The system we are living in colludes with corrupt leaders, condones bad leadership and relegates anything important to the periphery. What we see in the high offices is a shameful lack of consistency in pursuit of larger ideals of development, environmental conservation and education. Leadership should not be approached as a cafeteria, where you order the things that you like and avoid those that you don’t. You can’t choose glory, power, and status and ignore things such as performance, responsibility and accountability.
Within us is the ability to spur our country and continent forward, but it will take a deliberate effort, at personal level to develop such abilities to practicability in the real sense.
We must review our standards and values, and then align ourselves to professional and godly ideals. We must believe in ourselves strongly enough to defend our positions on issues, to internalize our roles, forge a clear identity on the basis of truth and good leadership. This will be achieved by personal efforts, better training, and deliberate quality enhancement. Only then can we expect a future where we would be proud to stand tall and be counted as citizens of this great nation; Obamaland!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Misdemeanour; Kenyan MPs
It’s rather appalling and down right disturbing to watch news in this beloved country of ours. Not that I am any less patriotic than I was on November 5th, or immediately after the Beijing Olympics, but come on, our mps are a total bunch of useless characters. This is of course with an exception of a few, who surprisingly can differentiate between simple and simplistic. I don’t need to mention Hon. Johnstone Muthama and company.
A cross section of the former has been openly ganging up to do some things i would not imagine somebody calling themselves a leader would do in the 21st century. Take fro instance the Coast MPs, publicly calling on the coastal people, telling them that they should be president come 2012. How do you single out one community, polarise them, with skewed politics and expect to have the whole of Kenya stand united? What is tribalism, if this isn’t? And if they think coiling back to their ethnic communities is how to win the presidency, or premiership, do they really think they have enough numbers at the coast only to get to the statehouse? Come on, this isn’t going to happen. My advice to you is that give yourself a national appeal, not a tribal one, and that way you can get your name on the presidential ballot, otherwise we don’t even like you as you are!
I was growing weary of the vibe that every MP was giving, that they would like to pay taxes, but the whole august house has to pass such a bill. Now that there is a way each individual member can pay, can the real men and women stand up please? And now they all go silent! Can the real leaders queue behind Muthama? Philanthropy, charity, or whatever they may rubbish it as, that’s the true sense of being a Kenyan leader; by example, not mouthing everywhere. Ababu, Martha, etc, are you listening?
A cross section of the former has been openly ganging up to do some things i would not imagine somebody calling themselves a leader would do in the 21st century. Take fro instance the Coast MPs, publicly calling on the coastal people, telling them that they should be president come 2012. How do you single out one community, polarise them, with skewed politics and expect to have the whole of Kenya stand united? What is tribalism, if this isn’t? And if they think coiling back to their ethnic communities is how to win the presidency, or premiership, do they really think they have enough numbers at the coast only to get to the statehouse? Come on, this isn’t going to happen. My advice to you is that give yourself a national appeal, not a tribal one, and that way you can get your name on the presidential ballot, otherwise we don’t even like you as you are!
I was growing weary of the vibe that every MP was giving, that they would like to pay taxes, but the whole august house has to pass such a bill. Now that there is a way each individual member can pay, can the real men and women stand up please? And now they all go silent! Can the real leaders queue behind Muthama? Philanthropy, charity, or whatever they may rubbish it as, that’s the true sense of being a Kenyan leader; by example, not mouthing everywhere. Ababu, Martha, etc, are you listening?
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Interesting observation …….
45 years ago, Kibaki and Michuki were in Cabinet and J. F. Kennedy was running for President. Obama was 1 year old. 45 years later, Kibaki and Michuki are still in cabinet, and Obama is PRESIDENT-ELECT for the same seat Kennedy was running for. In 45 years, we have had Johnson, Carter, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 1 and Bush 2 in between as presidents of USA but in Kenya the same guys in their 70's and 80's are still trying to tell Kenyans they can make development models that work? Makes u think??
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Seriously, is it just me?
I have been wondering whether anyone else notice the striking resemblance between President Paul Kagame and Gen. Laurent Nkunda!
Are these en related by any chance? Given their history way back, am just thinking how deep a problem Kabila is facing.
Are these en related by any chance? Given their history way back, am just thinking how deep a problem Kabila is facing.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A big shame at Athletics Kenya.
The drama and theatrics in Kenyan politics, at whatever capacity end only to begin a new. And we quite never look below the surface of things, really.
