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Wakanyugi wrote:FRM2011 wrote:murchr wrote:Are you saving your constituency?
Yes I have to. Nyeri tuko vibaya. Tetu,othaya and mukurweini are all below the population threshold.
Unfortunately it feels like stopping floods with bare hands.
Every year, the young men and women clearing high school and colleges pack their bags and leave in search of opportunities.
Coming back is seen as being a failure. Nobody comes back.
In my village, there are atleast 50 homesteads either manned by a shamba boy or completely abandoned.
Of course the media guys have been running with the story of abandoned schools due to lack of kids. And then they attribute it to alcoholism and low birth rates.
But I will still go.
Too late my brother. Demographic decline, once started, is almost impossible to reverse. And the biggest factor in fertility decline is girls education, which we are all rightfully proud of in Central (not alcoholism).
In fact I predict some serious political recalculations will be necessary come 2022, when it becomes clear a certain tribe is not the behemoth it was assumed to be.
Some political bigots will need to be placed on death watch.
Interesting "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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