http://blog.jaluo.com/?p=1664
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:24:58 +0300 [11/19/2008 11:24:58 PM CST]
From: Leonard Otieno
Subject: Re: Let’s Go Federalism and save Kenya
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Gibson,
You just provided, inadvertently, a good answer to your questions. For 45 years we’ve been in a hole and we continue digging – hence sinking deeper and deeper into our own political hole. When shall we stop digging? When shall we call for a ladder out of the hole?
We’ve been on experiment after experiment, every five years with leaders who will never think of Kenya but themselves. We have begged to be served by leaders (actually our employees) without success, yet we renew their contracts every five years.
May be Kenya has grown too big for the small minds of our politicians. Just like in business, when a product line grows too large for our staff, we departmentalise, create manageable units with expert managers and staff to concetrate on what they understand best. We must departmentalise Kenya until such a time as a leader will be born who will re-ignite the fire of patriotism and nationalism in our people. May be in the next century, a true messiah will be born, a true son of Kenya – not a Kisii, or Luo, or Kikuyu, or Luhya or Kalenjin son. But a son of Kenya. Who knows, he might re-unite Kenya, abolish the majimbos and give birth to a new Kenya, devoid of political mediocrity and tribal bigotry.
Yes, we must have have a dream for a new Kenya. Before we realise the dream, we must re-invent Kenya, get it back to the beginning.Till then our small political minds must not be overburdened by too big a political unit. We simply do not have a leader, now, to shoulder the burden of governing such a huge country – Kenya. The current crop of pseudo-politicians, if left to continue thus, will anihilate this country. Before they do so, let’s departmentalise it so that they can break it piece by piece, instead of crushing the whole heavy thing.
Mathias.
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:55:45 +0000 [11/20/2008 01:55:45 PM CST]
From: mathias aguta
Subject: RE: Let’s Go Federalism and save Kenya