Do not be too hard on Kenya. We are where we are and in my opinion we are doing quite well. The thing people forget when they move from Kenya to western or other developed countries is that those countries have not always been as they are now. The institutions, cultures and wealth have taken decades and in some countries centuries to build. All you see is an ambulance that takes 7 minutes to get to your house. What you do not see is a well designed road and highway network, a wealthy society with laws that allow training of a skilled workforce that can survive doing one job a time, security etc. The service you enjoy is only the tip of an iceberg of cultural, political, technological advances that took a long time to build.

Anybody visiting the Western countries should first be struck at how young we are as a country. Kenya did not exist as a country or even a territory before the 1880s and then for 75 years was a colony... please note that we have been independent for a shorter time time than we were under British occupation. The constitutional debates we were having to the runup to 2010 were the kind of questions the US was having in the 1780s. You visit Universities in the US that were started in the 1700s and 1800s. These are agricultural, engineering and medical colleges and all that knowledge and workforce went to develop the places that people visit today and start abusing they mother country for being backward.

We have our problems, but we must work from where we are. Some things take time. Make sure your children are in a better place than you and you will have done your part.

We are who we are and we are where we are. Not all explanations are excuses. I think this hardcore desire to "develop" actually does more harm to a country than good. People are taught to hate themselves just because they do not have some material advancements.

People in Kenya are not slackers, go to Marikiti or Gikomba or Burma or Kenyatta market and see. Visit Kibera and Korogocho and see people fending for themselves. Slacking is not why we are here or have what we have.

What i have realised in kenya, is that life has no value. This is the beginning of our woes. If life has no value, you will not value anything that sustains life, let alone making living bearable.
It is true that people in kenya are not slackers but most kenyans seek only what profits them. We forget that, if we seek, what is good for the society, the gains are more and also sustainable, than when we seek individual goals.

Botswana you say!!! Talk about something that you know very well bwana na siyo kudanganya watu!!

Thank God all is well. I have lived in a city where traffic paves way for a hearse taking a body either to be buried or to a morgue. We still have a long way to go in as far as. We will have to change our attitudes, but what would help most is the emergence of new cities - Tatus and all with their own management rules .