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Is Kenya a failed state?

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A Professor who taught Research Methods and Methodology once told our class that "what you see depends on two things: Where you are standing and what direction you are facing." I suspect this statement may well inform the response to the public debate as to whether Kenya is a failed state or not. ...more

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1. On Friday December 4, 2009, 2:07 AM , kissinger kiniti, Kenya wrote:
  If there is any kenyan who is not well potically connected who can claim that kenya is not a failed state, he or she should not even be allowed to vote as it is obvious they are capable and incompetent to making an informed decision that will affect millions of kenyans.

 
2. On Thursday September 24, 2009, 9:09 AM , enter full namesGRACE MATOLO, Kenya wrote:
  kenya is a failed state because it exhibits all symptoms in all areas; socially, economically and politically. where its going is to top the list of failed states. If you look at the government policies and projects they are targetted to benefit the high class. if they are recarpenting the roads the contractor only benefits coz they do a shoddy job so that they can be paid to do it again.

 
3. On Thursday September 24, 2009, 8:00 AM , Kipkdmoi arnoldenter full names, Kenya wrote:
  We are unable to fund even healt service to our people.the external debt we have is sky rocketing.what else do we need to be proved.we are a failed state

 
4. On Wednesday September 23, 2009, 16:14 PM , peter muturi, South Africa wrote:
  kenya is a failed state due to her poor leadership and the people for using other criteria ,apart from merit, to elect the leaders..

 
5. On Wednesday September 23, 2009, 9:53 AM , charles mbuthia gakuo, Swaziland wrote:
  our nation,our nation The Bible says that the tongue has the power to give life and death and they that love it(the tongue) will eat its fruit.start speaking well of our nation,start speaking life over our nation.The reason our nation is groaning is because we have wicked rulers.when wicked rulers rule the people groan.

 
6. On Wednesday September 23, 2009, 2:59 AM , Henry Lerrin, United States wrote:
  We need a revolution from the bottom UP

 
7. On Tuesday September 22, 2009, 17:44 PM , TYRONE WILLIAMS, United States wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state, it does not differentiate between Okay, good, and perfect. We are too easily satisfied with Okay, that mentality can only end when educated people take the lead. Let's not put too much criticism on politicians, because the problem lies on the educated elite. We know who we are, lets get the job done.

 
8. On Tuesday September 22, 2009, 8:03 AM , lizza, Germany wrote:
  Its so sad to see whats happening to our beloved Nation.My God why do we even go for election if these are the kind of the leaders we elect.If i had the power non of these leaders should take part in the comin Election we need fresh blood n young people to take this country to where we belong n for the current gov think u have had enough n they can enjoy their old age.Common we need a change.

 
9. On Friday September 18, 2009, 21:16 PM , wanarua mwangi, Australia wrote:
  Nzioka, Despite the parliament historic move that gave dictatorship a knock, we must admit that we have no difference with failed states like Somalia. Why would some people want to ignore facts.I believe if DRC,Somalia were stable will not be even near them. That tag of east Africa largest economy will in the next decade or so be confined to annals of history. We need a real revolution to survive.

 
10. On Friday September 18, 2009, 0:42 AM , enter full nameswalter onyango, United States wrote:
  I am an investor. I would like aforum on standard to allow any kenyan with a brilliant business idea and executable plan but lacks capital. The plan woud have to be evaluated by my a panel here in U.S. A and if deemed workable we shall partner together to bring the plan to reality. I welcome any suggestions.

 
11. On Monday September 14, 2009, 12:26 PM , Joseph Sitati, Kenya wrote:
  The principle of doing to others what you would have them do unto you is not only of biblical application, but the best assurance of your own self interest. States fail when leaders entrusted with power by the people reverse this eternal principle and put their self interest before the common good of the people.Correction comes sooner or later. No eternal law can be broken with impunity.

