President William Ruto has often declared that Kenya can and must reach first-world status within our lifetime. He has said we have the ideas, the people, and the will to get there if we do the right things together.
As I write from Japan, where I have spent the past half month and where I first arrived 35 years ago, I have once again experienced what first world truly means. It is not skyscrapers; it is the invisible discipline, dignity, and justice woven into daily life.