Focus right! Says OleOrilili.
Posted on December 11, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
OleOrilili, I am greatful that you found us and kindly continue to motivate us on this cause. I thought I should bring my reaction to your comments to the post section to attract more attention from our readers. We kindly as k you to be involved in this debate.Here is the original comment by OleOrilili. http://saidimuolengais.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/kenya_sm03.gif#comment-38
Should we or shouldn’t we address the historical mistakes against our people? Should the Maumau, for example, demand a public official apology from the Kenyatta administration?
OleOrilili, I absolutely agree with you that we focus on the enlightenment of our people owing to the fact that the western world era of enlightenment was about 4 centuries earlier. I also second the vote to prioritize the spirit of income generating activities which will certainly empower not only the oppressed people but the entire Nation and indeed, continent. Consequently, I belief that there is no way we can do all this without security.
To read more on Oreli’s reaction (click here)
Look at what is happening in Samburu now, All the killings and human degredition, endlessness conflict beteen ethnic groups is a direct resulting from historical crimes and fraud against the Maa and other ethnic groups in Kenya.
Of course, we have never been backward, not even in the 17thc when the Western world was being enlightened! We have always been “ingenous” and self-reliant, only that our system has been corrupted and that is why we cannot live within our brilliant welfare system, e.g. restocking, large scale zero grazing while maintaining communal land ownership form and sustaining our environment for many generations to come.
It is every Kenyan wish, that we manage our resources fairly and morally,nevertheless, not all Kenyans have access to, or own the right to utilize them, and that is the problem! Luxembourg, Sweden and Denmark ,Switzerland, America are all grabbed lands but they never stopped developing just as you highlight. Unlike Kenya, the government of those Western nations attached value to individuals hence created a system to protect it. The government can be said to be a necessary evil, even in good times, but the people can always check and balance it to ensure that it does the job it is constitutionally assigned to do.
The Western world(Most of them), begun by addressing the historical injustices in some parts(regarding to if the oppressed people were aware of their rights), and people were compensated. People were given sovereinity under the constitution of their new Nations.
The colonizer had to give up and let the colonized nations rule themselves. On its turn, the now free nations saw it as a necessity to provid its population with opportunities to self determination(well-to-a majority-extent). In the West, human rights were constituted and respected. Democracy became a leading star, although am not claiming that democracy is a must for a nation to prospare, look at China and its growing market(but not sure if iChina’s Capitalist face is humane).
The “Red Indians” though,may not have been compensated following the systematic Massacre by the Colonial masters who invaded. America have now repented and recognized the “Indians” I think that America have issued a public apology to the Native Americans, the Indians for the atrocities committed against them under the construction of America.
In the European countries, the royal, the Lords who owned military and farm lands negotiated with the King to share power and resources in exchange of security and taxation, an agreement that led to the creation of the English Magna Charter in the 1217c. They negotiated with their King for their Rights . This agreement to fairly share resources, gave rise toa new “Constitution” was made to regulate the agreement. A Bill of Rights came to being! This is what we as Kenyans are today working on.
We have never been so much involved than today.. Yes, we know that our people should be able to read the Constitution and understand what it says in Kimaasai and other native tongues, in order to understand how to claim their rights to equal sharing of Kenya’s natural resources.
The Constitution will soon be passed but the ingenious people may not understand what it is because the system have not taken that into consideration. Despite that, they are looking forward and craving for equal recognition.
Yes, we want to be businessmen and women because we are forced to. Here, we want your expertise as much as any other well wishing Kenyan to help our people change attitude towards today’s life and trends of change.
People’s attitude is changed through proper and quality education for instance, and this is provided by the nation Sate, well. ought to be so…
My question to you dear fellow, Has the government of Kenya provided quality education to the children of Kenya?
Has it provided necessary facilities to distribute equality in say, Samburu, Laikipia or other parts of Northern frontier? Why?
Kenya is not a poor country and it has well educated civil servants….
Its 08.26 now and I must take some breakfast so that I run to school lest I come late and conform to the stereo-types.
I want to continue this debate… Ndugu Oreli, be positively motivated and challenge the Kenyan people..
Thank you for this time..
Saidimu Ole Ngais.
