The truth is that while Kenyans are running into all sorts of problems and even open hostility trying to live and work in other countries. Foreigners are extremely comfortable in Kenya.
Part of the problem is of course corruption. The sad reality is that if you have enough money you can buy yourself a Kenyan ID and (if you want to keep things official) you can even purchase Kenyan citizenship at a price.
There is of course nothing wrong with Kenyans being so welcoming to foreigners. It is in fact one of the secrets of becoming a great nation. Just look at what happened in the United States. While the great British Empire’s strict immigration laws kept everybody out, America welcomed everybody and some of these people came in with great contributions to science and the arts.
There is evidence that the resilience of the Kenyan economy right through the dark Moi era had a lot to do with the large foreign population that has flocked into the country in recent years from war torn neighbouring countries but also from peaceful African nations further away like Nigeria.
But there has to be a limit to what foreigners can do in our country. In Kenya there are absolutely no limits, all you need to do is flash your cash and all the doors magically open for you. Take the example of Eastleigh in Nairobi. KRA collect minimal if any taxes there and even the police fear to tread in the place.
Now there are reports being received by this blogger that large chunks in some areas of the Coast are being purchased by Somali nationals posing as Kenyans. The potential threat of this to the security of the state is easy to see. But as usual the government is fast asleep and will only swing into action after trouble flares up or when it will be basically too late.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Quick Comparison With Neighboring Tanzania
This blogger who has lived in Tanzania for many years has quietly noted the rising resentment in that country against Kenyan nationals. They are regularly arrested and jailed for being in the country illegally and getting a work permit is much easier for a South African currently than it would be for a Kenyan national.
The founding father of that nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere must be turning in his grave at this development after risking all for many years to fight apartheid in South Africa. Dar-es-salaam was the headquarters of Nelson Mandela’s ANC for many years. Now the “kaburus” reign supreme in Nyerere country.
In sharp contrast Tanzanians are having a ball in Kenya. Many of them have purchased land and even obtained ID cards. In fact there are cases known to this writer where Tanzanian nationals are harassing local Kenyans and making life very difficult for them (in their own country).
The word in Dar-es-salaam is that Kenyans are very desperate for the East African legislative Assembly to pass the much anticipated law that will allow free movement of labour and goods in the region. The Tanzanians believe that since there are no jobs left in Kenya, Kenyans want to flock into their country and take all the jobs. On average Kenyans are better educated than Tanzanians (Kenyans are in fact the most educated nation on the continent currently).
At the moment many frustrated Kenyans are being held at bay by the work permit requirements and the truth is that many of them are working illegally in Tanzania, mainly in the teaching profession and legally in so many other sectors of the economy.
The bitter reality which Tanzanians will not accept is that it is Kenyans who run the Tanzanian economy.
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The founding father of that nation Mwalimu Julius Nyerere must be turning in his grave at this development after risking all for many years to fight apartheid in South Africa. Dar-es-salaam was the headquarters of Nelson Mandela’s ANC for many years. Now the “kaburus” reign supreme in Nyerere country.
In sharp contrast Tanzanians are having a ball in Kenya. Many of them have purchased land and even obtained ID cards. In fact there are cases known to this writer where Tanzanian nationals are harassing local Kenyans and making life very difficult for them (in their own country).
The word in Dar-es-salaam is that Kenyans are very desperate for the East African legislative Assembly to pass the much anticipated law that will allow free movement of labour and goods in the region. The Tanzanians believe that since there are no jobs left in Kenya, Kenyans want to flock into their country and take all the jobs. On average Kenyans are better educated than Tanzanians (Kenyans are in fact the most educated nation on the continent currently).
At the moment many frustrated Kenyans are being held at bay by the work permit requirements and the truth is that many of them are working illegally in Tanzania, mainly in the teaching profession and legally in so many other sectors of the economy.
The bitter reality which Tanzanians will not accept is that it is Kenyans who run the Tanzanian economy.
How Creativity Made Kenyan Man $1000 Daily
Buru buru wife teaches barmaid-addicted husband a lesson he will never forget
The Kumekucha Amezidi Selection For This Week
Young Kenyans entertain grandmothers in immoral trade at the Coast
Kenya Anti corruption boss in corrupt love affair
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