How will Kenyans face their situation?
Today my pupils are doing their final duties at school. Tomorrow they will live. It is the beginning of August Holiday. Eighty four of them will be sitting for the National Exam [KCPE] next term. The rest will be spending their third term [about 9 weeks] revising and revisiting whatever they have studied in the last two terms. They will be expected to attain the minimum of 250 Marks out of the possible 500 marks in order to be promoted to the next class.
Today I have seen relaxation in the eyes of the teachers. I have seen tension dissolve slowly in the actions of these pupils. There is chatting and giggling all over as the children end their term. Yet, these children and their teachers are part of the Kenya bearing the burden of lack of water, food crisis, power rationing, environmental degradation and unnecessary political bickering just to mention but a few problems. These children full of energy and will to build a bright future are leaving school today for a three-week holiday where they will face the problems above. While they are happy at the moment, I wonder how many will have the rest they need in order to resume studies with strength and even greater determination? I still think a great deal about their own health. How will they face the current precarious situation?
Phineas says that life for them is what it presents at every moment. They are happy now because after nearly 15 weeks of school, they are rather tired and desire a bit of rest.
For sure, Phineas like many other boys of his age in Kenya, know that rain is failing because of climatic changes. He knows that the current talk on Mau forest destruction and the many political intrigues involved have contributed to the owes of our Kenya.
How will Kenyans face their problem? Are they going to behave like my pupils: living whatever life presents at the moment? Will Kenyans team-up with the civil society and the NGOs that are promoting human development through alleviating poverty and dedicated fight against
corruption? Will Kenyans break the circle of hatred created through a history of failed leadership and unnecessary tribal emphasis?
How will Kenyans face their deteriorating situation? Not through presidential decrees of course! That is out of mind for many. The current Leadership does not seem to care about the problems Kenyans are facing. If they did, IDPs would not be still in camps. If they did, Mau forest would not be destroyed. If they did, no Kenyan would die of hunger or of pellagra. Kenyans have to act by themselves.
Today I have seen relaxation in the eyes of the teachers. I have seen tension dissolve slowly in the actions of these pupils. There is chatting and giggling all over as the children end their term. Yet, these children and their teachers are part of the Kenya bearing the burden of lack of water, food crisis, power rationing, environmental degradation and unnecessary political bickering just to mention but a few problems. These children full of energy and will to build a bright future are leaving school today for a three-week holiday where they will face the problems above. While they are happy at the moment, I wonder how many will have the rest they need in order to resume studies with strength and even greater determination? I still think a great deal about their own health. How will they face the current precarious situation?
Phineas says that life for them is what it presents at every moment. They are happy now because after nearly 15 weeks of school, they are rather tired and desire a bit of rest.
For sure, Phineas like many other boys of his age in Kenya, know that rain is failing because of climatic changes. He knows that the current talk on Mau forest destruction and the many political intrigues involved have contributed to the owes of our Kenya.
How will Kenyans face their problem? Are they going to behave like my pupils: living whatever life presents at the moment? Will Kenyans team-up with the civil society and the NGOs that are promoting human development through alleviating poverty and dedicated fight against
corruption? Will Kenyans break the circle of hatred created through a history of failed leadership and unnecessary tribal emphasis?
How will Kenyans face their deteriorating situation? Not through presidential decrees of course! That is out of mind for many. The current Leadership does not seem to care about the problems Kenyans are facing. If they did, IDPs would not be still in camps. If they did, Mau forest would not be destroyed. If they did, no Kenyan would die of hunger or of pellagra. Kenyans have to act by themselves.
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