Sunday, November 29, 2009
Wealth/Kinship Vs Leadership
Since when did anyone become a leader because there father is one? Does being wealthy or rich in this country make one a leader? Maybe i am wrong but last time i checked, a leader in Kenya is not necessarily a wealthy fellow but rather one who the public/private sector or any other has directly or indirectly placed responsibility upon. Many unknown Kenyans of good will are changing lives without chest thumping on national TV.That is the kind of Kenya we want.A Kenya where we don't necessary blame everything on the government but rise to meet the challenges as individuals and citizens first. When people like Jimmy Kibaki run around telling us they are our leaders and tomorrow's leadership,i can not help but wonder why we continue to question where the rain started beating us. It started with people with selfish and personal interests,driven by nothing but the desire to better themselves and there cronies. It began with tribal cahoots and alliances that serve no one but the so called 'leaders' who found such outfits. Somebody please tell this old chaps running around spewing tribal jargon that they are not YOUTHS period. In your 40s the last thing you wanna do is waste a lot of energy spewing tribal hatred,and living the lie that you are still young and tomorrow's leaders. Where does that leave the rest of us in our early 20s who are not even sure we will get jobs after all. Talk about forgetfulness. We are not even two years complete past 2007,the memories are still as fresh as the wounds we inflicted upon each other that time and our so called 'young' are already at it again. Kenya is not an Aristocracy,the youth know themselves and we definitely know tomorrow´s leaders so please just keep off us in your petty politics of division. Fight your political wars without dragging the youth in.
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