 
12. On Saturday September 12, 2009, 17:59 PM , Norma Truman, United States wrote:
  As someone who lived in Kenya for 4 years I can tell you the followings Kenya is a very racist state Kenya is the most corrupt country in the world Kenya is a nation of beggars, all you all know is how to beg and take advantage of Mezungus Nation of thief’s In short a pretty disgusting country

 
13. On Wednesday September 9, 2009, 10:19 AM , morris kuria, Kenya wrote:
  well, i disagree with motion coz i tink we are far ahead from the other states except for few leaders who happens to be our politician who bring about impunuty........and the ignorance of kenyan citizens

 
14. On Wednesday September 9, 2009, 7:21 AM , barasa arthur, Kenya wrote:
  lets watch and see

 
15. On Tuesday September 8, 2009, 15:17 PM , Ondiff, Uganda wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state. When a country can not feed its citizens, No water, No electricity, extreme endless politicking, grand corruption cases unsolved while Anti-curruption Tzars smile all the way to the bank, tribal politics taking center stage, our leaders never agree on anything even simple issues and politicians now campaigning for 2012 while we suffer!!!

 
16. On Tuesday September 8, 2009, 12:53 PM , koki, Kenya wrote:
  it is indeed a failed nation,thanks to the minesterial incompetence of our esteemed leaders. what do we expect when the people who ought to be holding it strong are the ones cutting downs its roots, at the end it has nothing to hold on with and alas! she is a failed nation.

 
17. On Monday September 7, 2009, 7:38 AM , patrick ndungi ndungu, United Arab Emirates wrote:
  good of dont care rich politicians but soo bad for the comon mkenya.no wonder disaster after disaster is our norm.

 
18. On Sunday September 6, 2009, 21:55 PM , Michael, Vietnam wrote:
  Kenya has all the definitive characteristics of a failing state.Poor planning, lack of respect for the rule of law, impunity, ethnicity are key driving factors that will eventually plunge Kenya into a failed state.Kenya is in dire need of transformational leadership, who will inspire a great sense of direction, restore national pride and social cohesion

 
19. On Sunday September 6, 2009, 9:58 AM , kkaunda, Kenya wrote:
  it depends with your definition of fail..kenya is not a failed state but she has a problem she is struggling to overcome. what is dragging us behind is bad constitution...

 
20. On Sunday September 6, 2009, 9:56 AM , kkaunda, Kenya wrote:
  it depends with your definition of fail..kenya is not a failed state but she has a problem she is struggling to overcome. what is dragging us behind is bad constitution...

 
21. On Sunday September 6, 2009, 1:48 AM , Bernard Nguku, United States wrote:
  Kenya needs to wake up and protest the money being misused in our midst.The point is that many are citizens relocating to overseas pretending they have gone to visit relatives,Husbands or wives but end up staying at the Host countries for good.Mind you their salaries are still being deposited to their accounts and even most of them brag that no one will ever notice.

 
22. On Saturday September 5, 2009, 23:02 PM , Wilson Mwangi, United States wrote:
  Kenya by whatever measure or standard is a failed state or more precisely, a Kleptocracy with a mutilated conscience. Its a nation dismembered and de-tongued by greed, corruption, state sanctioned murders, and impunity for the oligarch. Any nation devoid of universal egalitarianism, under the law, is not a nation on its feet, but a sovereign hobbling in the dark. Kenya, my motherland, has been a nation rigidly committed to these nocturnal paths of inequality and injustice, and for that, and that alone, she has failed. The basest tenet of any properly functioning state is equal subjection of all to the law. Kenya has never upheld this standard, since her founding, but rather selectively persecuted through prosecutions. She is a failed state, and until all Kenyans of goodwill take a truly democratic revolutionary leap, against the existing status quo, her unchecked spiral towards shadows of death will continue.

 
23. On Friday September 4, 2009, 13:58 PM , david momanyi nyabero, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya is not a failed state but failing state. Since independence our politicians have been preaching tribal gospel and planting a dangerous enviroment especially when one finds himself does find does not belong to ruling class of tribal chiefs.

