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Someone tell DP Ruto, Kenya’s rebirth rests in humanities

Deputy President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

Rebirth of humanism has often been the key to great transformational change in society, throughout history.

The great European Industrial Revolution, from about 1750, was presaged by a revolution in humanism. This was the great European Renaissance of the 14th to 17th centuries. It involved a rediscovery of ancient Greek philosophies, painting, sculpture, music and literature.

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