As the hubbub continues about who gets to have what seat and
how seats which eventually will be decided through the ballot will be shared goes
on in the lead up to the March 2013 general elections, the electorate ought to
be able to look through the veil of deceit and choose a leadership that
respects the Constitution and has the moxie to ensure its full implementation.
Chapter 6 is every leader’s night mare. They may have
brushed issues of integrity aside FOR NOW but at the back of their minds they
are aware that Kenyans are aware – now more than ever *Jeff Koinange’s voice* -
of what they expect of their leaders.
The interview captioned here was conducted some time in 2011
in a region of Kenya that is marginalized and completely neglected and is threatened
by further neglect with the on-going evictions in the name of creating wildlife
conservancies, meant to benefit a few who already have an abundance.{Samburu}
The Constitutional provisions on Community land envision a
situation where wild life conservation will involve community participation and
will directly benefit the host communities.
It is unfortunate that in this day and age of super-highways
and new railway systems there are Kenyans who are not only exposed to
insecurity and the harshest of living conditions, but worse, even the little
they could claim to be theirs can be taken away at any time by a government in
cahoots with an elite – local and foreign – that cares little about its own
citizenry.
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