 
24. On Friday September 4, 2009, 11:50 AM , Matenjwa Kamau, United States wrote:
  Kenya is remains a state in some respect. We still have a government in place and some order. However, it has failed in several areas. Insecurity, corruption, politics, are some of the terribly failed aspects of "state". If the goverment is not able to provide security, to create corruption free environment, to educate every Kenyan to vote right leaders and not tribes, then it is a failed state.

 
25. On Thursday September 3, 2009, 0:08 AM , Elijah Masai, United States wrote:
  Kenyans,the only one and only thing that will save you is vote with your dignity and conscience,forget about being bribed to vote somebody to parliament,vote diligently for the right person and vote out the corrupt and unproductive useless leaders.You need women leaders for a change.

 
26. On Tuesday September 1, 2009, 14:05 PM , abuga eric, Kenya wrote:
  kenyans have a chance to change the image of this country. we have a potential to make every move and reclaim our lost glory. our politicians are just a drop on the ocean if we want to contribute towards a better kenya. kenya that all of us will be proud to live and work for.

 
27. On Tuesday September 1, 2009, 13:48 PM , Ashers J.S.Dr., Swaziland wrote:
  Kenya does not yet qualify with the description of a failed state. But certainly there is rampant impunity which need to be abated and curtailed to prevent Kenya's degeneration into a failed state description. Let us strengthen the democratic institutions and operate by law!

 
28. On Thursday August 27, 2009, 13:30 PM , Mitei Alex Malakwen, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state from top and still holding at the bottom. The Kenyan masses (Ordinary MWANANCHI) is the pillar that is still intact. Our politicians are past tense and all government apparatus.

 
29. On Wednesday August 26, 2009, 8:07 AM , Yvonne, Kenya wrote:
  Instead of everybody sitting and complaining about our politicians, why dont we all take a step towards improving the countrys' situation by practicing some patriotism.you need to love your country first then maybe you can make a change.We all probably do something to take our country backwards and we dont realise and the kenyans abroad dont have ground to judge this nation,they aint here anyway!!

 
30. On Wednesday August 26, 2009, 1:57 AM , Jamaal, United States wrote:
  Well, I agree with Roseleen that Kenya country is difinetly a failed nation. Why, I am not from Kenya but I lived few years and everything I saw was corruption whether it is Police, immigration, schools, government, etc. I do beleive that not only Kenya is a corruption nation but all other African nations are failed state too.,

 
31. On Wednesday August 26, 2009, 0:37 AM , moses setim kipkemoi, Philippines wrote:
  kenya can be considered a failed state, if and only if we judge it out of our old folks. to me the youth have not failed yet, and i wouldn't dare judge them. but one thing i can confidently blame them on, is the perception of old men rule while they sit aside for there chance, its time change to wipe clean our gvts and pump in fresh blood to circulate through it, capable anti bodies to.........

 
32. On Tuesday August 25, 2009, 18:39 PM , Dr Kobia Mburugu, Namibia wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state:no security, water problems in Nairobi, rampant drought amidst fertile farmlands, runaway corruption, an oligarchic leadership steeped in lies, mismanagement of resources, IDPs, Pollution etc. If you live in Kenya, you will beleive the lies you hear that the country is ok but if you live overseas with an occasional visit to the "Republic", you truly know things are BAD

 
33. On Monday August 24, 2009, 12:26 PM , Sufu Sera, Kenya wrote:
  Failed or flailed? Either way you look at it, its a pathetic situation. Worse more when we look forward to a "sober" census. What relevance is tribal data gathered for if not to size up political potentials? Fellow Kenyans, our leaders still live (exist?) in the days of yore. It is because of such shallow research techniques that we underwent a very painful period in history. Ethnic Quantification

 
34. On Saturday August 22, 2009, 6:20 AM , james ndungu kiru, Kenya wrote:
  I couldn't agree more. The politicians have let Kenyans down and they are egocentric. Corruption as a vice is rampant and the issue of economic inequalities is tearing Kenyans apart. The land question hasn't been addressed and seems we are sitting on a time bomb. The politicians should wake up and smell coffee.

