A Thirsty Nation, a hungry people:that's Kenya.
The media houses are constantly talking about the Kenyan situation as it unfolds. The story of the destruction of Mau forest and the consequence drying of rivers has been around for sometimes. Before that came the painful truth that Kenya is a thirsty country because of lack of rains. Kenyans are a hungry people because of failure of rains for about three seasons in a row. We are a people faced with every possible challenge.
Without forgetting that the Cabinet, led by the two principals has already decided to push the errant MPs to accepting the Special Local Tribunal by going to a much lower choice [may be not a choice at all] that of TJRC. Kenyans are now getting used to the reality that after one crisis another is coming. If we focus on solving the problems of the North Eastern Province and other dry areas in Kenya, some unpatriotic fellows will be busy cutting forest cover in the Rift Valley, Mount Kenya, or other water catchment area. Well, simply reducing the grain basket of this country to another arid area.
The Newspapers have news of pupils skipping school due to hunger. The President and the Prime Minister have been in the North Eastern Province recently to launch a country-feeding program. The Military is the key operator here. Hunger is a threat to economic growth, to education system, to employment market, to everything. Yet, the truth is that Kenyans are hungry, thirsty and for sure angry!
Is the government doing enough to help the citizens conserve the environment? Is the government doing enought to help farmers change their farming methods? May be we are asking the wrong questions. Are we Kenyans ready to learn from experience? It is not the first time that rains have failed. Yet, most of us till the land and wait for rains. We have watched our own people die of hunger, thirst and diseases. Helplessly. Is it that we are really helpless? Can't we do something to stop this menace?
Some Kenyans are doing everything they can to see to it that they conserve the environment, they use modern farming methods, they offer a helping hand to the needy and so on. We applaud these. We can do something, each a little, to help Kenya acquire the fame and name it has always had. May be it never had!
Post Script:
There is Swine flu around. We should think seriously before we settle to watch people die of a curable disease.
My pupils are home for their holidays. I have had a chance to visit Meru National Part on Saturday. At Murera Gate, a game warden attended us in the most professional way one could see. He was honest and exemplary. I have seen a Kenyan treating well with tourists without expecting tips. In the park, there were numerous wild animals, typical of this park. Meru National Park is a true wilderness. But there is a threat. Herds of cattle are roaming freely in the wild. That is not particularly encouraging.
Without forgetting that the Cabinet, led by the two principals has already decided to push the errant MPs to accepting the Special Local Tribunal by going to a much lower choice [may be not a choice at all] that of TJRC. Kenyans are now getting used to the reality that after one crisis another is coming. If we focus on solving the problems of the North Eastern Province and other dry areas in Kenya, some unpatriotic fellows will be busy cutting forest cover in the Rift Valley, Mount Kenya, or other water catchment area. Well, simply reducing the grain basket of this country to another arid area.
The Newspapers have news of pupils skipping school due to hunger. The President and the Prime Minister have been in the North Eastern Province recently to launch a country-feeding program. The Military is the key operator here. Hunger is a threat to economic growth, to education system, to employment market, to everything. Yet, the truth is that Kenyans are hungry, thirsty and for sure angry!
Is the government doing enough to help the citizens conserve the environment? Is the government doing enought to help farmers change their farming methods? May be we are asking the wrong questions. Are we Kenyans ready to learn from experience? It is not the first time that rains have failed. Yet, most of us till the land and wait for rains. We have watched our own people die of hunger, thirst and diseases. Helplessly. Is it that we are really helpless? Can't we do something to stop this menace?
Some Kenyans are doing everything they can to see to it that they conserve the environment, they use modern farming methods, they offer a helping hand to the needy and so on. We applaud these. We can do something, each a little, to help Kenya acquire the fame and name it has always had. May be it never had!
Post Script:
There is Swine flu around. We should think seriously before we settle to watch people die of a curable disease.
My pupils are home for their holidays. I have had a chance to visit Meru National Part on Saturday. At Murera Gate, a game warden attended us in the most professional way one could see. He was honest and exemplary. I have seen a Kenyan treating well with tourists without expecting tips. In the park, there were numerous wild animals, typical of this park. Meru National Park is a true wilderness. But there is a threat. Herds of cattle are roaming freely in the wild. That is not particularly encouraging.
There is sense in what you are saying father. This country has a rotten population but a few people are just as good as the Game Warden you saw at Murera Gate of Meru National Park. That is consoling. Those few who choose integrity over corruption are the real heroes. They do not need Aaron Ringera, KACC Chair, for a recognition. Don't they challenge the status quo this way?
ReplyDeleteAgnes, Nairobi