on the positive side of Toro, people have a lot of negative energies. We should be thankful to Toro for the following
1.Girl child education
2.Peace , SECURITY and stability
3.Managing negative ethnicity
Moi is overpraised on this!!
Peace? 1991, 1993,1997,1998 pre and post election skirmishes were the training grounds for guys who did 2005 and 2007/08
Security? Were you in Kenya in the 90s? That's when things really went south on this. Some have claimed insecurity was caused by SAPs.
Stability? That I will give to him. That's the good thing with authoritarian rulers. His paranoia ensured that save for '82 coup, Kenya remained stable
Managing negative ethnicity? I dare say he encouraged that. The difference between Kenya than and now is:
1. THE PEOPLE are more educated, and more aware of their rights and 'rights'. They are also more edgy and will fight govt for any reason.
2.THE TRIBE 'in power' did not have enemies. They were mostly in their rural areas. Never really in many sectors. Low interaction with discriminated against peoples. Machungu were reserved for wakubwa only.