I have lost my colleague and good friend, Dr. Mutie, then I lost my small mother (what some refer to as step mother), then two brothers of my father. What a terrible month for me and my entire family. God will look upon us favourably.
Unpacking the invisible knapsack of privilege in corruption in Kenya
The on-going investigations and arrests in Kenya in regard to corruption has raised admiration and consternation in equal measures around the country. The amounts of money mentioned in the dealings have broken the County’s “best record” of looting. However, given these are by no means the first, nor will they be the last cases of corruption in high places, is it not time to put aside the normal political rhetoric and engage in a no-nonsense discourse on what every Kenyan over the age of thirty knows: The existence of ‘unearned’ opportunities or wealth which is an indictment on our value system that it warrants a disbelief in an idea foundational to the Kenya’s future and the Independence dreams which were shattered by the opportunism? I am proposing a discourse that is poised to propel an ideological movement well beyond the Parliament, the courts, police cells, the ivory tower and into political discourse, pop culture commentary, and workplace seminars. Discussing corru...
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