Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The kenya we make

Today is sunny,the weather looks like it is in a good mood. Thank God. Every other day someone recalls the extravagance of a conference called 'the kenya we want', and the cries of Unga!Unga! that rent the air outside the comfy hall,in the rest of Kenya.
It is fortunate i was never invited...i dont know how i would have behaved in there...i could have just called this governments bluff....that it is a government.. haha
This aint about it though, i was thinking of all the things people said..better healthcare,security,food,jobs na kadhalika. We talked,talked and talked...I think we should have been inspired to make a kenya. We talked of what we want not what we will do, who were we telling?God?Government?US, or the world?we havent yet emancipated ourselfs from just wanting,dreaming and just remaining in that stage. All problem we have are caused by people,who we actually make heroes of. Kamlesh Pattni, Kiraitu,kimunya,Ruto and others. At one point i thought that our systems were rotten,that that is where our problems emanate...i have changed my view. Our problems come from people failing in their duties,others getting too greedy.Am asking ..what are we as kenyans doing to make the kenya we want?
If we all did the job we ought to do,upto standards and without malice or asking for a bribe ,kenya would be much better.
Imagine a kenya where the doc treats you well,kemsa delivers necessary drugs at the right time, a Kenya where police dont kill people without trial or a chance to defend themselves,where people take responsibility for their ommissions and commisions,where each of us do our jobs faithfully and with passion......the kenya we have is the one we have made....we can make another. A better kenya. A productive country,without hunger,without anger,with wealth and health. With leaders with vision and mission ,good ones. You might think am a dreamer....no...a hopeless hopeful. But just think of how it would be if all of us did our jobs right,road contractors build lasting roads within the time in their contracts..we would soon have the kenya we want.
Try doing your job for a week the ideal way.....and see a kenya you want

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