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We never say anything in Kenya without qualifying it. He is a great farmer but, he is a great teacher but, he is a great husband but, he is a great president but. The word but is used to qualify anything we say and do in this country. No matter the good news, someone is out there to qualify it, to add something negative.
Make a presentation in a meeting, there will be several hands in the air to criticise you. In parliament, in village meetings, in academic presentations, we are out to show how useless one is. The greatest idea is killed even before it is tried. We love criticising, qualifying and not offering solutions. Recall how we laughed at Moi’s Nyayo car? Two presidents later and no Kenyan car.
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