Been reading this book by Michela Wrong.Man , this chic is just teaching me stuff about my own country!!! its just one shocker after another.Its like she’s more Kenyan than I am. I’m not talking about patriotism or anything. its like she’s been living in my country and i have been living in this, how do I even put it? country?
She know’s more stuff about this country than I could have ever known my whole life had I not read the book!!!!
I din’t know for a fact that our President had a stroke in his first term. No wonder the man cudn’t talk properly and when he cud he din’t make any sense.Still doesn’t. The guy has to read from speeches written for him which he doesn’t even remember after reading them!!!
and also some really weird stuff about our city cemetery…. I won’t even go into that
and about the deeply entrenched tribalism in this country,which I already knew but the book gives detail. what I know was, or rather, knew, is in no way comparable to what has been uncovered. Mayb it’s because I have not been advarcely affected by it.or have I?
and about how corruption is so , so deeply rooted that even I dont think we can be simply delivered by just having another government in place. It makes mafias and gangs in movies look like child’s play for our govt officials, MPs and ministers.
Some deals like the angloleasing started even b4 this govt was in place and was just perfected by it!!! It is made up of 18 deals and not just one! makes me wonder what else is goin on??? Do I even want to know ? Isn’t just better to continue wallowing in my ignorance?Which brings about the question what can I ,or anyone do for that matter, do about it? coz all the pople involved and implicated in whatever saga are still in or have beeen brought back to government after just a few months.general amnesia huh?
I dont know, but at this point, I’m questioning my own sense of patriotism, which I’m not even sure I have.
havent finished reading yet, but upto this point am scared to find out more.
