Dear Leadership Of Kenya
05
August
A brief recap of the things we cannot get reliably follows:
- Water
- Electricity
- Security
- Food
- Forest cover
- Roads
A brief recap of what you provide reliably follows:
- Bullshit
- Noise
- Tribalism
- Theft of our money
- Theft of our resources
- Entertainment
I assure you dear leaders, we prefer the former.
What’s more, I deeply resent the fact that 46% of everything I earn goes into your pockets to pay for your expenses, Mistresses in Lavington, travel junkets and H2O to water your ducks, swans and geese while I wallow in hardship, hungry, thirsty and in the dark
I refuse to address you and your ilk as honourable, for you are no such thing.
I am mystified that in 2009, 45 years after independence we are still suffering indignities of power and water rationing. How is it that at tropical country straddling the equator with good weather is suffering indignities that Israel, a country that only has sand is not? Nonsense I say.
I had much faith in the ‘new, young’ leadership that were elected in the last election. These fellows have proven to be as cloth headed as their predecessors if not more. The young MPs in this parliament seem to be particularly challenged in the intelligence department. Sad really.
I read in today’s paper that some of you object to being lectured on good governance.
I would recommend you tell your objections to the birds because I for one cannot take one more second of your empty, meaningless speeches. I would think a better way to keep from being lectured on good governance is to govern well but this solution does not seem to have caught your attention.
Thanks to you we have killed each other and burned our property. Thanks to you we are now reduced to tribes and regions. Thanks to you we are retrogressing in every possible way. Thanks to you we are achieving the dubious distinction of being 14th in the list of failed states.
Before you get puffed up, let me leave you under no illusions. If you cannot provide
- Food
- Water
- Security
- Freedom of movement
- Leadership
Then you are governing a gaddem failed state!
It amuses me to no end that last week you announced arrival of high speed Internet and today you announce power rationing. Sometimes I feel like an unknowing participant in Saturday Night Live.
it is no coincidence that I refused to move for your passing convoy the other day. The next time we meet I won’t either. Why should I? Remember that I’m your boss, and not the other way.
Now that you have ruined this country, killed its people and agreed to absolve yourselves of the blame and don’t seem all that bothered about it, I take comfort in the fact that what goes around invariably comes around. You’ll get yours.
Yours,
A disappointed and disgusted Kenyan.
PIC OF THE DAY
Eh! What are Batman & Robin doing?
1. 'Your 1.7'
(39 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I still cannot get over my indignation over the fact that we, now, apparently, rank with ‘eye-raq’ and Afghanistan, oh and Somalia in the 20 top Failed States in the WORLD. Seriously? In this day and age? And the nincompoops dare call themselves leaders! Pure drivel.
I couldn’t have sed it better, hun!
2. archer
(24 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Kweli kabisa! I hope you saw Kiraitu on TV last night announcing the “Power Supply Management Programme” (aka Power Rationing)as he asked Kenyans to pray for rain, he had that same old cheeky snicker on his face as the day he uttered the now (in)famous “raping an already willing woman” quote.
Ret nthea mbe ndarkness. **Snicker!**
3. maria
(1 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I recall learning about Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs when i was in college - Physiological needs being the most basic needs for human survival form the bottom of the triangle. It’s sad that we Kenyans have literally been reduced to a sub-physiological state: things that God has provided for us are all that we have: Oxygen (via our polluted, unregulated city air), sex (a risky proposition, but hey, we’ll take it), homeostasis (thank God that we have been blessed with strong African genes and our health) and sleep. Other basic needs like water, nutrition, food, clothing, shelter have become the domain of the wealthy. That our own leaders would damn us to become essentially subhuman makes me so sad and angry. I can’t help but think that this is what our leaders strive to do - to compress the masses in that state of pre-physiological need so that they can focus on their “self-actualizing” ie. robbing Kenya blind. It’s truly pathetic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow’s_hierarchy_of_needs
4. WathiiFm
(84 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
How about you add wilde beeste to that list since the animals prefer Tanzania to Kenya
5. udi
(78 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Like I have said time and time before
FFck Kibaki, Fuck Raila, Fuk their wives, kids, mistressess. Fuk MP’s. Fuk politicians. I hope their genitals rot off in the middle of the night and we have to euthanize them
6. mimmz
(2 Comments) | August 5th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
While I feel your pain and agree with a lot of what you said, I think that the solutions for these things lie not with the politicians, but with the regular citizens.
Think about it, if the politicians didn’t find a willing Kenyan to “pay” or “reward”, they would not do anything but wish. Corruption in the grassroots is the womb of all failures. It’s easy to think that corruption with the leaders is.
The only reason they perpetuate it, is because everyone is dancing to the same tune if not ultimately beating the drums to give the tune. chenge must start at the grassroot level.