 
35. On Friday August 21, 2009, 13:38 PM , Kiriga DN, Kenya wrote:
  Is Kenya a failed state? compared to what or which other country? the answer is NO, Kenya is not a failed state.... Where will we place countries like Zimbabwe, DRC, Afaghanstan, Iraq etc if we say Kenya is a failed state? Please those living in USA and Europe, stop comparing Kenya with your other places where you live. Everything here is functional even though we have some problems.

 
36. On Friday August 21, 2009, 0:44 AM , David Mutua, United States wrote:
  BUT “have Kenyans failed to build a dependable state? Kenya will never be build by outsiders. Greatest economies of the world were developed by their own people, It’s our responsibilities, rich or poor, young or old to have a positive thinking, realize the wonderful country, people and how blessed we are. Let’s step up and face it because there is no other way, WE ARE THE STATE.

 
37. On Thursday August 20, 2009, 0:06 AM , jackie owino, United States wrote:
  One look at jamhuri is all it takes to realise that we are spiraling downwards.What's up with the absurd power/water rationing, carjacking and kidnapping?. Ten years ago, Jamhuri was the "paradise" in Africa that other african immigrants admired. We, Kenyans are to blame for electing greedy, selfish leaders.Kenyans need to face reality, "FAILED STATE".

 
38. On Wednesday August 19, 2009, 12:07 PM , JAMES K NGENY, Saudi Arabia wrote:
  Kenya is indeed a failed state.Remember the Migingo case,Why are innocent luo fishermen being harasssed by soldiers from a neighbouring country.How comes that a Kenyan island in lake victoria being taken away?What happened to our Ministers on their way to Lokichoggio?With such cases we have a government in power.

 
39. On Wednesday August 19, 2009, 3:41 AM , fdsgf huytj, Tanzania wrote:
  must kenya wait to be completely wiped out to realize its failures?

 
40. On Monday August 17, 2009, 23:03 PM , Vincent A. Ingosi, United States wrote:
  Kenya is a dead Country. I was there a few days a go, and what I saw was appalling. Pollution from Old Vehicles, dusty air and many other dirty environmental conditions contributes to deteriorated failed State. The City HOPPA Buses are the main pollutants. How to you desgnate smoking areas when the whole City is smokey? We won't survive if we continue the same road. Idle young people. Wake up!!

 
41. On Monday August 17, 2009, 21:40 PM , clement, United States wrote:
  Kenya is definitely a failed state. we do not have to be at the level of Somalia to consider ourselves "failed". We constantly blame our leaders and pretend that we are a democracy. Who makes the leaders if not ourselves? our so called "leaders" are a tainted lot whom we know really well but continue voting in every election year. Our political model is not democracy but ethnocracy.lets deal with it

 
42. On Monday August 17, 2009, 17:46 PM , martin ghachacha, Kenya wrote:
  kenya is a failed atate,

 
43. On Sunday August 16, 2009, 23:49 PM , Muli Mwendandu, United States wrote:
  Its a failed state beause first security which is a priority to any country is in a mess.Not even the politicians are safe and for that matter alot of money go down the drain to protect them. Corruption has gone to its highest on their watch and they treat it as business as usual. No politician talks about it even the president not knowing how many investers have been blocked out.

 
44. On Thursday August 13, 2009, 1:43 AM , mean maroon, Uganda wrote:
  Hello, A look at Kenya's GDP will tell us which leaders do what. But the people have a role too. Somehow the current leadership, and those they will pass leadership too, must change. Simply put, Kibaki grew the country at 7% the first five years, this is not hard to do, but we are now at 2%

 
45. On Wednesday August 12, 2009, 17:39 PM , Amimo Kwambo, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya is not a failed state. Kenya has a leadership gap; people holding powerful potss that have let the nation down. Kenya has the fortune of the interest of Big Brothers and with their help, if Kenyans understand the privilege and responsibility of being Kenyan, we, as a nation will get back on track. Not all of us can have positions of political influence but we can all voice our concerns.

