Today I delve into the controversial subject of tribalism
and address it as it is
BY MUSYOKA NGUI
Mama Kenya
Ooh! My beloved country Kenya, what have you become!
50 years after independence, you still classify your
children along ethnic lines
I dare ask; do we have anything to celebrate when our
tribal animosity is at its worst?
Dear motherland, why do you segregate some of your
kids as less equal than others?
Do they belong to a lesser God?
Every decade end we conduct census not to plan but to
strategize on how many we are
In order to use those numbers to bargain for political
alliances
What is the future of the “small” communities?
Do they belong? Will they ever feel a sense of
nationalism and inclusion?
Sure, Kenya is a big family; forty million and still
counting
When a child is born it does not know its identity
Children play with each other regardless of their
ethnic backgrounds
They do not hold back forgiveness if their fellow kids
err
Should I say it is the Kenyan parent who imposes
tribal identity to the child?
May be, may be not, but one thing is clear......
If we are to achieve true development we should look
at all Kenyans as equal citizens
If we are to achieve sustainable development we ought
to see each other as a brother not a bother
Only then will we claim to be happy children of one
mother called Kenya.
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