It is amazing how Kenyans are so good at blaming everybody else apart from themselves. To use a worn-out, tired, over-used cliché, Kenyans are actually their own worst enemies.
A TV poll carried out last night by the KTN Newsline show produced some startling results to the question; Can the Youth and Women Lead? Only 36 per cent said "yes" and a huge 64 per cent said "no".
Today I want to say something very controversial that is however true. Kenyans in their twisted minds can never get women out of their minds as "sexual objects" and they cannot bear to think of them as leaders because of this. Some Kenyan men will say all sorts of nice things, but in their minds, the truth is that they will always look down on women. In a way this same twisted thinking is evident in what most believe is the most advanced democracy in the world – America as is evidenced by the fact that to date, the White House is yet to have a woman-occupant. And even in Britain where Margaret Thatcher was a very successful woman prime minister for well over a decade, the voting system is such that the leader of the winning party ascends to power and there is no direct vote for the Prime Minister. If there was a direct vote, the world would have missed out on Thatcherism and the wonderful impact of Thatcherconomics on the British economy.
Yet there is plenty of evidence to show that women in fact make better leaders than men. In fact it is my belief that for Kenya to make the critical changes that she badly needs just now, it is important that the next August house has as many women MPs as possible.
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I don't think it's so much that Kenyans don't want women or the youth to rule - to me it sounds like the dynamics of the poll worked against the whole issue. what if say 80% of those that voted were men aged over 40? That skews the results doesn't it? If say that 80% had been youth and women, again you'd have had a result skewed towards youth and women. Get my drift? It's most certainly the case that the people that voted just had a particular bias against the issue at hand. Take heart my friend, all is not lost!
ReplyDeleteWe are an African society after all and in our culture youth defers to elderhood. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with this and it is far more likely that elders would be better leaders than youth in a society such as ours. Effective leadership lies both in the leader and the led.
ReplyDeleteAs for women I have no problem with a woman president in Kenya and Kenyan males by and large are prejudiced against women. But where do you get the notion that women make better leaders than men? Where is the evidence. Looking back over history virtually all of humanities best leaders have been men. Yes women did not have a chance to lead, so how can you have evidence that they are better leaders than men?
Yes virtually all of humanities best leaders have been men - BECAUSE WOMEN DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LEAD!!!!! Those who did lead went down in history from Cleopatra in the ancient times, to Margaret Thatcher in modern times!!! Any woman who got a chance didn't fail anyone so there is your proof.
ReplyDeleteOn the Women & Youth leadership argument what's frustrating me is that both those demographics are waiting to be handed power on some platter. It won't happen. If you want power take it... if the electorate don't vote then you tried... but try again the next time. As a youth and woman I won't vote either just cause they are there. I will vote based on who I believe will deliver.
As for the blogger you know better than to take those 9pm KTN/NTV polls seriously. First I suspect they are done by only 10 people. They have no bearing on the actual thought on ground. If you took the same polls on both channels you'll get NTV getting pro govt while KTN is anti.