So, there have been a few times in my life when i have truly been proud to be Kenyan. Some of the times have been: when my countrymen/women have come together to help out during a disaster or as simple as when I listen to a truly patriotism-inspiring Advert like, EABL's ‘we are Kenya’/ Safaricom’s ‘Niko na Safaricom’ or When a major global athletic event, ends with the Kenyan Anthem.
It has been a while, however, since anything Kenyan has inspired the kind of pride the 'Kenyans for Kenya' initiative, has. The only time I have been similarly inspired was when Wangari Maathai won the Nobel. When some of Kenya's top CEO's and Media Owners managed to show our political misleaders how it is done, every single Kenyan was inspired to give to feed our dying brothers and sisters. This was mostly because the initiative was started by leaders who know what they are doing, who acknowledged that we had a problem and were humble enough to ask the ordinary mwananchi for help(burying your head in the sand pretending that Kenyans aren’t dying-doesn't exactly inspire anything ,except maybe derision).
So, here is to those great CEO’s, James Mwangi, Bob Collymore e.t.c, who showed us how to give. We have now seen that we do not have to rely on political misleaders or even international aid in order to save our country.
I salute you Kenyans and especially Abbas Gullet, my hero. Here is to ‘KENYANS FOR KENYA’
It has been a while, however, since anything Kenyan has inspired the kind of pride the 'Kenyans for Kenya' initiative, has. The only time I have been similarly inspired was when Wangari Maathai won the Nobel. When some of Kenya's top CEO's and Media Owners managed to show our political misleaders how it is done, every single Kenyan was inspired to give to feed our dying brothers and sisters. This was mostly because the initiative was started by leaders who know what they are doing, who acknowledged that we had a problem and were humble enough to ask the ordinary mwananchi for help(burying your head in the sand pretending that Kenyans aren’t dying-doesn't exactly inspire anything ,except maybe derision).
So, here is to those great CEO’s, James Mwangi, Bob Collymore e.t.c, who showed us how to give. We have now seen that we do not have to rely on political misleaders or even international aid in order to save our country.
I salute you Kenyans and especially Abbas Gullet, my hero. Here is to ‘KENYANS FOR KENYA’
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