After a series of disasters, the dark cloud over Kenya could be lifting

Since 2003, when Kenyans were reckoned the most optimistic people on earth, this is perhaps the only other time eyes of the world have been focused on us with a positive gaze. In between, we have been in the limelight, but mainly for all the bad reasons. What with the focus trained on the post-election violence, the ICC cases, runaway corruption, ethnic animosity, political bickering and untamed insecurity — thanks to Al-Shabaab.

Wherever I have travelled, whether locally or abroad, these seem to have been the only items on the formal and informal agenda for any discourse on our beloved country. It has been difficult for many of us not to bear stooping shoulders and crest fallen faces. Even with all my patriotism, it has been uphill kujivunia kuwa Mkenya. Simply, the cloud over this nation has been thick, dark, and heavy!