Today’s Madaraka Day Kenya marks 49 years after
independence. When we look back at Kenya’s history from that time and
now, what achievements are we proud of? Are our lives any better since the
British left and handed independence to Kenyans? Would we have been better-off
with the British still colonizing us than being led by our fellow Kenyans?
To say the truth, there has been some improvement in all sectors
i.e., improved infrastructure, education, health etc…. But generally many
Kenyans can confess that living conditions are getting worse and worse as time
goes by. Democratically we are yet to see a completely free and fair election, because
it is a pity that there has been no democracy in all elections since
independence.
It would be a joy to see statistics of the poor, the sick,
homeless and unemployed getting lower. We are now being told of Vision 2030 but
remember in the 90s we also had a vision of the year 2000 which passed by with
no achievements whatsoever. Not to forget the demon of corruption that has
refused to go away.
This is the usual story of disappointments and frustrations
that many have gotten used to and actually there is nothing much to celebrate.
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