51 years after independence, we are farther from gaining true nationhood

Kenya’s foremost setback since independence remains the challenge of nationhood. Ironically, successive regimes only address this challenge as if it was an insignificant footnote. From Kenyatta to Kenyatta and Moi to Kibaki, nobody has given the challenge of nationhood any serious thought or focus.

Nobody has had clear thoughts on how to confront it, or to assess the gains. In any event, there have been no meaningful gains to talk about. On national days, we continue to reel off both real and imagined achievements that will go nowhere if we do not first fix the challenge of nationhood. Hence for twelve years now, the national leadership has told us about Kenya’s Vision 2030.