I am quite dismayed by the recently concluded elections at Riadha house, not that I run or swim, can do it or will ever consider doing so, unless something really huge and very dangerous is running behind me just as fast, or faster. My concern is the attitude of the old guns now comfortably occupying the prestigious house.
Almost all officials comfortably retained their seats, quite discouraging in a country where power is shared even in the highest office, which by the way I think, is absurdly dangerous. This is an assumption of monopoly of knowledge and skills, which is a perfect cocktail for the looming lapse in leadership gap; not so dissimilar if you are a Kenyan. Worse still is the business-as-usual attitude assumed by Kiplagat and team.
My discontent is not so irrational, and here are my adduced facts.
Soon after being elected Kiplagat said that he ‘…would spend 50% of the time resting, and the rest ensuring that general Tuwey does …’ I don’t know what. But it is to the effect that Tuwey will be doing the work Kiplagat was elected for. So my issue; now that the chairman, implicitly will be doing nothing in the office, unless 100% minus 50% minus ‘the rest’ does not amount to zero, why did he vie in the first place? Why can’t he let this Tuwey do whatever it is that he is supposed to do the office the whole time, now that during his share of the time he will be sleeping in the office? (That’s the only way I know to rest.) and again, why should we believe that Kiplagat will do that, given what he said four years ago, when he was elected, something to the effect that it would have been his last term?
Maybe you don’t, but I see a big problem in our style of leadership, when we are ignoring the ambrosial talent in the youth. And the whole process of elections was apocryphal anyway.
And I almost forgot to mention that all officials elected in Athletics Kenya are men, as though women don’t do athletics! Yeah, of course I remember Jelimo!
I am quite dismayed by the recently concluded elections at Riadha house, not that I run or swim, can do it or will ever consider doing so, unless something really huge and very dangerous is running behind me just as fast, or faster. My concern is the attitude of the old guns now comfortably occupying the prestigious house.
Almost all officials comfortably retained their seats, quite discouraging in a country where power is shared even in the highest office, which by the way I think, is absurdly dangerous. This is an assumption of monopoly of knowledge and skills, which is a perfect cocktail for the looming lapse in leadership gap; not so dissimilar if you are a Kenyan. Worse still is the business-as-usual attitude assumed by Kiplagat and team.
My discontent is not so irrational, and here are my adduced facts.
Soon after being elected Kiplagat said that he ‘…would spend 50% of the time resting, and the rest ensuring that general Tuwey does …’ I don’t know what. But it is to the effect that Tuwey will be doing the work Kiplagat was elected for. So my issue; now that the chairman, implicitly will be doing nothing in the office, unless 100% minus 50% minus ‘the rest’ does not amount to zero, why did he vie in the first place? Why can’t he let this Tuwey do whatever it is that he is supposed to do the office the whole time, now that during his share of the time he will be sleeping in the office? (That’s the only way I know to rest.) and again, why should we believe that Kiplagat will do that, given what he said four years ago, when he was elected, something to the effect that it would have been his last term?
Maybe you don’t, but I see a big problem in our style of leadership, when we are ignoring the ambrosial talent in the youth. And the whole process of elections was apocryphal anyway.
And I almost forgot to mention that all officials elected in Athletics Kenya are men, as though women don’t do athletics! Yeah, of course I remember Jelimo!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
OUR LIVES.
Our lives are very interesting. They do not follow the dramatic arc that our good plans intend. Life is not an art, and only in very rare incidences of pure perfection does the world actually become a stage; and that clearly, people, we can see, is a shame. Imagine all you have to do having been premeditated?
The reality is, our live are actually imperfect visions of reality, and only art, like a pair of reading glasses can correct it. This, my dear readers, is not pro activity, but a reactionary measure.
The reality is, our live are actually imperfect visions of reality, and only art, like a pair of reading glasses can correct it. This, my dear readers, is not pro activity, but a reactionary measure.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Problematic English.
AFTER ITS' CURRENCY PROBLEM EUROPE SOLVES ITS LANGUAGE PROBLEMS
I have received fresh news from the ongoing UN summit in the United States concerning the current sorry state of English as a language. The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phased plan for what will be known as Euroenglish. (Euro for short.)
In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"'s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru!
I have received fresh news from the ongoing UN summit in the United States concerning the current sorry state of English as a language. The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phased plan for what will be known as Euroenglish. (Euro for short.)
In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"'s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru!
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