tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307640608050434984.post4535492935044510629..comments2009-08-06T18:24:43.991-07:00Lumadede Adolwahttps://profiles.google.com/114222672736738553593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307640608050434984.post-65079585794843381082009-07-29T23:43:32.103-07:002009-07-29T23:43:32.103-07:00andspot on! and yes the ugly wigs have to go!neema divinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128414286581028851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307640608050434984.post-488893833076356482009-06-21T20:00:45.330-07:002009-06-21T20:00:45.330-07:00Cathy I like your comments. Very insightful. I agree with the clean sweep approach, but how do we stop the general polulation from voting against their interests by only seeing things from ethnic perspective? Our politicians will always exploit our divisions to their selfish ends.Paza Sauti Moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07434341752590892330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1307640608050434984.post-52840653313937848312009-06-21T09:00:13.989-07:002009-06-21T09:00:13.989-07:00Very accurate observations! It takes living out of the country for a significant amount of time and returning with a new set of eyes to actually see the absurdity of neo-colonialism ways. The attorneys are also forced to adorn ugly wigs while defending their clients. I guess the normality of it all is summed up by the magistrate or High Court judges shaking their wigs into place as well with an air of importance and arrogance! There are a lot of processes and procedures in Kenya that are still so bound by archaic ways of doing things that one is left shaking his/her head wondering where to start the reforms. A case in point is the stress of trying to acquire a passport or renewing an already expired one. I have haunting memories of being bounced back and forth in the corridors of Nyayo house queuing for the better part of the day only to be told I do not have good reason for asking for a passport! We are now looking to 2030 to solve the issues that the strategic plans of yester years could not solve for the common mwananchi. Reforms are needed in all sectors including education......we cannot expect a change in mindset of the majority when the system that educates the youth reinforces the same chains of pre-colonial days. The same British who colonised Kenya, are the same ones who would not interfere during the bloodbath after the botched elections; the same ones who asked Kenyans to acquire visas before entering British territory and the same ones who do not teach about the British Empire (colonization and acquiring of territories) to their primary and secondary students. Why are we so intent on holding on to the British ways of doing things (including the constitution) when our former colonizers strive to erase any traces of connections with us?<br />Do I have a solution? My solution is rather radical and albeit unrealistic - Start cleaning out all these leaders who have been in power since I was a toddler and allow those who are not yet tainted with greed and selfishness to have a say in all aspects of our development!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731695758506001358noreply@blogger.com