Friday, 14 October 2011

Kenya, Cry my beloved country...

I'm a Kenyan, born and raised at the slopes of Nyandarua Ranges famously known as the Aberdares. This place is so cold, snow unbelievably comes down in June. However, that deterred not my going to school, on cold frosty mornings, bare footed and tinier than a mini so you can guess the chill went all the way to the heart...all I'm trying to say is I'm Kenyan, born and raised.


Fast track to a few days ago. I am buying sugar at Kshs 415 (2kgs), meko gas at 1,700, paying over the edge for transport, hata chapati wameongeza bei!!! Now, while all this is happening, on grounds higher than those I operate within, the dollar is shooting faster than a target nuke. But it doesn't end there, I'm patriotically working my butt off for my beloved Kenya, but the guy responsible for the shilling's stability is currently more worried about his neck in the Hague, than he could possibly be about your empty, debt filled pocket. Inflation has become a household word nowadays, its not a wonder to get someone name their son Inflation Kimaiko or something.

The shocking thing is that the two principles don't find the need to address these problems just yet, "tutagoja kidogo tu, sio saaana....kwani tunaeda wapi?"..."hii mambo tutaangalia baadaye, SIVYO?...na tunahakikisha tumeangalia SIVYO? Kitendawili..."

We are headed for yet another G. Election yet camps are still full of IDPs from the last one we had...while all this is happening, MPs want money set aside for very important missions to be deviated towards compensating them for doing what every other Kenyan out there is doing, paying taxes. Humane indeed!! I actually wonder why it gets so exciting whenever they visit a place, all songs and dances and stupid "solidarity forever " chants filling the air.

Yes, the G.E. is coming. Watch carefully, we might just put another politician back  in power but in the real sense, what Kenya needs is a humanitarian. But how many of our eyes can see that? They refused to vote Wangari Maathai back to parliament, now tell me, what makes you think they will give the Presidency to Peter Kenneth or the likes....? Think again.

Oh, almost forgot, you can follow me on twitter (Jeffgichuhi) or facebook (Jefferson Gichuhi Njoroge) na tutaongeaongea.

4 comments:

  1. It should be enough to experience only poverty in a poor country like Kenya- but then when you add on to this high cost of living, then the injustice that is the true character of the " free world " suddenly springs up. The truth is, one cares about the person on the ground- whether they eat, have a roof on their head or are healthy. The rich are kin remaining rich. The powerful are kin on consolidating power for themselves and generations of their families. These two groups use the poor, and the plight of the poor to attain this end. As I have always said; only a real war will sift this nonsense out of Kenya.

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  2. i feel you but what is this real war, we wouldn't want anymore bloodshed now would we? philosophy has failed due to our collective laziness to clean our high offices. for example, sugarcane is the and we haven't heard of a milling company that has gone down in flames...so why in good heavens is sugar still high...???TuTAHAMA??

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  3. Ethiopia is producing sugar at a lower cost than we do. The total cost of production is low, and they employ mechanisms that we do not exploit like irrigation. While we rely on God to send rain from heaven for a steady production, they are using their God given brains to harness water from other sources to keep their Agricultural production going.
    Botswana is equally showing us dust in governance. While are wasting time "trying" to establish institutions that would fight corruption, they are speedily meeting their objectives and focusing on economic growth and better governance. We are deep into politics and the passions they rouse, and we can't wait to see who the next president will be or where he will come from.
    While this confusion goes on, our people sink deeper into poverty. Unemployment rises. Government sinks deeper into debt. The rich get richer. Crime increases. It is not that our people are lazy. We know what we want. It is that our people up there do not want to change the system to benefit all of us in a balanced way.

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  4. We are the ones who elect all government to power so i think before we proceed to blame our government, we should blame ourselves first for our ignorance and laxity to elect a government that thinks with its head. the poll shows that the next possible president is Uhuru or Raila!!!!What the HELL???these are the same goons who have been there watching as things fall out of hands for Kenyans and doing pretty much nothing....are we still blaming the government?

    if we want a change in kenya, we need a new seed, a proven seed and just something out of the ordinary.

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