Those who are keen on Kenya's current/past affairs know that Patriotism ceased to exist in our beloved nation ever since the World Bank/IMF coerced the then government to adopt SAP (Structural Adjustment Programme.Patriotism ceased to exist when it emerged that one Saul Kamlesh Patni ( now known as Paul Kamlesh Patni) had siphoned a couple billion Kenyan shillings fron the central bank and deposited the money in his personal a/c in some bank in rural Switzerland.
It is at this period of time that people stopped going to the stadium to watch football.Co-incidentally, it is at the same time that Benga/rhumba/taarab/bango were replaced by old jack/funk as the music of choice.It is at this time that Nairobi experienced the biggest rural-urban migration....it is at this time that Kenya got a second TV channel and people started prospecting the possibility of FM radio.
All said, i think we are at our lowest as far as patriotism is concerned.When the NARC government came to power there were signs of recovery...what with t-shirts branded with the Kenyan flag??What with Kapuka/Genge hitting the air waves....even our representative in Big brother Africa 1 arrived to the house with a Kenyan something (i cannot remember what that Kenyan something was)....Unfortunately due to too much politics that are typical of our nation coupled with corruption in the high offices...we lost it again
Currently,30% of our population is made up of the youth.Due to lack of jobs,poor education system and lack of a culture, the youth are not inspired.Jua cali and his colleagues in the music industry have tried to bring inspiration albeit subconsciously, but the impact is yet to be felt.Obama did it.... but the "Yes we can" fire died out.Harambee stars and even Gor Mahia have brought inspiration in the past and we are praying that they will do it again by making it to South Africa next year.
I also think the top leadership(president and Prime minister)in the Country should make their speeches more inspiring because that is what the youth look forward to whenever they are on TV.
All said...i wish the stars success in their game against Tunisia tomorrow at Nyayo.....
Note:
To all my boys at home....nunua gomba Kijeeh leo Jioni....kula lunch heavy kesho saa nne asubuhi enda Nyayo saa tano juu Jam itakuwa noma....kuwa umeketi Stadi by saa nane....anza kuambua gomba saa nane na by the time game ianze kuwa umeseti atleast ngwai moja
Nairobi daily is a blog set up a few years ago, by Alex Maina himself.The content is biased towards Alex Maina's political opinion and occasionally, his emotions.
2 comments:
Unfortunately our team lost 2-1 to Tunisia.The best thing is that Nigeria drew nil-nil with Mozambique in Maputo.
The game was full of blunders especially from the Coach.If i was asked i would say "Lets fire the Coach".
He is a failure.He has coached failed teams such as Lesotho, and Liberia.
Harambee Stars poor run at the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations final qualifiers came to an end on Saturday 14th November 2009, with a 3-2 dress down at home by Nigeria.
Apparently, Antoine Hey had left the country at 2AM the previous night for Germany.Its depressing to know the fact that Kenyans of my generation and people i have played football with, will never represent Kenya in the big arena, that is, the world cup.boom
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