John Githongo's American Tour And More About Kenyans Being Their Own Worst Enemies

Here is the comment that I received yesterday republished in full.


Whispering Inn said...

Wait a minute now, those are some pretty hefty, and if unsabstantiated, careless and wild, allegations that you've made there.

What is with all this penchant for conspiratorial mumbo jumbo that Kenyans seem so adept at wallowing in?

"Who's behind this?"
"Why is he doing that?"
"What's where, which, when and by whom?!"

Petty, petty, petty!

Githongo IS not running for president, either in 2007 or anytime soon.

This, I heard him say, in person, 2 weeks ago in DC, and in an interview with National Public Radio.

Perhaps we are so used to mediocrity and moronic leadership that when we get one brilliant incorruptible guy, we immediately start a witchhunt for ulterior motives and wildly speculate about conspiracies.

The man wanted to do his job well, did it for as long as he could - amid unimaginable barriers thrown his way by the powers that be - and now he's talking about the ills and effects of State-sanctioned corruption in Africa.

Nothing wrong with that.

But Kenyans, in their warped thinking, have let their innate obsession with petty imaginations cloud their judgement and cannot, therefore, understand that Githongo is doing what he's doing so that Kenyans/Africans can be saved from the yoke of bad governance!

It's one thing, and infact it's understandable, when the Murungarus and other corrupt folks question and discredit Githongo in an attempt to save their behinds.

But it's ATROCIOUS when ordinary Kenyans cannot see when they're being helped, and eagerly jump in the mudslinging bandwagon to attack someone who was almost killed for their sake!

Are Kenyans their own worst enemies? You bet!
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My Reply:

Dear Patriotic Fellow Kenyan (anybody who regularly reads an obscure blog on Kenya is a Kenyan in my book irrespective of their nationality of origin)

I agree with you that we Kenyans are often our own worst enemies. In fact I agree not 100% but 1000%

However in the game of politics I am yet to be convinced that such a thing as a free hand out exists. I'm probably too skeptical and probably even wrong in this particular case but foreign powers have caused too much havoc on the continent of Africa for me to totally ignore the historical facts of the last 100 years and those of the last 100 days.

Let time be the judge.