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It's no secret that Eldoret will be a city before Moi steps down. It has always been his dream and his pet project.
However it is this peddling of political propaganda and political rewards that drives me nuts. You have fools running around petitioning for their towns to be turned into Cities as if the following day will bring manna falling from heaven as a result of being named a City. These ng'ombes do not udnerstand the first thing that being a City implies.
They remind me of the Tanzanians in 1967.
Many remember Tanzanians celebrating for days on end after the dramatic and populist Arusha Declaration. It wasa well written document drafted by professionals, technocrats and expatriates.
After the hullabaloo died down, what became clear is that the mwananchi did not know what the Arusha Declaration meant for him. The wording in the document was too complex for regular folk and the local district administration to interpret and put into action. In other words the mwananchi did not know what was expected of him on a daily basis in order to achieve the grandiose goals set out.
So implementation became impossible and the declaration a flop.
These guys calling for Cityhood need to understand what a City Charter means not just for the council but for the residents first. Higher taxes for the wananchi perhaps would suffice to let them realise that being a city is not exactly all it's made out to be.
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