Well here I am back in South Africa after 3 long hard years in Kenya. The internet works, the traffic moves and 1,000 people weren't killed in the last elections with no one being held accountable. Kenya has decided to use their own courts to resolve the 2007 post-election violence; so given how corrupt they are we'll see how well that goes down with the wananchi. 40 million citizens being held prisoner by 400 politicians driving expensive cars.
I just had a very exciting meeting with a youth PR consultant about redoing my 'Fanya Kazi' tv show here for South African youths. It could work here - because almost everything works here - and all my hard work might just pay off. Of the 43 million or so South Africans - 40% or so are under the age of 35 - and I was told the ANC Youth League is incredibly powerful in all aspects of society. I think of young Hector Pieterson whose memorial rings out the beginning of the end of apartheid and again am reminded - it is always the young and ideal amongst us that remain the bravest. I can feel the energy, the pulse, the rhythm of that young life force here just like in Kenya. But this is a society that is moving quickly and is incredibly empowered. So refreshing from Kenya and so much more workable for me as an investor - to actually be able to bring my ideas to fruition because the society is hungry to move forward and grow into what it is capable of.
Finally. A place I can thrive.
I just had a very exciting meeting with a youth PR consultant about redoing my 'Fanya Kazi' tv show here for South African youths. It could work here - because almost everything works here - and all my hard work might just pay off. Of the 43 million or so South Africans - 40% or so are under the age of 35 - and I was told the ANC Youth League is incredibly powerful in all aspects of society. I think of young Hector Pieterson whose memorial rings out the beginning of the end of apartheid and again am reminded - it is always the young and ideal amongst us that remain the bravest. I can feel the energy, the pulse, the rhythm of that young life force here just like in Kenya. But this is a society that is moving quickly and is incredibly empowered. So refreshing from Kenya and so much more workable for me as an investor - to actually be able to bring my ideas to fruition because the society is hungry to move forward and grow into what it is capable of.
Finally. A place I can thrive.
After residing 3 years in Kenya ,your comments should be a bit more balanced.One would have thought your view from without would be healthy but alas,your sentiment maybe sincere but it comes across as very biased.Ther's more to Kenya than corruption..more to our politics than our politicians
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment and yes - my sentiment is rightly biased because I invested a huge amount of time and capital into Kenya only to have the politicians destroy what was a pretty healthy 6-8% growth rate in 2007. 1,000 people were killed in your country and very little is being done about it. Kenya is a highly unbalanced country and is becoming a failed state ranking near the bottom of all global indexes. Until Kenyans transform your society the political system will continue to be dysfunctional. Why aren't the Kenyans angrier? Why are they giving away their power?
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