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A BIG DREAM, FOR US ALL

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Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2007 08:49

When people are pivoted with common problems or shared interests it's only logical that they come together and counter their problem as one force. But it's sooo Kenyan to think that we can do it all on our own without anybody's help. Now where did this derailing mentality emanate from? Remember how the opposition lost in the 1997 elections?
Point in case, we are innately selfish, we are shadowed by distrust and with all due apologies, we are corrupt.
These vices have stifled us from developing not just politically but economically as well. I mean you just can't trust a Kenyan with power or money. There is so much suspicion amongst ourselves, we refuse to do an honest work for an honest pay, we believe in short cuts and getting over people, we don't up hold transparency the list doesn't stop. Can somebody help us! Are we doomed to rot in our sleazy proclivities?
Well, even here in the US. We as Kenyans have or will find it absolutely impossible to venture into meaningful, enterprising initiatives as one body. The sad part is that, we have the opportunity and the resources that can be put into use to better our collective situation, but the story ends there. Our characteristic foibles stand staunchly in our way to achieving worthwhile goals.
The figure of Kenyans currently residing in the United States of America is in the tens of thousands. We are remarkably in the front-line compared to other African nations. But what have we got to show for our enviable number? The answer is nothing significant. Why? Because we are so immersed in self-centered individualism.
Back in Kenya, teachers have an elaborate union that boosts assets and towering sky scrappers for their offices. The same goes for dairy farmers, coffee farmers, tea farmers to name just but a few. Through their respective unions they have tangible investments to show for their hard work. The time has long since been due, for us to think hard and assess the limitless possibilities that we can achieve, if only we had a union of Kenyans residing in the States.
Assumedly we have at least fifty-thousand Kenyans living in the states and each of them commits to putting in twenty dollars every month. In one month the union will have a million dollars and more than twelve million dollars after one year. Twenty dollars is less than what you spend whenever you go out.
The money can be used to buy stocks and start small-scale businesses both here in the States and in Kenya. Such a business-oriented Union will certainly be eligible to serious loans from both the US. And Kenyan banks at the same time. We will be in a position to create jobs for us here in the States and we will rest with the satisfaction of creating jobs in Kenya, which is indeed a noble contribution in reducing the enyan government. We can secure lucrative deals with the government like; importing cars, computers and cell phones. Think of the debilitated Kenya Bus Service, we can override it with our modernized fleet of buses to serve Nairobi residents. We can even have a contraction company in Kenya.
Metaphorically, Kenyans in the States are like a family with an oil well in their backyard. The well won't be of much meaning unless it's drilled, processed and sold to the market. More than ever before, we now need to take the initiative and drill our well. We are blessed to be in the States, lets all prove that we are worth of the blessing and use it to bless others. Even the scriptures condemn our position. For we are like the servant who buried his talents while his colleagues invested and multiplied theirs.