But I'm Kenyan

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Mais Je suis Kenyan!

No, not in that language, but that usually is the excuse for mediocrity in public service, infrastructure, well, in just about everything. Indeed, Kenya, much like most of the sub-Saharan African countries prioritize religious hegemony over common sense. Leaders - chosen by God. Poor infrastructure, deaths in ill-equipped hospitals, carnage on the roads due to a lack of observation of the highway code - God must be angry.

Mais Je suis Kenyan!

In 2017, we had entire communities coming out of their poverty-stricken cocoons to, essentially, grant one of the bourgeoisie a "birthday present." So to speak, they crawled on hungry bellies like termites to the nest, leaving a trail of pride and destruction that is only just evident in their tribal wake. Qu'ils mangent de la brioche! True, some highways are world class, and you can traverse much of the country without as much as tracking mud all the way to the fast forgotten hovels of "upcountry," but, looking at the infrastructure, one has to wonder whether the country had to be entirely mortgaged to the Chinese. 

It never had to be the story, not at all.

The c-word at play here is corruption. 

For the country has always been on sale for the highest bidder.

From the founding pigs of the land who ravenously allocated themselves land with wanton abandon, right down to the pig in charge, and his even more ravenous hog deputy, best known for thinking that every prime plot of land bears his name, Kenya has been gang raped by those supposed to protect her dignity.

Sadder still, the people seem oblivious, or farcically inured to the shenanigans of the ruling class. Only in Kenya have I seen someone loot public resources meant for the youth, and then get themselves elected as a powerful county governor.

Mais, Je suis Kenyan.

How much more moronically stupid must we get before the entire floor gives way beneath our feet?


Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, Kenya. ©GSK



A giraffe running away from the damn corruption, perhaps?

Nairobi National Park, Kenya. ©GSK


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