I’m more than happy to stand corrected on the issue of a viable leadership alternative. I’ll check out the Partnership for change for sure…

My sense is that much more is still needed – and it has to be of a revolutionary magnitude that will change the leadership paradigm. Even then, there is stilll so much for each individual to do in terms of taking responsibility to develop and nurture their part of the country and not to expect manna to fall from heaven.

The least a competent new government with a new generation of leaders can do is to create and support an environment for Kenyans to work better to resolve the issues that affect us collectively.

Great post. It’s just like hollywood marriages that seem doomed to failure, the Kibaki-Odinga union was over once they started bickering about who wears the trousers and who should be in the kitchen.

However, I don’t really agree that there is no viable leadership alternative. If you check out social movements such as the Partnership for Change, you will find that even the most hesitant politically immune sections of society – the middle class, are stepping up to the plate. Upcoming leadership is there, only that they don’t get press coverage in mainstream media.

But, as you say, leadership is needed across the board. It starts with you and me. If all Kenyans started at that point, even “Baba Annan” would see instant transformation.

Kudo’s. It’s my first visit here, but I shall definitely be back.

Fiona

For now, there are still some observers who have the jury out on him – suggesting that his long term ujamaa/socialist policies catapulted Tanzania back to the stone age.

Granted, it may have in the short term, been a regressive policy in Tanzania that slowed development, but in the long term, Tanzanians have something Kenyans can only dream of. They have a togetherness that is solid and nationalistic. Everyone sees the other as a brother or a sister. There is that patriotic and nationalistic bond that is paramount in having a society that can live and work peacefully.

Development and enterprise is following slowly but surely, and the background in socialism that Nyerere promoted in Tanzania will act as a very stable platform for Tanzania in time, to become one of the most peaceful, stable and developed countries around the block.

Kenya on the other hand has a serious identity crisis with every one operating a solo mentality and being led by folks only interested in lining their own pockets. No one is to blame for this state of affairs apart from the electorate who keep voting in these punks time and time again. This is a responsibility we can’t shift to someone else hoping that the damage the thugs in leadership are causing will go away when we wake up tomorrow.

Rwanda happened so fast because one tribe thought they were superior to the other and lo and behold neighbour turned onto neighbour and to this day yes, peace returned to Rwanda but there is so much tension.Phones are bugged, there is so much tension within the leaders because they know that IT could all happen again!

Thanks for dropping by. Nigeria and Kenya are so alike in so many ways. It’s fine to have the thirst and desire for change – but it’s a non starter if we don’t have a viable alternative.

Glad you enjoyed the article.

Take care.

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