Via Abdullahi Boru KENYA; THE SONKO NATION "Overall, all were both united the MP’s malfeasance has gone out of control, and their demands for pay increase even before their first month in office in an age of austerity was unwarranted. Additionally, the legislatures asking for more salary will lead us down the slippery slope, other public employees- who rightly deserve, will ask for pay rise. But is there seems to be a link between ostentatious display of wealth by Kenyans and the MP’s quest for salary increment. The MP’s, are already one of the best remunerated in the world, but their demand for salary increment reveals a deep seated collectively pathology- the country’s inverted value system. The seed for unbridled search of wealth, by all means, fair and foul, was planted at independence; despite rhetoric pretension to the contrary, Kenya started out on the path of unbridled capitalist, when in Ugandans Obote was experimenting with the common man charter, and Tanzania was embarking on Ujamaa socialism. But the political elite kept on reassuring the sister countries, they were pursuing the same economic models as them. Kenyatta while opposing the British, reserved deep admiration for their economic model, which he adopted- Although with a crude interpretation, if not downright cynical manipulation – he’s reputed to have told his people, steal so long as you are not caught. In his eyes wealth acquired through nefarious ways was better than an honest poor man. Since then, this mindset has been deeply ingrained on the national psych. And it has in essence become the Kenya’s dream. It is considered a sign of failure if one served in the government and retired without being wealthy- the constant refrain is no – s/he served in very lucrative ministry, but look he has nothing to show for it."
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:35:00 +0000
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