The issue is about wealth distribution.

That is the number one economic problem is the system. There is need to change the system.

You see capitalist says: "make money the way you want". The capitalist system, gives unconditional rights to an individual. Take Compound interest for example, when you can't pay a loan, it keeps increasing with no mercy!!

That is why the gap between the rich and the poor keeps increasing.

Capitalist says wealth is ONLY distributed to factors of production these are:
1. Interest to the investor/entrepreneur.
2. Wages to the labourer
3. Rent to the Land owner.

Now the big question
What about the poor person who didn't take part in production? What about the poor youth who has no job? What about the poor cripple who has no hands or legs? What about the sick poor person?

THE POOR PERSON IS LEFT OUT IN THE EQUATION.

Look at alternative systems
1. For example Islamic economic system. There are rights for everyone. First, the Primary right for those who take part in production i.e. investor, worker, and landlord. Secondly, the Secondary right for those did not take part in production, and this is the Poor man.

2. For example the Socialist system. Nobody owns.

So Islamic system in between. It gives right to all, individual and society. It allows business and ownership of property, but on a reasonable basis, not the level of the greedy politicians in Capitalist system!

That is why @guru always says:
- if you are Muslim, then you give 2.5% Zakat
- if you are not Muslim, then you give 2.5% as tax.

And this is 2.5% of what remains after expenses. Not what you earn!

If you compare this with 30% we are taxed by non-Islamic countries, it is crazy!

I agree with you murchr on the issue of not needing a degree to succeed.

But here the subject is THOUGHT leadership.

When we have a gov't going around talking about creating jobs which basically means that "I will only employ Kalenjins from my village" then we don't have thought leadership. We have kissing assery.

The reason why India became so good in medical tourism is the gov't took a proactive position. They agreed that their doctors were all in the USA and Uk so why not bring them back with cool policies like no taxation as long as you employ someone.

In Kenya the policy makers are killing the small guy in Kariokor. He has nothing. No credit, no taxation breaks, no infrastructure. NOTHING.

He's called a HUSTLER. It's supposed to be a term of endearment. But its actually a noose around his neck as he watches his corrupt TENDERPRENUERS make all the money.

Though leadership in creating employment is Gov't policy. It was last seen in Moi's gov't.

Let me tell you a story. It's going to be long.

Someone decided to start a business in Kenya to build batteries. You know batteries are just positive and negative etc.

This someone could not get past go at the bank, at the gov't office even with his parents.

As he was doing that, someone decided to create a stupid website where people share pictures and update what they are doing. The gov't gave him tax breaks, he got a loan and now we have Facebook.

You can have all the ideas of implementation you want. But if there's no one to guide you or help you as you are meandering through the murk of business, you shall fail.

That is why we have Hon. Kambi as Education minister, yet he confesses to having been a maid who can't spell.

He had the structures he needed. Most young Kenyan entreprenuers don't have it.

That's the reason they voted for the "hustler". Kumbe all he did was increase taxes.

@Kambi is Labor Monister!


But I get your point, the red-tape is too much!

I'm looking right now at a website. Unajua kila mtu na mambo yake.

The website is called Jumia.co.ke

This website was started in Nigeria. Before there was Jumia there was Mama Mikes.

Mama Mikes is a great website but they don't and cannot compete with Jumia. Why? No money.

In the ICT business, a lot of great ideas have died simply because there was no gov't policy such as giving tax breaks to those who invest in start up businesses.. It's happening all over the world.

So now in Kenya we have great entreprenuers online, but they can't do shit.

Nigeria has now overtaken Kenya as the Silicon Savannah. We worked in the meantime very hard to increase taxes accross the board.

We dumped Ndemo to become a newspaper analyst. Can you imagine I said that? I who belives that most of his polices were upus. But he had policies at least.

In the ICT fieled right now in Kenya, who the hell is the Cabinet Secretary in that fieled? i don't even know him.

We are killing entreprenuership with the expectation that gov't will create jobs. The work of gov't is not to create jobs but to give an environment for entreprenuers to succeed so that they can create jobs.

Jumia, OLX, Facebook, Starbucks, KFC, Subways, and soon Walmart are not supposed to be gov't policy. They will kill everyone. But we shall call ourselves......developed.