Today is Independence Day in Kenya, 48 years ago today Kenya became an independent nation. I am in no way an expert on Kenya nor can I say that I know enough about the people, the culture, and the country's history to offer much by way of commentary about the current state and future of this country. I will offer up the following observations of a fairly ignorant guest.
I honestly believe that Kenya can have a great future, I think there are so many positives about this country. The people value education, there are seaports on the coast, roadways to the interior, and great year-round weather. The big issue in Kenya is that so many of the positives have not been harnessed in a way that would allow this country to really take off. The reasons for this are numerous, I won't go into them because I could not do the history and political-economy proper justice. I will say that for all the Kenyan's I have spoken to, they all want better for their country.
I can imagine with the right leadership, this country can really take off, but it will not happen overnight and it will require that everyone here work together to improve things. The new constitution should help things, that is so long as those who have taken an oath to uphold it actually do so. I do hope that over time Kenyan's speak in terms of benefits to the country as a whole.
I am cautiously optimistic here, I think good things will happen. I just do not know how long it will take. I hope for nothing but good things and I know that I will always pay attention to what goes on here. I look forward to good things.
For now, Happy Birthday Kenya.
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An unrelated postscript, this is my 50th published post. Pretty cool milestone for me. Never thought I would write this much. Hope you haven't been too bored. Thanks for reading!
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