In Nairobi the biggest tribe – President, many employers, employees and generally successful is the: Kikuyu
The biggest slum – Kibera and many others are inhabited by Luo people that arrived in Nairobi from the Kisumu area, could not find a job and ended up in a slum.
The politicians divide these 2 communities for their own benefit (votes):
Very bad situation
Education needs to break down these barriers
Look at this video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLsshfCUx4&index=1&list=PLuvkxTBwQE1YuHTfqR0Wr7nS9XFzYdeZd
The single biggest problem is : Corruption
Second biggest is: Poverty
Third biggest: Tribalism
Fourth : Government and most public officials see their job as a way to enrich themselves and not to serve the community
Corruption is terrible – its endemic among government officials
Pay in the public sector is low so they top it up by demanding bribes.
Teachers pay is very low
Poverty: This causes people to take bribes. It causes potential rioters to accept money and riot etc etc.
It causes girls to go into prostitution.
Tribalism is slowly going – but only amongst the young – its endemic in society – jobs go to people in the same tribe as the boss.
Politicians encourage tribalism – they insist all their tribe votes for them.
Currently there is a major dispute between the government – Jubilee coalition and the opposition – CORD over the impartiality of the electoral commission. This is relevant as next year there is a presidential election and Cord says the commission is biased to Jubilee.
Every Monday May / June 2016 – Cord demonstrates – the way this works is that the leaders of CORD encourage so called supporters to demonstrate. Some say bribes are involved – money / beer / food etc
Tribes belong firmly in the past – it was a survival system applicable to a 100 years ago – not today.
Educate young Kenyans as to where they fit into the world……………….
The people of Kenya are foremost: Kenyan
Secondly: East African
Thirdly: African
Forth: Citizens of the world
Tribalism: has no part to play – reject it.
Be proud Kenyan. Support Kenyan athletes etc
East African – get Kenyans to accept that they are part of the East African Region (EAC) – not to dominate it – but to cooperate for the overall benefit of the region. No internal squabbling but mutual cooperation.
African – important – especially to understand how Africa fits into the world. Trade relations. Minerals etc
Citizens of the world – do no leave all decisions to Europe, USA, China etc. African countries as members of the
UN and other organisations must play their part
Uhuru Kenyatta was elected president of Kenya under The National Alliance (TNA), which was part of the Jubilee Alliance with his running mate William Ruto’s United Republican Party (URP). Uhuru and Ruto won 50.07% of votes cast, with closest rivals, Raila Odinga and running mate Kalonzo Musyoka of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy garnering 42%. Raila disputed the election results at the Supreme Court which however held (7–0) that the election of Uhuru was valid and such irregularities as existed did not make a difference to the final outcome . Uhuru Kenyatta was therefore sworn in as President on 9 April 2013.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy is a coalition of multiple political parties, built around the triumvirate of Raila Odinga,Kalonzo Musyoka, and Moses Wetangula, to contest the Kenya General elections of 2013. The members of the coalition are Orange Democratic Movement, Wiper Democratic Movement, FORD-Kenya, Kenya Social Congress, The Independent Party, KADU–Asili,Peoples Democratic Party, Mkenya Solidarity Movement, Chama Cha Uzalendo, Muungano Development Movement Party of Kenya,United Democratic Movement, Chama Cha Mwananchi, Federal Party of Kenya, Labour Party of Kenya Following the hotly contested elections that saw Jubilee alliance win, Cord filed a petition contesting the results. The Supreme Court rejected Cord’s petition and declared Kenyatta the president-elect.
The Coalition of Reforms and Democracy (CORD) is currently the official opposition party in Kenya. It has a wide support in Kenya with roughly 50% of the Electorate in Kenya.
Map Kibera was a project started in 2009, producing a detailed map of Kibera that is current and updated by trained local people on the ground. The mapping project has highlighted the very existence of Kibera itself as prior to 2009 it was just a blank space on maps and was not recognised by government since it was classed as an illegal settlement. The project has collected information on railway tracks, roads, paths, location of medical facilities, location of schools, location of water points, and locations of pit latrines & sewers. The second map on our maps page links directly to ‘Map Kibera‘.
A side benefit of collecting data on more than 350 ‘informal’ schools serving Kibera is that government is now taking notice. It has become obvious that many children are missing out on the government commitment to provide FREE primary school education. The result – plans are now under way for new public schools. Additionally organisations like UNESCO use the information to target their resources in a more focussed way.
So, what a tremendous project this is is and with unexpected influence on both private and public organisations.
The worlds most advanced malaria vaccine, MosquirixTM, produced by Glaxo Smith Kline plc (GSK) could start to be rolled out in Africa within 12 months. You can see the full press release from GSK on their website
The vaccine is aimed at young children and has received a positive response from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use last week. But the eventual roll-out of the vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa is dependent on a number of factors, not least decisions from the World Health Organization, individual governments and the Vaccines Alliance (GAVI), which is expected to subsidise the immunization programs.
Regardless of the obstacles to yet be overcome, this breakthrough in research is fantastic news and may save many lives in Kenya. So we welcome this development from GSK and look forward to both government and funding approval as soon as possible.
The people of Kenya are the most friendly and happy in all of Africa. Forget tribal differences – they do not matter! Forget the elections! Forget the politicians! You the people are far more important. You have all been living side by side for many years with peoples of different tribes. You have been peaceful! Your neighbours are your friends; nothing has changed – they are the same people. Peoples of the world must live together in peace. This includes everyone: black African tribes, whites, Indians, Arabs, Muslims, Chinese etc. – everyone. Your life & health are important. Visit your neighbours, make friends. Give them a hug.
