On racism

The other day and even today ,there is a lot of hullabaloo because bbc was to interview the British National Party. The party is openly racist and does not allow membership from other races apart from pure whites.

Demonstrations have been going on at bbc to press that they are not granted the interview.

My one cent take.

Give the guys a chance. if we believe racism is not good,then whatever they say wont matter...or we are afraid to show our true colours.

We know racism has not died,it is alive and well...

Obama may have won the presidency,but we are far from erasing racism.

There will be always whites afraid the blacks will outshine them in all fields,

they will always strive to keep them down, to show that they are inferior....yet they are afraid ...afraid of the inferior? races.

Simple logic states. One can only be afraid of a superior adversary, strive to keep him down,to make sure he doesnt have the resources to threaten his supremacy...

It is paranoia of losing the upper hand.

Simple analogy.

In the kenyan civil service,you cannot be promoted unless you serve a certain number of years, it is a minimum of three years in one position....This is purely to ensure that the older guys,less learned ones protect their positions from the more virile and productive younger civil servants. Thats why there is no ps younger than 30,yet they can perform.

Suppress the young..and you will never lose power...a maxim that the kenyan politicians live by.

Racism is therefore an attempt to keep the power...but change is here....and you cant stop it!!!!!.

The search for greatness

We as a country have many resources,but we cant exploit them without the owners of the dollars helping us. We have developed a culture that tells us that we don't have the capacity to exploit our own resources. We have a great human capacity to achieve all the things that would make a Kenya we all want. I have come to the best educated guess conclusion that we don't do anything to achieve our dreams.We wait for Ocampo to decide the dates by when we should have a working system to punish evil people who we know,we let Annan to hold the list for us..list of our leaders and our kinsmen who organised and funded the atrocity that nearly killed kenya.We know the right drugs,dosage and the right route of giving them and the right persons to give the drugs. We know what needs to be done to heal our country..we know who to hang and who to reward..yes we do.We know all there is to know.Yet we are unwilling to do anything at all.We could wait for the formation of a local tribunal,or we could wait for the ICC.Or we could take the initiative and sue the perpetrators just here in Kenya..take them to court,deny them bond or bail, whichever for at least an year.they would lose their parliamentary seats,ministerial posts and such. We could at least demonstrate the will to heal Kenya and seem to do justice.We could wait till our leaders decide the right time for the implementation of the fourth agenda or we could implement it today. For greatness to be achieved,sacrifices must be made.We must pay the price of greatness.Every great person,as those mentioned in my earlier post,paid the ultimate price.They did benefit directly but at great cost to themselves. Each lost something, to gain something greater. The greater thing they Got didn't serve them alone,it served entire communities and continues to. As Kenya we must therefore be willing to lose the current crop of leaders for a better Kenya,we must put Kenya first and our tribesmen lower...we must look beyond the election,we must see the future.I am starting to think that Kenya is country populated by cowards....or we are unable to move forward. We know the mau must be saved,but we keep dillydallying...we know post election violence perpetrators must be punished but we have no will to do so.We will not move forward if we never act.The impotence shown by kenyans fuels our politicians disregard for the rest of kenyans..only worrying about their political survival and not of Kenya. Kenyans are dying of hunger and thirst,rains are failing,power generators are closing down,HIV ravages us,Malaria kills with impunity,insecurity is spiralling..yet we are all mum...quiet as if nothing is happening..our ministers refuse to use the cars given by the ministry,price of Unga goes unchecked...more kenyans lose jobs,more kenyans look for jobs. When if ever will kenyans wake up to the reality?when will kenyans ask for justice?when will we stop closing our eyes to obvious problems with obvious solutions?and when Will we act?Or do we have to always wait for our neighbours..friendly or not force us to act? Or when Obama piles pressure....would someone please enlighten me.
Kenya prides itself on its greatness....we claim we have the best hospitals,but we export money to south Africa and India for things that can be done here in kenya.Bypass heart surgeries are routine procedures. Why couldn't it be done here?we have qualified cardiologists and surgeons..What if as my friend asked,there was a law barring public servants from seeking medical services elsewhere apart from public hospitals? His conclusion was that the hospitals would be better equipped,serving all kenyans.What if the politicians had to educate their children here?our education system would be reformed.We have to make sure we buy from kenya to build it... in our search for greatness as when searching for personal greatness,must be pursued without sparing any effort. We must lose sleep,go hungry today,so we can sleep on a soft bed tomorrow, so we can have full bellies tomorrow. I am angry,and i might never stop ranting and preaching....among the quotes,someone says that people want to be amused,entertained..not preached to..so Am off to make myself great,whatever the cost....sorry i am preaching to myself.