Gentlemen,<br><br>I would not be in such a hurry do wish Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt's situations upon Kenya.<br><br>I would beg of you to do a comparative governance survey on the 3 country - and benchmark Kenya alongside them.<br>
<br>In essence you will find that the 3 countries have effectively been police states for the past 2-3 decades. With all manner of human rights violations, no freedom of speech, massive sycophantism (is that a real word?) and all the negative elements of dictatorships.<br>
<br>If I read between the lines - might you be claiming that Kenya is also on a similar level i.e. dictatorship, police state etc...?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Edwin Onchari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Lordmesh,<br>
<br>
This is the more reason why ICT should be a tool to reverse the<br>
polarization. Kenya not only belongs to all of us today, but indeed to the<br>
next generations. If we continue in the current path, there will be nothing<br>
left for future generations to inherit.<br>
<br>
In mature democracies, political strategists do indeed profile the<br>
electorate, but rarely do they go to the extent that we have recently<br>
witnessed in Kenya. It is this approach from the political elite that has<br>
ensured their survival politically and economically! We just need to get<br>
real change, and I strongly believe that ICT is the quickest way to achieve<br>
that<br>
<br>
Edwin<br>
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Edwin, those are good thoughts.<br>
<br>
Let me be a naysayer, in Kenya, we are so polarized to bring such a<br>
change. The country is divided in half. Some of us will say 'our man<br>
is in power' and fight back any protests. This would be a recipe for<br>
civil war.<br>
<br>
But there was once when we did such a thing, the early and mid<br>
nineties, we took to the streets and called for change. We were doing<br>
well until The peoples process was hijacked by wolves in sheep's<br>
clothing. We have ourselves to blame for selling our children's future<br>
to the wolves. A sigh of relief is that we can change all that through<br>
the plebiscite in less than two years.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Lordmwesh<br>
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On 29/01/2011, Edwin Onchari <<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I hope the waves that are sweeping Egypt; Tunisia and Algeria are headed<br>
> south and that ICT has a role in it!!..it might be the solution that many<br>
of<br>
> us in Kenya and indeed Africa have been looking for, for such a long time!<br>
> "The people' taking back their lives! I hope we can do the<br>
> same..desperately!<br>
><br>
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> E<br>
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