7. magaribina
(1 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Entertaining? Yes, like a drunk insulting your mother in entertaining. This band of bellicose buffoons stopped being a reliable source of entertainment a few light years ago!
8. 'Your 1.7'
(39 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Wait, I pay 46 effing % of my hard earned money to those effing buffons, I support my family financially, I support a charity, I play my part in giving where I can. You know what? I think I do enough. I don’t get it when people say that ‘change must start with us’. HOW? I mean, if I weren’t paying half of my salary to taxes? Yes, I might find it in me to ‘do more’ (like what, tarmac roads? Er….build a hospital? hunh?) But at this point, what recourse does the ‘common mwananchi’ have? Refuse to pay taxes? How will I lobby my employer to refuse to deduct or remit my PAYE or VAT? And since in my case I’m the one who remits the damn taxes, you can be sure I will find myself in jail faster than I can say KRA.
The same way that I have to meet my targets and contribute to my employer’s bottom line and if I don’t I get fired is the same way we’ll keep harking at these twits (well, not twitter twits. lol) to step up.
If there’s another way I can do it that will not put in grave danger me or my family, I’m listening.
9. Our Kid
(40 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Grrrrrrrrrrr.
10. Cookies
(2 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
46% per cent? Really. Not that I’m defending the lazy ones up in the August house, but 46% does seem like a little high even for them.
11. nairobain
(3 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
its funny how they ve given clinton such high security that they themselves dont enjoy and she is here to rap them on their failures calling them a corrupt lot now and then!
12. NiKolaS
(5 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
when i think about all this rubbish we call leadership or waheshimiwa i fear for my health, and with no food or power or water or health services to speak of i fear that i will just collapse and die, or be run over by a very expensive motorcade. one of theirs if you guessed, as i get robbed by thugs seeing as security is not like present. sigh.
13. Chrenyan
(143 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Vintage M. Artfully put, yet succinct.
I think there are points to both Mimmz’ and 1.7’s arguments. How many of us have bribed? How many of us REALLY are not tribal? The fact that our younger MP’s are just as bad/worse than our older ones is clear evidence that our leaders are really a reflection of ourselves. A leader does not magically change on his ascendancy to power. What he/she always was only becomes more visible…
ON THE OTHER HAND there is no justification for the wanton looting, dereliction of duty, slavery to ethnicity, and petty politicking that our leaders are currently exhibiting. And we had better cease to expect solutions from these chaps. To most of our leaders a failed state is one that can no longer be milked of its resources, either because those resources have run out or because its citizenry refuse to allow it.
By that yardstick, Kenya is alive and well.
14. mimmz
(2 Comments) | August 6th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Now, now, angry Kenyans. I didn’t say the politicians were right. I said, the regular people have the solutions. The point is to control what we can. And word of caution, anger is not part of the solution.
- Take no bribes
- Offer no bribes
- Invest in knowledge (vs propaganda and bickering)
- Once in a while go to parliament and ask questions and offer solutions
- surprise them with a follow up in say 3-4 weeks
- challenge rumors, ask for evidence and be prepared to admit when you’ve been wrong
Here’s what I know for sure. That many a good politician has been turned rogue by the negativity they face from the public. This is an ungrateful job. Which means they all turn inwards for support. And then the public becomes the enemy.
We must open our eyes to the fruits of our actions and our labor. We can’t always be pointing fingers. If we’re at war with our politicians, then we’re the enemy. we need to bridge this gap.
That’s why I say, quit bickering and sheep mentality politicking. Read, research, ask and be honest not emotional with observations and opinions. Understand that managing resources for a nation is not an easy task and appreciate the challenges. And then propose solutions.
There’s more where this is coming from. But this is supposed to be a comment, not a post.
15. citizen
(1 Comments) | August 8th, 2009 at 12:40 am
So, after all this complaining, what do you think the Kenyan citizen will do? either before or after 2012?
Can the country remain peaceful or is it headed for a violent disaster come 2012?
16. jimmy
(1 Comments) | August 10th, 2009 at 8:44 am
@citizen, vita itatokezea
17. Nakeel
(77 Comments) | August 10th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Sometimes I say God some people don’t have purpose to live why cant He just flush them away and give His people peace.
Numbers 26:10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a warning.
Let it happen to the house…
18. Ukwelii
(3 Comments) | September 16th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I don’t read the papers. I don’t watch the news. Only know what’s going on in sports - from time to time.
I may not be better than you, but I sure am happier.
Sometimes, the only way to stop the noise is to keep your head in the sand.
Sad, but true.
19. Mombasa Car Hire
(1 Comments) | September 19th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Kenya will ultimately triumph; but we need to pray for this beloved country.
20. jackie
(3 Comments) | November 18th, 2009 at 11:45 am
i cant say anything….i do not know what would really change my motherland and its leaders to think of development and betterment of my country Kenya………it is so sad