Kenya many regarded as a stable democracy is in ruins, houses burnt, over 100,000 displaced in the country once seen as the model democracy of the region, the cause is non other than the 27th December 2007 disputed elections. But what beats my understanding is whats failing the Kenyans?.
Kenya is a country which has never had any war after Independence in 1963, 44 years down the road its almost the same as Uganda which has been in wars for more than 3 decades. The countries education system is in tatters, students travel miles and miles to attend the available government or private schools. The public schools lack personnel.
Much as the previous and current Presidents have been boosting of the country's economy but the common man, the local man in the village has nothing to see in his palms. The road networks allover the country are full of potholes save for the "cream parts" where hardworking MPs come from or where the previous presidents came from.
Kenyans today like many other citizens of African countries are complaining of lack of jobs, lack of good education, lack of health facilities, and lack of security. When the so called leaders stand on the podium they are the first people to promise creation of jobs, provide health care, improve education etc. How can you create jobs from nothing?, how can you improve health care with no facilities in place including the doctors or health professionals, how can you improve the education system with no availability of teachers?.
People line up very early in the morning to go and cast ballots, putting trust in one man not knowing, these are the same men with their own hidden agendas best known to themselves. The opposition claims to have been cheated of victory, yes the whole world saw that and please don't forget in Africa beating an incumbent is close to a camel passing through an eye of the needle.
Violence broke out, people murdered in cold blood, houses raged, shops looted of which these acts were mainly done by the opposition supporters at one point quoting BBC the opposition supporters raided a private university and demanded a particular ethnic group delivered to them for slaughter!! with all that going on slogans everywhere No Raila No Peace, and even the Leader of the main opposition party seemed to echo the motto what kind of leaders has Kenya brought forward? Leaders after personal gain and not care about others dying?, leaders too proud that swallowing humble pie and allow fake defeat for the good of the nation and the region? Leaders too proud to doctor election votes such that to stay in power?
Having a support base of jobless, idle and mostly uneducated youths is risky because in case of instability they'll tarnish your political image. Raila's support base are rowdy youths who brought the nation to its knees with the mass demonstrations, violence never seen in Kenya. You cant create jobs for such people and first of all from nowhere. Creation of jobs is through investors setting up heavy industries. Heavy Industries such as Car assembly plants or manufacturing plants can't set base in Kenya because of its lack of the required skills, and also other heavy industry companies such as IBM, Microsoft etc can't step in Kenya the other remaining industries most of the work is automated by robots which do most of the work. So the lies of creating jobs should just stop, people should just continue with their creativity and not bank on their leaders that they will create jobs because its a pure lie.
There's much to say, but the reality is the leaders have failed the people of Kenya non of the two men either Raila or Kibaki are fit to be in State House, they have all failed the mark. They all didn't care to humble themselves in the first place for the good of the image of Kenya and her people, the two men failed to realize that violence going on claimed a lot of lives, people burnt in the house of God alive until the international community stepped in and they came to their senses and called off the rallies countrywide.
Its high time come Dec 2012 for the people of Kenya not to bring back any of those who were involved in the violence either directly or indirectly by their supporters. Democracy should prevail, discard all those oldies and look for well educated young blood.