[chemical]

If Americans can see beyond race, it is time Kenyans see beyond the tribe.

lavidanor, hapo umenena....

my tribe is my cultural and spiritual affiliation as a kenyan..but I would be mistaken to also add politics as a facet of my ethnicity. This is where we go wrong....my political affiliation is owed to something greater than just my tribe it is owed to the nation and people of Kenya..

The writer also addresses this idea that we revel in mediocrity..anyone who aspires for greater heights is deemed presumptious and egotistical. So like school kids who hide their intelligence so that they may not be called geeks, we hide our aspirations from each other and in so doing cripple our chances of collective success.....

[flexxxx]

That aticle is one of th ebest i hav eread for ages. Reminds me of pople like Tom Mboya, Ouko, Jm Kariuki, They were no where near Obama but they were on the right track.

I listened to people campaing for somone like Paul Muite who had never done anything for his constituency like mad and wondered what his appeal was to them.

We suffer too much froom the big man culture in africa and untill we get rid of that we will be stuck in the dark ages.

I had so much hope with kenya in the years preceding the elections that caused so much blood shed in our beautifull country. I fins myself wonderign what kind of a person would commit such acts against their neighbours and still come to the conclusion that they were all kenyans like me. Produstc of the same system.

One of the best things we will get from living in foreign countries is the ability to look at our country subjectively and evaluate what good we see in ourselves in comparison to other countries. Im filled with hope when i meet progresive kenyans but for every one of them you meet, you meet 10 backward thinking and polarised minds.

i always find it sad when i meet somone with our old bad habbits coupled with education as i know that he/she has made an informed choice to be the way he is. That said, i do have a hope for kenya. Not because of the much we are not doing, but for the little we are doing that once in a whil egets recognised.


Sote twende mbele pamoja.
Ukabila hatutaki
Tuijenge nchi yetu kwa umoja, amani na upendo

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On anothe rnote, it makes me sad that the single unifying factor between Obama & Kenya is his father. and what did he do ?? He bailed on his Son.

My grandpa bailed on my dad and his siblings too and went to live in england. My father took that and turned it into a positive and build a life ill probably spend my whole life life trying to emulate.

People make sure your children grow up with the dream of a beter kenya. no matter where they are.

[Msoto]

Originally Posted by Ester

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that Obama is kenyan, just like I am.
I was basically echoing what the writer said in the article. Not only should we feel proud because of his roots, but we should also get challenged (and hopefully emulate) how he was able to rise above petty politics...

.....very noble, lakini there is no point in seeking to over-achieve....

we have too many problems and too few of us that are selfless

[Andsie]

It's not about Obama; it's about America.