I think, this is supposed to be the moment that Kenyans are supposed to look back at where they have come from and realize the difference between now and the past. Leadership is a very important factor that every Kenyan who cares about their future and the future of their children are supposed to look at deeply. If the leadership is not right over the years, then the future of our children is in grave danger.
It all started with the very fist president of the republic of Kenya, the late Mzee Jommo Kenyatta. He was a man of strong stand who could not entertain or compromise with fracas makers. He stood firm and with his leadership, the Kenya that we see was born.His conflict with the late Jalamogi Onginga Ondinga gave birth to a conflict that will never be solved by any human being, unless the creator comes. Any child born in Kikuyu land today will know that there was this conflict before they go to nursery school. Similarly any child who is born in western Kenya will know that land was taken before they learn how to shew fish. This was in the name of democracy and diversification of leadership.
Moi followed with his " Fuata nyayo theme" .Kenyans had to sing this for it is the one that brought freedom to our country. With moi's rule, so many incidences rose up. People claimed that they wanted multiparty leadership. With a claim that the one party leadership was dictatorial. For sure it was, but according to me, Kenya have experienced more success with dictatorial leadership than with the current democratic one. The theme from western Kenya that' Land was taken' was inherited to the Rift valley. This was the only song that Kenyans could understand so that these men could involve them in politics. Democracy being the chorus of the song and land being the theme of the song, forward they marched without telling Kenyans what is meant by democracy. Ask them even today, Kenyans do not know the meaning of democracy. They know that they go for elections to shun the leaders who were talked against by their community leaders.
With Mwai Kibaki, the climax of democracy came to full swing and that is what produced so many problems for this country. One thousand lives were taken within a few months in the name of democracy. My questions to Kenyans is, What benefits have you acquired since you were given democracy. If you think, that this question looks primitive, take your time and look at majority of Kenyans and tell me whether they even understand what is democracy. If you live in Nairobi, please take your time and learn Kenya for Nairobi is like a foreign town compared to the wider Kenya.
The leadership of Uhuru Kenyatta is suffering a lot of problems. These problems have not come now, they have been inherited from the former government which was a government of president and prime minister at the same time. The nusu Mkate thing is the one that gave birth to all these problems and taken them down to the current time. Now with Mwai Kibaki thinking that Kenya was mature enough to hold the devolved government system, he only created a bigger problem to the future leader. Any logical thinking man can look at the Governor-senator leadership and can tell that Kenya was not ready for this thing.
Before any man can blame the president for the insecurity and the other problems facing Kenya, let them take their time and ask themselves where these problems came from. Furthermore, ask yourself how far can the president do to solve these and whether he is doing it or not.
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