 
46. On Tuesday August 11, 2009, 22:08 PM , Mohamed D, Canada wrote:
  Is Kenya a failed state? Yes it is!!!!. President Kibaki, and those who helped him to still the president certainly will not agree with this. The victims of the election fiasco, and those who are painfully dying slowly with hunger and diseases will tell how will fail them. Similarly, the victims of politcal assasination and senseless thugery can bear witness that KENYA IS A FAILED STATE.

 
47. On Tuesday August 11, 2009, 6:06 AM , Nigel Awimbo, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state for many reasons,but mainly because the people we elect into power are greedy and selfish just like most kenyan's i would like to say that it is only a small percentage of us but i rates to roughly 85% which is just a mere consideration because i have not done any statistics to prove otherwise and no-one has shown any actions.We focus all our efforts into one small city

 
48. On Tuesday August 11, 2009, 0:57 AM , Dr. William Kimando, Canada wrote:
  Kenya as a country has been caught up in a web of have-not and the well to do. The poor are baited with the haves with their mostly ill-gotten gains. The poor do not question nor care where it came from as long as it fills their stomach. In any case, where is dignity when you are dead. So, what comes first to the poor, dignity or survival?

 
49. On Saturday August 8, 2009, 18:38 PM , Joseph Koech, United States wrote:
  Wake up my fellow Kenyans,The only way we could get out of our current chaos is by changing the way our government works.We need to devolve some of the powers from the executive to other bodies like,the L EGISLATIVE and THE JUDICIARY.We need also to elect our leaders by the Contents of their character and not where he comes from.

 
50. On Friday August 7, 2009, 10:56 AM , Kimani Muhoro, Kenya wrote:
  Depends thru whose perception you judge Kenya and from where they are coming from. A western mind set sees all evil about Africa and the so called third world an Arab mindset sees the West and its allies as evil and failed society. Thus you the african have to evaluate yourself and not rely on others to tell what they think you are or not. We know where we are coming from and what we aspire to be.

 
51. On Tuesday August 4, 2009, 15:53 PM , Kiubuku Wagikera, Kenya wrote:
  We are all armchair expert politicians. The ability to make laws that will guarantee our prosperity is vested in our elected leaders. The citizen look up to them to get handouts etc. Then the media, NGO's & foreign diplomats are left to give this and that expert advise. It is up to as individuals to take up our responsibilities. Wajibu si wakabila ni wa mtu binafsi.

 
52. On Monday August 3, 2009, 23:58 PM , Quoey Waicuga, United States wrote:
  It pains me to see my beloved country on this downward spiral to destruction. We Kenyans concentrate so much on comparing ourselves to the people (and countries) beneath us instead of striving to excel and be the best. Our politicians, once elected into office, also totally desert the dreams they 'had' for Kenya and amass wealth for themselves while the rest of the populace wallows in poverty. Sad.

 
53. On Monday August 3, 2009, 11:22 AM , kamila bishar, Kenya wrote:
  may be the problem with our kenyan leaders is,they are not moving well with the news,or a written article.kenya is not a failed state,god forbid,it's the leaders who are failing us.i could have advise them to look around and realize more.tribal issues is worst of all.

 
54. On Monday August 3, 2009, 7:04 AM , Yusuk Gideon, United Kingdom wrote:
  I weep for my motherland. I weep for the generations to come. Afterall, what will they have inherited from the leaders of today? NOTHING OF MEANING. I dream of a nation driven by unity regardless of race, color or creed. But then again Mother Kenya, its just a dream. Oh! you leaders of today, cant you see what you are handing down to your grand children? A bleak future and a very bad name.

 
55. On Saturday August 1, 2009, 13:35 PM , lemma emma, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya aint a failed state but the excecutive,judicial and the legislature are the ones failing kenyan and kenyans. Especially their tribalistic natures.

