Kenya is a country in the eastern part of Africa specifically in the East Africa. It is a country that has many natural resources from minerals to fertile soil which is capable of producing a lot in terms of Agricultural produce. Kenya was given its independence in 1963 after spending approximately 68 years under the British colonial rule. The first African leader that was established in Kenya was a prime minister who was then became the the first president of the republic of Kenya the late Mzee Jommo Kenyatta, after Kenya was declared into a state.
The development of the republic of Kenya has not been proportional to the amount of resources that the country owns. If its development can be compared with other countries who have been even lower economically, it is alarming and shows that something have been wrong somewhere. For example, if Kenyan economic growth is compared to that of Singapore from 1965 to 2014. The diversity is heaven-Earth apart, despite the fact that in 1965, the state of Singapore was separated from Malaysia on the basis of race and the fact that after the parliament of Malaysia met. They agreed that Singapore was of no economic importance to the state of Malaysia. This resulted in a lot of pain to the Prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew which put him into fire to develop his state.
The state of Kenya has 42 tribes which are closely linked into three language groups which are; Bantus, Nilotes and Cushites. Members of each of the three language groups compare each as distant brothers. The problem comes when there is a competition of either resources or power between two members from different language groups. These has been instances where tribalism has portrayed itself clearly resulting even into war.
The wisdom of uniting the three language groups in Kenya would be the only secret to taking Kenya into great heights.besides one pest that can be said to have eaten almost everything called corruption. This has only been portrayed once in the history of Kenya in good faith and in good heart. Though it has not been fully successful due to the royalty of certain tribes to their leaders. We are still looking forward to a moment that Kenya will be one and corruption free country helping its people.
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