Having a president from your community is a curse. Kalenjins ventured to education, business and construction when Moi retired. Before that they were content with sweeping jobs at Kenya Posts and Telecommunication, the police, Nairobi City Council if not drinking busaa at home.
The Kikuyus had thriving businesses and climbed the education ladder during Moi’s Presidency. The houses and apartments in Nairobi happened during those days. As soon as Kibaki, then Uhuru ascended to power, poverty came in through the door. Kumikumi came in, impotence and hopelessness has taken its toll on the once proud and rich community. The communities who have never tasted power are more educated, more balanced and more free thinking. Having a president from your tribe gives the community a false sense of entitlement and they forget to improve their lives.
Are you serious,are you that daft,are you that naive what is this you putting here.Don’t tell me ktalk has this kind of stupidity being peddled around.
where did I say that you fool? i figured maybe you had an alternative or a rebuttal.
anyway, as you were, seeing that you have no meaningful contribution
I can’t confirm for all the regimes but to agree with you on the current one,entitlement is too much.Including those peasants who are being struck hard by the negative effects on the economy
You are partly right and partly wrong. For the Kalenjin, many became free-thinkers after Moi’s rule was over. However for the Agikuyu, many of them suffered during Moi’s rule due to the following:
The coffee, milk, pyrethrum and cotton industries were totally crippled during Moi’s time intentionally by the regime.
Many kyuks were evicted from Rift valley in Moi-sponsored ethnic clashes in the 90s. Many became squatters.
Infrastructure was badly mismanaged during Moi’s time. People who had produce eg milk and vegetables in Nyandarua, could not access markets in good time.
NB: Despite all this, the Agikuyu became resilient during Moi’s time and turned away from agriculture and formal employment and ventured into business.
Going back to the Kalenjin, it would be inaccurate to say that they didn’t reap benefits of Moi regime. Kalenjin landscape benefitted from good roads, education institutions, hospitals etc. Also, many Kalenjin got formal employment in various government institutions.