Rantings and a bit of reflection

I’ve been reading ‘Blaine Harden’s :Africa dispatches from a fragile continent’,apart from it being a collection of experiences dating back to the early 90s it is quite an insightful read and it does raise the question about our belovedAfrica(read the review here).Africa has always been potrayed as this dark,hopeless continent but Blaine goes a step further to show the world other endearing qualities about africa like family ties,moral fabric and collectivism.He blasts the Western media for covering Africa only when its about wars,famine,coups,death and despair..

presidente for life

True,we have come a long way since those dark days of first presidents who thought they would rule forever(think Kenyatta,Mobutu) but the elements they left behind are still with us.Nepotism,tribalism,grand corruption,self-centred  politics etc..Kenya is currently going through one of its trying moments yet and I shudder to think whether we will hold it together after our politicians are sent off to the Hague.

Economically,things are not looking up either.I once attended a Project Mgt class where the lecturer asked whether what we lacked was implementers or planners.Its rather obvious that this country does not lack the resources to spearhead vision 2030 but the big men at the top are to blame.Or are they?Everyday I get the feeling that we are slowly getting sucked into the system.corruption and self centredness is slowly creeping into a culture.How many of us have given grease money so as to be served faster at public offices?How many of us will disobey traffic lights just coz there isn’t a policeman in sight?

In a nutshell,I think we need a revolution ..not from the bottom up NOT from the top bottom.Maybe ethics should be incorporated early in our lives as part of early education…I dont really know..You tell me