Friday, October 27, 2006

Why Both Kenyans And Tanzanians Are Victims Of Propaganda

Anybody who wants to understand just how deep a hole the nation of Tanzania is in, just needs to read the comments by Tanzanians in all articles in this blog that touch on the nation. Especially the most recent ones.

Tanzania is o the verge of a total blackout after months of a crippling 12 hour power rationing regime. Crime is set to rise to unprecedented levels after the government ordered the demolition of tens of thousands of structures near roads and even in poor estates that has wiped out sources of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of locals. The Tanzanian shilling is in a free-fall, and I could go on and on.

But reading the comments, it is clear that Tanzanians believe that their economy is still growing faster than that of Kenya and that hakuna tatizo katika jamuhuri ya muungano wa Tanzania (there's no problem in Tanzania).

That is exactly what propaganda does – it blinds or dramatically limits a person's vision so that they are able to see everything only from one point of view.

But Kenyans too are victims of years of propaganda. And his is in the issues of relating to our dear brothers from the DhoLuo community. If you are reading this blog for the first time, let me make it very clear that I have no connection whatsoever with the Luo community, except that one of my closest friends (now deceased) was a Luo whose death can be directly linked to this propaganda that I am talking about here.

Reading many of the ridiculous Tanzanian comments should be an effective mirror that should help us see ourselves better and begin to understand the reasons behind some of our short-sighted views when it comes to issues of tribalism in Kenya.

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2 comments:

  1. Tanzania is not in a deep hole, maybe some people here are!! Tanzania like any other African country has its own problems but not in a big hole as the webmaster said. In the near future you are going to realize than Kenya is in the deeper hole because even if Kenya collects more than Uganda and TZ they have the biggest number of people living below poverty line, this means there are more poor people in number than Uganda or even TZ. The sense that the economy is good in Kenya and everything is okay is funny maybe just for few companies.

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  2. big hole is webmaster a hole?

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