Oil bonanza a wake-up call on strategic resource management

I have always observed that Kenya is a nation of very high potential, but a disappointing underachiever. This is, may be, because we have acquired the knack of missing important turning points in our history. In 1962 Julius Nyerere had delayed the independence of Tanganyika so that the three East African countries could be free at the same time and then come together into a political union. This never happened.

Subsequently even the East African Community (EAC), doing very well in those days, was disbanded due to petty political differences and transient interests of egoistic politicians.