Patriot's Diary # 39: There's room for Improvement

All the annoying and upsetting news on Africa is not worth your emotional overload. That’s just simply because it is not true. Kenya like most countries on this continent are a testimony that there is a second chance for everyone.

Media abroad and even at home are pretty harsh to downplay and justify our eternal dependency on everyone else BUT ourselves. I believe otherwise. There is always room for improvement and second chances for Kenya. We’ve begun a new phase in our tumultuous journey as a country, but that’s just it; it is a beginning. We cried at independence, babbled, learned how to say our first word and now we are crawling pretty fast and grabbing at anything and everything as we try to get our footing into this new life as a Nation. In Human years 46 years is a time of stability and the beginning of reaping heftily. In ‘Nation’ years we are barely close to walking. If you don’t believe me; look at your world history. Britain has been in existence as a state for 900 years, the United States 200 years and yet they still have many more milestones to achieve.

What we are going through now as Kenya is nothing outstandingly unique from what you read in your history book. It’s the initial stages of Nationhood. We’ll make our gains faster, as a nation in comparison to the UK and US did, I believe because I have Kenyan brothers and sisters who believe in their country like I do and see a future life that is richer in culture, pride and purpose than ever before.

That’s why being Kenyan is so awesome, ever so often I come across a like minded person who knows that the time to push for change and purpose begins now. But to effectively do so it needs to begin in the heart of each and every Kenyan. Take a look at your flag; look at it as a salute of honour and gratitude to you. Wake up in the morning and your still in Kenya; that’s a sign that you have something worth sharing with your country.

Go to work; you’re the reason Kenya can still be in business with other nations. Take a road trip to Nairobi national Park; you’re privileged to live in the only country in the world that houses a National Park in its capital city. Open your mouth and speak; you’ve shown the world that you can effortlessly speak 3 languages. This is Kenya, this is our pride, and this is our reason to fight for who we are, trust and know. I understand this and I trust that my fellow brothers and sisters will see it to. Kenya is my inheritance. Kenya is my present. And Kenya is my legacy.