Kenya Today
Borrowed & gladly shared
THINGS WE SHOULD NOT FORGET AS KENYANS, although I know we are socialized to see issues from a point of our tribe or political persuasions:
We should note that:
1. Kenya defaulted on national loan (debt) repayments at the end of October 2017. Renegotiated to April 2018. Remember it is standing at 53.3% of our GDP. Already above 51%, recommended by international fund managers
2. Unemployment rate is at 53%. Need I say more? I might add to the pain and hopelessness of joblessness
3. We are about to implement a system of education very few know anything about. Even KICD has not published any need-assessment report or even the outcome of the pilot project ran in May 2017. Yes, 8-4-4 is a disaster. No wonder when one is done with exams, they forget what they learnt. (nilimaza-shule mentality).
4. That it is official so many families in Kenya, (I said families, not the individual count), currently estimated at 2.6m are unable to get at least a single decent meal everyday. (Assume on average each family has 5 members) Am sure we even know some and we are going to give them some unga over Christmas and post pictures on FB.
5. That we lose at least 1/3 of our annual budget to corruption. Yes, a whole 600B, NOT 600M, we are used to corruption of millions.
6. That at this point in Kenya, after 54 years of independence, we have the highest number of SME’s and individuals closing shop or falling to the axe of auctioneers because they are unable to meet their financial obligations. Should I remind you of so many families burdened by medical bills in the same breath?
7. That collectively (collectively means all of us put together), we are not aware/conscious of our history. We have even forgotten the 90’s struggles. That collectively we do not aspire for the highest as human beings. We celebrate what breaks us. (mediocrity) Individually we are gluttonously corrupt and self-centred.
8. That we have become a society devoid of morals, decency and humanity. Too much religion without ANY transformation. We even sing in churches how “we left our culture”. Even the fight for the girl-child has left the boy-child empty. (hope feminists will not crucify me) Uuui!
9. Number 9 should not bother you because it is my opinion. I do not care whether you are a Jubilee diehard or Nasa fanatic. The issues above will hit you like a cyclone if they are not hitting you already, either directly, or indirectly. If you feel secure, the have-nots will hit you, pray it doesn’t happen. It is called the balance of nature.
