Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Lolest! wrote:Does it matter where the appointments are from? I dare say YES. Ethnicity is a big part of the political discussion in most countries. You can't ignore it. Thing is, people will hate based on such. I remember back in Seco when borrowing from Kalenjins among us and they refused to give/lend their books, shirts, colognes etc some boys would quip "unaringa na mali ya uma?" Such is the kind of feelings you're likely to have in a country with favoritism in appointments. In Moi's time, at some point we had more than half of all DCs being Kalenjin and most of these Kaleos were Tugen, Moi's tribe. We had issues with that then, we should have issues now. Should certain areas feel left out we end up having unnecessary tension and discontent. People just need to feel that they have near equal opportunities. Granted, the appointing authorities need to work with people they trust and also comptetent ones. BUT all this must be mixed with political wisdom. Political wisdom dictates that we must make room for others as much as it's possible. It provides for affirmative action for disadvantaged groups. It aims to appease even enemy territory. Poltics is not bad after all(wapi admin  ) It cant be put better. As I said earlier, perception play a great role in National Cohesion. Its the business of the executive guy up there, in his capacity as a symbol of National Unity, to shape those perceptions accordingly. Some of the anger that led to 2007 conflict, that has seen the top guys at ICC, was brought about by some communities feeling left out, thus other politians takes advantage n polarizes the country. Fainess MUST be seen to prevail, for cohesion's sake.
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