i beg to differ...

kenya is not a state...

to begin with...

we are a conglomerate....

of barbaric tribesmen.....

hammering at each with clubs,machetes,stones,et cetera.....

in the hammering...

we are quite successful....

I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth

Some people here have vehemently refused to open their eyes to the following truths;

1. That we do not have a working executive. Actually we are not sure if we have an executive or how many we have.

2. Our Legislature is made of largely what has been agreed here at SK as Mpigs. They can't even pass a simple Tribunal law. Maize and iol brokers

3. The Judiciary has been ailing,was scheduled for Radical surgery but our Health insitutions are worse so no help there. Kenyans only resort to them as a last resort.

My question; if the above is what constitutes the 3 Arms of the Government yet Kenyans do not trust in any of them nor do the 3 Arms trust each other,aren't we a failed state?

@Obi 1 Kanobi
i have 2 agree with you. I believe that one of our main short comings as kenyans is letting others define us and dictate our every step. It seems that many have not heard or do not conform to the saying 'kelele za chura hazimkatazi ng'ombe kunywa maji'. I believe that as kenya we undoubtedly have our many challenges. Whether we have the political will and focus to solve our problems is the subject of another long discussion. Having said that i think it would be a disservice,to the patriots and the hardworking kenyans,if we were to call kenya a failed state. Kenya is at a crucial point,which some may call the make-or-break point but which i would rather call the make-or-make point. Reforms may be taking long but atleast they are taking place. I don't think that kenya has ever invested this heavily on roads before and i also consider the landing of the fibre optic cable as an important milestone. I know and agree that much more could have been done but remember kenyans that this will only be a reality if we appreciated our weaknesses (e.g our court system,transport systems,food and water system among others ) got focused and stopped paying too much attention to the 'frogs' of this world. We know our problems lets now fix them. The main reason why kenya looks like a failed state is arguably because we are a relevant country and our failures get twice as much mention (sadly from some of our own 'patriotic' press) as our successes. So i beg all of you,my fellow kenyans,do not loose hope. Despite the noise hata kesho,wednesday,we'll have a better coutry than today,tuesday! Alluta continua!

Stash Inc.

@ Obi,i couldnt have put it better. you are spot on.

The thicker the thigh the sweeter the pie.

@Obi Wan and SimonKabz - you have nailed it. I am also pretty fed up with people making such assertions yet when you ask what they are doing to help matters,they draw blanks. I personally HATED it when PEV was highlighted in the western media,and at some point likened to the Rwanda genocide. Unlike some countries like Iran,Zimbabwe,China,you did not hear of press getting gagged (and the furore about Media bill was another great LAUGH...what a$$holes). In recent days the Basiji in Iran (akin to Hitler's SS or Gestapo) in Iran have been clobbering the living daylights out of people. In China in recent days also,there have been ethnic/religious clashes with people karate-ing the bejesus out of each other - women or children - and in the middle of big cities. Other day some Austrian was found to have locked up HIS daughter for decades and fathered many kids with her (and we are likened to barbarians because of some civil unrest)....so now we have these BRIGHT MINDS keen to tell us that ours is a failed state and the mere fact that they are able to say so freely in a democratic state,without going missing,is telling in itself. Here's 30 bob - go buy a rope and hang yourself. What Kenya needs is positive thinkers - people who will be part of the solution - not spectators to their OWN destiny.




Failed state my ass! OK we have let the water towers disappear but can we control the weather? Fuel/Food has gone up and the general cost of living - can we control how fast China and the sub-continent propagate (thus putting a strain on food and fuel demand)? get real.

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@all

lets not take mediocrity for good leadership.....am sure kenya has not even exploited 10% of its potential.....

As noted earlieron if it were not for good citizenry this country would have been in ruins....

Guys lets keep up the good work to slow down the degradation of this nation....

Peace to all men of Goodwill

labels may not seem to mean much... not until the country risk rating is down graded... and gvmt has to borrow at much higher interest rate to meet innumerable dvpmt challenges... the problems are well documented... the solutions have been discussed at length...can we get new constitution already

@WaP

Very astute observation vis a viz the kenyan scenario.

Infact I would like people to visit the western countries to have an idea of how not to live your life. This people live like sh*t. Ever wonder why their populations are falling.

As for the other african countries,they are ranked better because no one has an idea what goes on there.

Isn't it ironic that the west send Somalia pirates to be tried in Kenya 'A failed state' why didn't they send them elsewhere,to say like TZ,or UG or Egypt or Saudi Arabia (to have their hands chopped). We fail when its convinient for them.

I've noticed the youth in particular coming in to a workplace with a completely outsized notion of their own value and importance... just a thinly-veiled arrogance. May be the credit crunch induced recession is whats needed to remind us all about the value of hard work.... By Anonymous

KENYA HAS MANY PROBLEMS; it is my mother LAND.

I am approaching 40 years of age; most of the food that has kept me alive and healthy has been grown on KENYAN soil.

I LOVE MY COUNTRY KENYA; I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY; WE ARE A GREAT NATION AND TOGETHER WE CAN DO EXPLOITS.

AND WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

KENYA IS NOT A FAILED STATE; I THINK SOMALI IS; PERIOD!!!


each day is a gift from God; I dont know if I will be here tomorrow; should I be,I'll make the most of it for God's glory; should I be not,pick up and keep the legacy

@Mainat

Is it better in Kenya now than it was in 1964? YES. I was not there in 1964,but most of the real development in Kenya (infrastructure,political evolution,lessons on how NOT to do things,open society,freedom of expression...) have taken place since 1991. I was a mature lad then,and can relate with the happenings.

Make no mistake - In 1964 and around when Obama was born,Kenya must have been good in many ways. But the 'goodness' was not brought forth by Kenyans for Kenyans. The mzungu had just taken all the good land,had built nice infrastructure to and for that land,had displaced many people and had killed others to achieve the 'goodness'.

Look at South Africa today,and it can give you a relative impression of how things here looked in 1964. They are developed. Life has been 'good' only for a minority. Now life there is no longer good for anybody.

Lets do the following:

1. Appreciate that we are Kenya. Look at yourself - are you bad? are you a failure?
2. We have problems here and there - we isolate fact from fiction and take steps to solve the problems. Starting from individual level.
3. We talk less and act more.
4. We take responsibilities for our mistakes like the 210 mistakes (exxagerated) in parliament. Can we agree on the kind of leader we need per 'district'?
5. When somebody call us monkey,we should not start acting like monkey. Because when we call him pig,he does not behave like pig.
6. Need to understand Africa - we have been thrusted from the prestigious 'Hunter Gatherer' lifestyle (how I miss it!!) into Agrarian,Industrial and now Information ages all within 100 years. We are bound to get confused as we tinker with foreign ideologies like western democracy,man- eat- man capitalism etc. The post Information age is going to be African age.

and many other steps we can take at individual level to stabilize Kenya.

Lastly,lest you forget our national anthem.

If it looks clean,it keeps your pockets clean. I mean,look at the soil...