There's nothing to celebrate in 53rd Madaraka

Kenya today marks the 53rd year since independence. 53 years of self governance and a lot is yet to be achieved by the successive regimes.  Despite the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010, the aftermath has be more or less the same and the main question lies here,  when is the change gonna Happen?

In the recent past,  I have keenly followed the politics that has been on air.  The issue about Disbanding the electoral body,  Election day and wage bill are the new challenges that befall this nation.  The fight for the forth liberation of the country is slowly picking up after Uhuru kenyatta started to gradually convert this nation to be a police State.

Kenya has never used Uganda as a role model until recently when we saw police use excessive force to try to stop demonstrators again the IEBC commissioners.  I find the debate rather quixotic and the subject rather contentious as the future of this nation lies entirely on the decisions we make today.

Former Vice president Late Prof. George Saitoti once said,  "There come a time, when a nation is more important than an individual." Saitoti was right as today we see some fore play by diety presidency who want to be the referee in their own game. 

The last time we  changed the electoral body, we had free and fair referendum.  What followed remains a debatable oracle as despite the Supreme Court Ruling on 2013 presidential election,  the outcome was privy.

As Kenya marks 53 years, I am of the opinion, the white man could have continued to rule this nation for another 50yrs. Kenya was under colonialism for 67 years but 53 years of self governance, we still chorus the three enemies we had at 1963, poverty, diseases and ignorance.

Today poverty has been on the rise due to increased rate of corruption, tribalism and nepotism index.  This has indirectly contributed to unemployment to deserving elite who have there after lost hope of serving this nation.  Our august house has failed to live up to standards of a modern democracy.  Many are playing psychopathic politics and have aimless following.

At this rate, we are facing hard times as a country and non aligned leader can take us out of this state.  Despite being a rainbow nation,  our differences are widely seen among all kenyans of all walks of life.  Poverty has not United us but has farther divided us.

As a nation,  we face new challenges other than those we had in 1963. Despite low mortality rate,  many kenyans end up dying before they attain the age of 40. This has been attributed to the new ailments that the government of that day has done little to compat.

Worldwide, the new infection to non curable diseases like HIV has gone down but in Kenya we are yet to see any changes in statistics. We have increased population compared to that of 1963, but how are we working to attain a negligible rate in infections?

Finally, as a nation we wanted to fight ignorance among our own citizens.  You can agree with me, Kenya has over 70% misinformed or not aware of current affairs citizens. I have from time to time blamed the path we decided to take in 1985 when we introduced the 8-4-4 policy that has not created thinkers but just examination doers.

The reading culture in this country is slowly dying out and therefore it's hard to have a meaningful argument with graduates of the system.  90% our population can not entirely communicate in English despite having gone through the basic 12yrs in school. What precedence are we setting?

Unless we have a change, I find it rhetorical to brag about the self governance.