Prayers only won't wash Kenya

There seems to be a big problem in Kenya, which would probably be explained, and solved by social economists, industrial psychologists and neuro-philosophers.

Kenyans continue to live in denial, even when it is crystal clear that things are not going on well. They never accept losing the plot and most of their institutions are tripping, or simply losing traction with reality.

Kenyans do not want to be the best. They have a phobia it seems, and when they are told to change their ways, they protest, neither do they listen and understand. They then fall back on prayers — National Prayer Breakfast, Down on My Knees for Kenya, Interfaith Prayer Meetings and such — after slackening and letting things go out of control.

Praying is not wrong, however, it is not right to use prayer as a fall back plan, a lame excuse when one had a chance to arrest a situation before it spiraled out of control.

Oh, and what happened to starting the day with prayers and not waiting for things to go south first?

Truth be told, Kenyans have a problem with following laid down rules.

They treat rules as proposals they are not obliged to follow, but issues, which they have a constitutional right to break — so much so that following the right procedures is an exception and not the norm.

Traffic rules have to be broken, and whoever tries to bring sanity on the roads is insane, and who needs to be chastised.

All activities have to be conducted in a roundabout way even when there is a straight path to be followed.

But the biggest problem is that they are never ready to admit that they are tripping, and only love to compare themselves with the worst — and terming everything a global problem.