Kenya is failed state just sustained to stay afloat by some few good ordinary kenyans...

How many people have we arrested and prosecuted since the PEV?

A failed state can not administer justice and respect of basic human rights for its citizens,kenya scores zero on this end.

A failed state can not guarantee sovereignty and pride for its citizens,where is pride for this beloved country?

@ obi
dont compare Kenya and Rwanda.....the latter has a focussed vision and in less than a decade you may see why Rwanda is a darling of the west in the region.

Our difference with Somalia and Afaghanistan is that we are not in active war but a passive one yes!!!



Peace to all men of Goodwill

Kenya has DROPPED in its standard of living since 1963 versus most Asian countries. These include S. Korea (which went through a brutal civil war),Singapore (race riots early on),Thailand (lots of problems yet they are far better off than us),India (where do i start with their problems yet #1 in BPO & huge presence in Silicon Valley),China (did you watch the olympics? The new superpower),etc

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

In case you had not seen it,the full 2009 list is here:
http://www.fundforpeace....si/fsi2009/fsi_2009.xls

and for insight on how the scores are arrived at,see the analysis for 2008 here:

http://www.fundforpeace....p;id=342&Itemid=503
There maybe substance in what the report says tho I do not agree with everything stated therein. Alot of the info seems to have been picked directly from media reports as opposed to independent research. I find it interesting that we lag way behind a country like Sierra Leone. Many of the perceptions on Kenya could be as a result of a vocal (sometimes overzealous) civil society that does not hesitate to present reports on state wrongdoing (whether real or imaginary) to everyone that cares to listen in Geneva,New York etc.

When Kenya becomes a failed state,we will not be able to debate whether its a failed state or not.

In the meantime,lets keep debating.

After an accident,running around screeming and wailing is fine to attract attention,but when the attendants are only keen to pronounce you dead,then you are better off slapping yourself in the face,calming down and bandaging your wounds as best as you can.

Most of the African countries will still have to go through the political awakening that kenya,Zimbabwe,Ivory Coast and Ghana went through and which only Ghana made it unscathed. I hope the success rate improves as they learn from our mistakes. We shall see but all those stable countries will be rocked once citizens demand more openness,looked at Madagascar. Rwanda is a success but everything is under the thumb of Kagame,take him out and the country would fall to pieces in record time.

We may be a failed state but we can still put together a rugby team to beat the US,UK and Australia at will,our athletes still dominate the olympics,our airline still gives BA and Virgin a run for their money,we are still the worlds largest exporters of Horticulture and tea which by the way requires a high degree of organized farming.

If you all want to keep running back to our politics to judge the entire country,then good luck,politics and good governance is important and crucial for growth,but to ignore the rest of Kenya because of political failures is ridiculous. Yes please lets keep agitating for political changes,but on our terms,not on the terms of foreign governments who serve their own interests.


I've noticed the youth in particular coming in to a workplace with a completely outsized notion of their own value and importance... just a thinly-veiled arrogance. May be the credit crunch induced recession is whats needed to remind us all about the value of hard work.... By Anonymous

The ODM brigade have done a full circle on this issue of failed state especially immediately after the elections and the place reserved for Koffi Annan in the management of our affairs. Remember also the ODM position on the extrajudicial killings. Why are we surprised when the rest of the world takes us seriously?