 
56. On Saturday August 1, 2009, 1:27 AM , Wanjiru Mwangi, United Kingdom wrote:
  Kenya has been failed by its leaders since independence. One needs to travel across the country, see the imbalances in infrustructure, education, health and agriculture to understand why most kenyans have lost faith in their leaders. Is it not the governments resposibility to develop every part of the country? What do our leaders learn when they travel abroad?

 
57. On Friday July 31, 2009, 2:45 AM , wambui mbugua-oyatta, United States wrote:
  i agree with "t.m." first fight tribalism the "we" can be a Nation.

 
58. On Friday July 31, 2009, 1:31 AM , Moses Kabuthi, Canada wrote:
  The issue of tribalism is just an excuse that most kenyans have used to cover up their inabilities of not participating in constructive nation building. After all we all belong to different tribes. Wake up people and smell the coffee, we are not a failed state!! We are just too selfish to put our efforts together and create a kenya that is and will be self depended and not depending in hand outs!!

 
59. On Wednesday July 29, 2009, 13:25 PM , Thapelo Matlala, South Africa wrote:
  Kenya should deal with tribalism decisively before it can become a nation. Tribalism is an enemy of developing or developed state.

 
60. On Wednesday July 29, 2009, 13:25 PM , Thapelo Matlala, South Africa wrote:
  Kenya should deal with tribalism decisively before it can become a nation. Tribalism is an enemy of developing or developed state.

 
61. On Wednesday July 29, 2009, 3:22 AM , Moses Kabuthi, Canada wrote:
  Kenya is not necessarily a failed stat. It has been through a lot and is still gradually comming out of its deep hole that it was dug in by our previous regime. Kenya can and is capable of taking care of its citizens within is boarders and abroad. Kenya has the capacity to develop and nature growth and political stability to bear a stronger and healthier future for its citizens of tommorow.

 
62. On Tuesday July 28, 2009, 22:01 PM , Ngash, United States wrote:
  The people who fail Kenya are the ones who are not ready to drop their tribal tags. Someone said you can ran away from the village but the village will never leave you. The main problem is lack of self-esteem blaming others for your mistakes. No one is a man enough to say mea maxima culpa, "its my responsiblity" even when water catchment areas are at stake. Talk about man eat another society!

 
63. On Tuesday July 28, 2009, 8:53 AM , Edward Alusa, Kenya wrote:
  Kenyans are ever voting along tribal lines. It is unfortunate that people from a particular tribe will want the rest of the country to believe that they do not benefit from the leadership of their kinsmen. Yet during the electioneering process, the very same poor, will be seen seriously campaigning for their own.This is despite the individual's lack of initiative. Here we fail totally.

 
64. On Monday July 27, 2009, 17:22 PM , Fredrick Tabu Noballa, Kenya wrote:
  For how long will we as Kenyans blame the politicians and then retreat back to our tribal blocks during elections.We are the problem as long as we vote back the same corrupt and tribalistic people. The politicians are just a reflection of the thoughts of the people of Kenya, if we truly want change then we must change ourselves first. Otherwise we are a failed state for sale to the highest bid.

 
65. On Monday July 27, 2009, 3:11 AM , Joshi Mshishi, United States wrote:
  The failure of Kenya has its roots on its foundation as nation. The corruption that ensured and failure to effective governance cascaded into present day problems. There is still hope, but Kenya needs a Jerry Rawlings to put it back on track.

 
66. On Sunday July 26, 2009, 20:13 PM , SAEED, Tanzania wrote:
  even the blind can see that kenya is a failed country,

 
67. On Sunday July 26, 2009, 17:47 PM , bernard k. jasan, Spain wrote:
  Kenya does not belong to that list.We have come along way enduring some of the toughest conditions known to mankind and we still here.America or UK can call us whatever they want.we are a young country of maybe 37 millions,which started badly by being colonised.If you add 400 years of free labour to what we have today,Kenya would n will once become a developed n peaceful country for all of us.

