What the President did not tell us on Mashujaa day

Celebrating our heroes is a great ritual and we are obliged to share their sacrifices in a small way by recoginizing them in such a day - hence Mashujaa day. Nonetheless, we are also obligated to take stock of our shortcomings as a country and as individuals whilst looking forwarding to make the future better. President Kenyatta being at the helm has more responsibility than anyone else to seize the moment to make Kenya a great nation.

His speech on Mashujaa day this year though had some inspiring anecdotes, was however not complete. Without mentioning that this country has shortcomings by her people in tribalism and corrupt practices that need to be tamed missed a critical point. Servants like teachers are an unhappy lot and so are the masses suffering immense economic problems. The current economic situation is untenable and there are quick wins that should be done to stop the mess. There are economic tools to tame the adverse slide but there are deeper issues such as corruption that are stagnating this nation. No nation has ever achieved greatness with the level of greed that we have in Kenya.