Let’s celebrate the Kenyan spirit of giving

So moved were Kenyans by the plight of Baby Jeremiah, who appeared on Jeff Koinange Live, a current affairs programme on our sister TV station KTN, that they raised a record Sh7.25 million in less than 24 hours. Baby Jeremiah, a cancer patient, needed Sh2 million for treatment in India. Only last week, Classic FM host Maina Kageni raised Sh28.2 million to equip the cancer ward at Kenyatta National Hospital through Maina's 10 million Mission.

In August, Sh7.5 million was raised to treat Emmanuel Otieno, who suffered from a brain tumour. All these cases demonstrate what we all know. That at some levels of our leadership, there is a vacuum that has compelled the ordinary citizens to fend for themselves and be their brother’s keepers; in peace time and when disaster strikes.