 
68. On Saturday July 25, 2009, 6:23 AM , Joseph Ouma Oindo, Kenya wrote:
  Kenya is not a totally failed state but a state on the verge of collapse as witnessed through massive violence that has rocked various parts of the country. Economically, Kenya is doing poorly as there is a widening gap between the rich and the poor coupled with the proliferation of slums in the cities. Kenya needs political, social and economic revolution for a better tomorrow.

 
69. On Friday July 24, 2009, 16:44 PM , MUTHINE SILAS, Sudan wrote:
  Sang kikuyu's are kenyans. Am not a kikuyu personally but your words are very inflammatory. many kikuyus died in post election violence, others in mungiki menance plus more dying of hunger. Problems facing kenyans lies in the poor leadership skills of our politicians whom we have bestowed all the powers to rule us. Sincerely most of them are not patriotic at all. They are greedy and selfish.

 
70. On Friday July 24, 2009, 11:02 AM , mepo kerubo enter full names, Kenya wrote:
  Let kenya solve their on problems.

 
71. On Friday July 24, 2009, 9:35 AM , yebo zuma, Kenya wrote:
  J.K. LELEITTO SANG you see every problem as caused by Kikuyu, how sad. Is Mau Forest Kikuyu, is collapse of Kenya during Moi Kikuyu? Indeed Kenya is a failed state but come to Nairobi, Kisumu, Garrisa, Mombasa and make sure you travel by road to see how the country has changed in the last six years. It is dissapointing to read such trash from a Diaspora!

 
72. On Thursday July 23, 2009, 10:37 AM , enter full namesJAMES HASSERO OMONDI, Kenya wrote:
  Let kenyans sort out their problems themselves. HAGUE is not going to help us but insteade will add enemity to kenyans. THESE WESTERNERS want us to fight so that they keep ruling us - WASHINDWE .

 
73. On Wednesday July 22, 2009, 5:39 AM , Dr. Adan Chari, Germany wrote:
  Kenya is a failed state and it does not matter from which point or in which direction you are looking at.. As shown by Mugikis and Bandits in arid areas Kenya does not have a monopoly on weapons of terror;its infrastructure is a moribund remnant of colonial relics; its sovereignity is also just loudmouthing as shown by Migingo issues in which case we are unable to protect even our borders. Adan

 
74. On Tuesday July 21, 2009, 18:47 PM , Ngash, United States wrote:
  The people failing Kenya are those in Power, inspite of insecurity the common citizen still keeps on pushing on to make ends meet. Kenya is one of the African countries with very intelligent youth. Vote these guys out and vote for the people who will steer the ship forward regardless of their respective tribes. Those in power are there for themselves not for you!!!!

 
75. On Tuesday July 21, 2009, 7:44 AM , hoke, Kenya wrote:
  leleito sang, very few kyuks are tycoons the rest are paupers. so sad u'r in US and brain washed. moi , raila ,ruto,kalonzo are not kyuks and they are billionaires. In central pple are dying of hunger and are jigger invested. politicians and their co. own the country the rest are squarters. In Nrb kuks live in slums.and PM in karen. MK is not an entire tribe. Avoid seeds of discord

 
76. On Tuesday July 21, 2009, 5:10 AM , Boit Barsitei, Kenya wrote:
  kenya is not a failed state at all ! it's a failed republic. it's the public who are seriously in need of reformed attitude towards self,society and the state.

 
77. On Monday July 20, 2009, 0:48 AM , J.K. LELEITTO SANG, United States wrote:
  Today's Kenya is a Kikuyu and those related to them country. The rest of Kenyans are squarters.

 
78. On Sunday July 19, 2009, 10:19 AM , George Wairungu, United States wrote:
  Kenya may not necessarily be a failed state but it is a state that tests positive to most indicators of a failed state. Kenya is a sovereign state formally colonised by Britain but presently colonised by the hand and wrath of smart politicians with exceptionally low leadership capabilities. Due to this when Kenya is in her last breath the smart politicians administer C.P.R and she lives again.

 

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