Luos and Kikuyus Should Lead the Way to Unity!:Golden Jubilee-Anyona Robert

Luos and Kikuyus Should Lead the Way to Unity!:Golden Jubilee-Anyona Robert

As Kenya celebrates fifty years of its independence, there is little to rejoice about as far as national integration is concern. There is an emergent apprehension that Kenya is at war with itself, the youth mount a serious ideological war in the social media that has left a vicious sense and heightened suspicion amid its citizens. Ethnocentrism, pigeon-holes and terrorization has remained the order of the day where certain communities feel superior to others.

 Kenya’s accomplishment lies not on the state of the art projects and blueprints of the previous and currents regimes but on the quality of life of its residents. Over the past decade there is an increasing concern that this negative ethnic tormentor will suck us dead. Currently, Kenya is ranked midst the botched states in the sub-Saharan expanse which is an affront to its citizens. A divided house cannot stand!

The epitome of divisive politics has fueled the negative ethnicity through tribal government appointments and political choices that aggregate to betrayals. In line with these events I believe Jomo Kenyatta, Oginga odinga, Daniel Moi, Mwai Kibaki, and Raila Odinga holds the ultimate responsibility   to the jumble we are in. To start with, at independence the mood was an integrated Kenya when Mzee Jomo and Oginga  got absolute power they corrupted us absolutely, what transpired between them  fashioned discord among Kikuyus and Luos,  these two societies have dragged this nation behind with their differences and it is time they buried the hatchet and progressed . The 24years of Moi’s era implanted seeds of divide and rule in the hearts of Kenyans, there are not many noble stories to convey about that regime, only persecutions and incarcerations aimed at anti-government forces. Mwai Kibaki received a very cohesive state at Uhuru Park in December 2002, what occurred a decade later? In 2008 Kibaki and Raila signed The Grand Coalition Accord the republic was in tatters but we expected to be united, they used the five years fighting and apportioning us more.

According to Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice the intense disagreement between Shylock the Jew and Antonio the Christian lead to retaliation and I quote “if you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us do we not revenge?” .This tribal animosity will lead us the Rwandan style.

As a diverse nation all of us hold true to the posterity of this nation, let us focus on the things that unite us other than those that divides us, the Kikuyus are typecast for being enterprising they  holds the vital ingredient for this nations launch to new frontiers , the Luos with their perfectionism gets the bragging rights for getting us to  artistic and innovative levels, the Kalenjins with their willpower  advertises us globally in the sporting arena, the Luhyas stereotyped for vigor contributes  the preeminent  specialists and labor force for a better Kenya, the Coastarians are certainly hospitable will hosts our tourism sector and the Kambas with their reliability gives the best supervisors this in turn will make us the Kenya we dream of .We are better united than divided.